Hi, I'm Turbo Tim from ZZPerformance. I'm here to discuss with you the top 5 mods for the supercharged 3800.
The first one is kind of a package: stage
1 and 2 performance package.
They both come with a cooler thermostat, cooler spark plugs. Our ZZP 1.0 PCM.
And some form of raising the boost unless you have a 2004-2005 Grand Prix GTP.
Which those require a stage 2 kit to get a smaller pulley for more boost.
The stage 1 kit comes with the Ubend delete.
That requires removing your downpipe, cutting a section of it off, welding this less restrictive part on.
And then bolting it back in the car. The stage 2 comes with a full ZZP downpipe.
Bolts to the rear manifolds, bolts to the catback. Done.
The stage 1 package comes with a K&N drop-in filter for your factory air box. The stage 2 comes with our ZZP cold air intake, which is quite a bit better.
But, you know, if you have a budget one and then you have a "I'm planning on modding the car in the future one."
Now for supercharger pulleys. Some cars
will let you run a smaller pulley than others.
Our kit makes it to where you
select what car you have and it will send you the appropriate pulley.
Also, feel free to let us know if you can only get 91 octane, or less octane that will change the pulley that we'll send with the kit.
Feel free to send us an email at customer service with your order number.
Keep in mind boost, is only a way to measure restriction.
So the more mods you add to free up the flow of the engine or the exhaust, the less boost you will end up with.
That's what allows you to run a smaller supercharger pulley.
For example, my next recommended mod is going to be either power logs, which I sell a front and a rear for the engine, or, headers.
You really only need headers when you're looking to make well over 300 wheel horsepower.
Next would be a camshaft or rockers.
They both do similar things. Rockers will just open the valves a little bit more to get a little bit more flow.
A cam will change the duration and the lift. So a cam is by far better.
The gains are like three times of what rockers are.
Rockers are usually 15-20, a cam is like 40-60 horsepower.
Next would be an intercooler.
Nearly every factory supercharged car nowadays comes with an intercooler but the supercharged 3800 did not. So what do we do?
We unbolt the supercharger, we sandwich in an intercooler core, which basically is just a small heat exchanger that you're forcing hot, boosted air through.
And then that's transmitting that heat to the water that flows through the intercooler core.
And then through a front mount radiator that you add on to the car.
Cooler boost is denser air. Denser air is more horsepower.
Next, would be a throttle body.
We have 2 options for this primarily. We have our high velocity throttle body.
Which we take a factory throttle body, we bore it out a little larger.
Put a larger flapper valve in it. We even machine the rod that holds it for even more flow.
That is a simple bolt on: 3 bolts, 3 plugs, done. That is only for Series 2 guys, though.
And then we also sell the
Northstar throttle body.
Now this is 3mm larger. The high velocity throttle body is 72mm. The Northstar is 75mm.
However, you will have to port the end of the blower to get the full gains of that larger throttle body and it will require tuning
Since when you go with the Northstar throttle body, you end up using the LQ4 MAF sensor.
That's all I have for you. Top 5 mods for
the 3800. Thank you for watching.
