I don't think they're unreliable, but I dont know much about them either, other than they are quite quick for their class of car.  I wouldn't dare put one up against even a stock 99+ stang though, even with a smaller pulley.

Sure hondas are reliable, but there not ment for racing. Hondas have there place. If you do 1grand in mods you are not going to get as much HP as if you had done that 1k of mods to a American V-8...but lets not get a american Vs. Import war going on here...it all depends on how much money you have to spend on your car.

How fast can you afford to go?

not once did i mention reliability, so i wonder why everyone is suddenly bringing it up...

and as for why i think they suck, you can ask my brother.  hes probably one of the best damn mechanics around here so id say he knows what hes talking about when he says he wasnt impressed.

maybe he knows a lot about a lot of kinds of cars seeing as he works on em daily

and whoa whoa buddy, you'd be fighting to convince me your car is respectable and now you think its great?

in my 88 Iroc-z with a 312, I was violating LS1's off the line[/QUOTE]

Were you stock? I'm not familiar with that engine, is it similar in output to a 308?

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Definetly not stock, it is a 305 block. Bored out, cam, ported heads.. 3.23 gears, the works..

Jug, GTP's do not suck.

I SERIOUSLY considered purchasing one and just upgrading the pulley and a few other minor bolt ons to spank Vette's and stock LS1's all day.

They look cool IMO.

The 3800 is easily the best 6 cylinder engine made by GM or Ford.

and once again you're putting words in my mouth.  i never said they suck.

and id say that the DOHC they put in tauruses is probably a lot better than the ford 3.8

[QUOTE=Jugador]i hear that like all of the charged 3.8 gm's are pretty junky...and if not id pick a bonneville cause you can pick those bastards up for like 2500-3000[/QUOTE]

Sorry, I changed the wording around on ya

Jug, if you are going to go on 'less potential'...well a supercharged 350 has less potential than a supercharged 400...and that has less potential than a supercharged 500...and so on. Not everyone is looking for a 10 second street car..

For this guy, his GTP get's it done for him, it's supercharged and moves faster than your bicycle man!! Chill!

ok finally someone that has reasoning.  you're right, but i think theres better ways to do it.  he doesnt.  simple as that.  people arent always gonna agree, but we can agree to disagree.  truce?

but i gotta say...blown 400's and up probably arent too streetable.  id stop at like 350/351 if it was gonna be supercharged

ok finally someone that has reasoning.  you're right, but i think theres better ways to do it.  he doesnt.  simple as that.  people arent always gonna agree, but we can agree to disagree.  truce?

but i gotta say...blown 400's and up probably arent too streetable.  id stop at like 350/351 if it was gonna be supercharged

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Everything in bold is true.

I'm sure this guy knows there's a better supercharged motor than a blown 3800. BTW I never had any hard feelings ;)

well everyones jumpin my ass cause i dont like a supercharged junk motor...oh wait, i cant make fun of it anymore. 

and as for the bold thing...you dont think you have reasoning?  you dont think he thinks his own car is good?  and the 350/351 thing is an opinion so i cant argue it, but it is true that i most likely wouldnt use a supercharger on anything bigger than that.

oh ps on the better ways to do it i mean realistically, as in something you could actually buy on a modest salary.  meaning you would most likely do what you thought was best for your price range.