is it possible to turbos charge or even supercharge an 04 3?

 

yes....Do a search on Hiboost.

 

I dont know if this or what but is it true that turbo charging an engine weakens the engine due to greater compression in the cylinders? Does it increase the chance of blowing up your engine?

 

it does make your chances of throwing a rod or blowing a gasket higher. you need to rebuild a motor to get it ready for turbo. supercharging is fine to do on stock internals but i don't recommend supercharging a front wheel drive car.

 

IMO:

superchargers: trucks, V8's, muscle cars, and most american made cars....
turbochargers: anything imported.... and the odd american car (dodge neon for example)

 

turbo and superchargers are just different ways of getting more power.

A Supercharger is driven off of a belt, so there is parasitic loss associated with spinning the supercharger
A turbocharger is powered off of exhaust gases, so no parasitic loss.

Increasing the power of your engine in any way increases the stresses it sees.

Turbocharging or Supercharging can be done on stock internals provided you don't go too high on the boost. If you want to go boost crazy, get yourself some good forged internals for the motor.

 

What sstlaure said, they're two ways of doing the same thing, that being forcing more air into the combustion chambers. I'd also add that you don't have lag with a super charger.

 

true....

but id rather go with a turbocharger.... that way your not using any of the engine's power....

 

What kind of boost is recommended and where do you find forged engine components and where does everyone search for their aftermarket parts? Anyone have a specific store?

 

www.protegegarage.com

I'm not suggesting that they're the best, but it;s a good place to start.