Comments on: anyone know anything about superchargers??

By: Matthew W

Matthew W — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 01:14:12 +0000

Get the block heater. Deisel truck drivers leave them running for the shear reason to keep the oil viscous at all times. The only thing that effects a supercharger is extreme dirt and lack of drive oil. It is seperately encased in the drive snout. there is a service plug to keep it up to level and by all means use Gm supercharger oil. A good mechanic will know what to do. You have extreme temps that warrant that item. Track stars warm up before an event, why not so for your champ?

By: knightemilio

knightemilio — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 00:55:31 +0000

Generally I would suggest against it since you usually want your oil to run as cool as possible and the engine to not over heat due to the power which is way you always put an intercooler with a supercharger. But in this case I think a block heater would be acceptible since there really is no way to start it. But you should get mad at the dealership for false infomation on vehical purchase and get a free one or something at least. The seller lied to you.

By: tony s

tony s — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 00:52:31 +0000

Block heater will be your best investment. The cold start will take more from the engine than anything else. superchargers are not affected by block heaters, if they were there would be a lot of unhappy diesel owners out there.

By: jetfan2

jetfan2 — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 00:45:33 +0000

I have a block heater in my car (No supercharger) But I fail to see how a block heater would do any harm to a supercharger. When it is cold I also use the battery heater, usually I plug in when temps are expected to be zero or below. There are oil heaters out there also, but I would not use one (Use a synthetic oil that flows good in cold weather, Mobil one or Valvoline) because the oil heaters do heat the oil and will send warm oil to cold parts. Your car should start better during cold snaps and I do not see issues concerning the supercharger.