Supercharger kit for 4.0?

[F14CRAZY]

Howdy. I've seen that Explorer Express sells a supercharger kit for a 2nd gen 5.0, but does anyone have a kit for a 1st gen 4.0? What options do I have? (besides swapping for a 5.0 ) ALEC; please chime in. Thanks folks.

 

[williecume]

i think its BBK that has a super charger (roots style) for the 4.0. vortech has one and i think paxton does also. i know jegs has the kit you can buy.

alec will know for sure though.

 

[MaverickDaKid]

Spoke to the guys at explorer express a couple of days ago thru email regarding this same question

They suggested I go with www.bbkperformance.com. The only thing is it runs on 92 octane and he said they weren't smog legal. So I think I am going to just look around longer. Besides I heard a super charger should be last on my list. You probobly have more mods than me anyways.

 

[Mbrooks420]

I'm pretty sure will have to run on premium fuel no matter what charger you get. Does your motor have high mileage? I'd be a little wary of putting a charger on a motor that had anywhere near 100k. I'd look into a rebuild or a short block first.

 

[Alec]

Please use the search feature, many days reading on the BBK and other kits.

 

[sunbum]

Looks like I may be in this business soon myself.
Pardon the newbiesque question... what distinguishes a Gen I vs II vs III? Just the year, and if so, what's the breakout on it?
Thanks in advance.

From my recent trip to the dealer, I'd either have to order $$$ a special Explorer for what I'm looking for, or it's basically a needle in the haystack situation. Therefore, it looks like I just may keep Gecko and start beefing up the engine (oh, I think it will hurt) as it's a V-6 4.0 OHV I guess my base was 160/165hp... so it will be painful to the wallet to get it to run with the big dogs, if possible?

 

[jimbo74]

there were many differences between the differnet engines... however, they were based of the same meaning several big similarities... there was a v6 ohv and in late years the sohc.... all first gen had the 4.0l ohv-- second gen after 96 had an sohc available as well as the ohv, and v8 was an option as well