A supercharger or any other performance modification will increase the stress on the engine components of any engine. It isn't a good idea to make such a drastic change to an engine and leave all the rest of the components unchanged. The first (or fifth or sixtieth) time you floor it from a light, you may snap a rod or break a piston. Think this through and it will make sense.
If you don't care about how long you car's engine will last, bolt on a supercharger and go for it. But consider that you might spend some money (approximately the same money) getting the heads redone, snagging a new cam, and then adding on some electronic ignition and some appropriate carburetion for increased performance. They won't do what the blower will do, but you'll run a lot lower risk of scattering internal engine parts down the street when you come off the line as you would with something like, say, a GMC 6-71 on top of the intake.
You can put a supercharger on a stock engine it depends on how much boost you run wether your engine can handle it or not.
more power than a stock engine
I have a 1999 with the 3800 engine. The owner's manual says the horsepower is 205 without the supercharger and 240 with the supercharger.
A supercharger does not make power the engine does. So the amount of power made is determined by the engine the supercharger is installed on and the amount of boost that the supercharger provides. There are also different types of superchargers that operate differently. Positive-displacement and dynamic compressors make different amounts and types of boost.
no
depending on the size of the supercharger.. 30% to 40%
A turbocharger is driven by the exhaust from the engine. A supercharger is belt driven off the engine.
I would recommend plugs, wires, high flow air filter(k&n, spectre, etc.)supercharger oil, supercharger coupler if its still stock, and engine oil.
Yes. . . You will, However, Have to do an extensive amount of modifications to fit it. You will also shuck your engine if you try to push higher than stock (8psi) amounts of boost.
There is no button for the supercharger. The supercharger is always on because it is being driven by the belts of the engine. When you step on the gas, there is a vacuum line that is hooked up to the supercharger in which will close a little valve causing the boost to be diverted into the engine.
gm supercharger oil for the supercharger. any oil you prefer for the engine oil.
A supercharger kit is an assembly of engine parts used to increase the performance of your vehicles engine. Most supercharger kits are purchased by people who modify a lot of aspects of their vehicle.