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I have a 2004 Chevy Impala SS i bought a 3.8 that came out of an 98 Bonneville SE I was trying to see will my supercharger work on that engine before I go thru the hassle of exchanging it
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Originally Posted by Alpayto
I have a 2004 Chevy Impala SS i bought a 3.8 that came out of an 98 Bonneville SE I was trying to see will my supercharger work on that engine before I go thru the hassle of exchanging it
They are both Series 2 so odds are good. What are you trying to do?
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just trying to make sure the supercharger will fit before I attempt to take the engine out
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Wait, so you're taking the L67 supercharger off of the Impala and putting it on the non-supercharged L36 in the Bonneville?
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The engine I bought came out of a Bonneville and I want to put it in my Impala but I wasn't sure if it would work if I switched the intake out so I can use the supercharger
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No, you can't just swap over the supercharger.

You are better off swapping out the whole engine.

Though, there have been a few people that have swapped over the heads, intake manifold, fueling system, */C etc, but they had to do a lot of ACTIVE custom tuning. Which means, scan/log then tune. Scan/log tune.
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Yeah, what Mike said.

. . . and even if you did swap all of that, it'* questionable how long it would last that way. The non-supercharged engine runs a higher compression ratio and weaker connecting rods.
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Yeah, what Mike said.

. . . and even if you did swap all of that, it'* questionable how long it would last that way. The non-supercharged engine runs a higher compression ratio and weaker connecting rods.
and a weaker transmission.
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Originally Posted by Mike
and a weaker transmission.
Good point. Depending on how happy the transmission is, it'd be a race to see which dies first.
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