anyone done a procharger on a 3.0Liter V6 flex fuel

[Bandit_2011]

I was just curious, has anyone done a supercharger on a ranger that can use the E-85 to the trucks advantage, just curious, I wanna get a little more kick out of my ranger

 

[bcost882]

you would need more work to the engine then what you would prolly wanna do. the 3.0Ls have a tendancy to ping and with boost the problem is compounded. you will prolly need a custom tune and do some work on the heads to cut down on the pinging. otherwise you will only want to put it on about 5lbs of boost max if anything pick up a 2.3 and work on that it would be alot easier

 

[JP02XLT]

Not true at all, You can easily put 12-15 psi on the 3.0's, I ran 20 psi on a relatively internally stock motor with a Whipple that had 100K+ on it for almost a year, with no problems. It finally stretched a rod bolt & blew @ 6000 rpm, it was beat on daily & I never worried about hurting it, hell I tried to hit the limits on it. The heads & pistons were clean when I took it apart, no carbon deposits anywhere.

You will need a great tune, Larger injectors, & MAF
you will need to run premium fuel or an E85 mix to increase octane.
Water injection when done correctly & a great tune can eliminate the detonation problems, & if you don't eliminate them you will burn a piston

I am running 18 psi now on my daily driver, and I can even run on 89 octane with a minor adjustment to the H20 system controller, (turning a dial in the cab)

As for the original question regarding a pro-charger, I am sure it can be done, bear in mind its more than likely all going to be custom brackets, intake tubing
oil lines etc. Just depends on your fabrication skill levels & wallet limit.

So it is doable, and yes there is work & money involved, but the same holds true with the 2.3 & 4.0 or any engine when you start modding like this.

 

[Bandit_2011]

mmmm this could be fun, and interesting, how about a stroker kit for it, but then again I can dream, right now i am trying to tackle a tranny issue that I am having with mine

 

[stmitch]

http://www.moranav6racing.com/category.html?CategoryID=36 offers a forged stroker kit that's supposed to be good to over 20 psi. I've heard a couple of people claim to have the kit, but I've never seen any pics or dyno sheets or anything conclusive.

As for your e-85 powered supercharger, I'll be hopefully be putting my whipple on in the next few months, and will be utilizing a truely flex fuel setup. The e-85 is a much higher octane than premium gasoline( usually costs way less per gallon too), and will greatly reduce the likelihood that any detonation may occur.

As JPXLT said, you'll need larger injectors, a good tune ( i'd recommend Fred @ rogueperformance.com for his extensive 3.0 knowledge as well as experience tuning supercharged 3.0's, and e-85 equipped vehicles as well) and a bigger MAF at minimum. A higher flowing fuel pump may also be required.

As far as specific superchargers are concerned, Whipple made a bolt on twin screw supercharger kit, but it's been discontinued for years, and can be difficult to find. Thomas Knight makes a belt driven centrifugal supercharger for the 3.0, but it requires some fabbing to get it to work. Tom Morana also offers an intake manifold that utilizes an m-90 or m-112 supercharger. You'd have to contact him for details though, because they haven't been out long, and details seem a little sketchy.

 

[Bandit_2011]

thanks for the great info, i will see where it can lead me