Turbo Charger

[erkp6]

I'm thinking of purchasing a Turbo Charger for my 2002 Explorer sport 4.0 V6. Any suggestions on what to do or not to do? Any ideas on how many horsepower that would add?

Eric

 

[osker75]

who makes one is my question ? no i havent done any research, just never heard of one being made for explorer...

 

[boominXplorer]

there isn't one, TONs of fab to make it work and If you have to ask how much HP it will add its too much work for you.

 

[erkp6]

How about a super charger

Would a supercharger be any different?

 

[BigBlueBiotch]

supercharger definitly

A supercharger would be much easier because you wouldn't have to muck with the exhaust. More importantly, there are several writeups here on the forum that should help out.

 

[410Fortune]

I got $10 says this engine never see's either
Prove me wrong

 

[Heavymentill]

I got $10 says this engine never see's either
Prove me wrong

That about sums it up.

 

[DirtyDog]

The 4.0 SOHC has seen a super charger. The HP results are good but the engine isn't so good after 293 hp and 321 ft/lbs

http://www.explorerforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=129210&highlight=weak+link

 

[Heavymentill]

That was a complete custom job. Brian has done a few diffrent superchargers that was from a Eaton M112 off a lightning.

 

[DirtyDog]

I know, but so would a turbo. The reason I posted is so every one knows that it's been done and that it could do some damage to your engine.

 

[Jkentl]

Check out Explorer Express.
http://www.explorerexpress.com/catalog/supercharger.html

 

[DirtyDog]

I want one!!!

 

[SilverBullet]

Yeah. a turbo setup would be very difficult, in my opinion. I've never seen the inside of the engine bay on a 4.0, but you'd have to make custom headers so that all six came into one, have room for the turbo, and then figure out a way to get the exhaust out of the engine bay.

 

[roob76]

Yeah. a turbo setup would be very difficult, in my opinion. I've never seen the inside of the engine bay on a 4.0, but you'd have to make custom headers so that all six came into one, have room for the turbo, and then figure out a way to get the exhaust out of the engine bay.

not really. check out this website http://www.ststurbo.com/home . with the right size turbo this setup would work. i'm thinkin a t3/t4 hybrid turbo with a small exhaust housing. all you need is the oil pump to pump the oil back to either the valve cover like they do it, or to the oil pan like a traditional turbo setup. have someone locally fab. all the pipes for you. just run 5-6 psi like most supercharger kits do. this is what i am thinkin about doing just haven't emailed them yet to see if they would sell me just the oil pump.

just my 2 cents!!