Supercharging V8 OHV

[chuckleyiv]

I'm a bit confused; how exactly can we put the supercharger on the engine? I strip the engine all the way down, start building back up, but instead of the 2b carb intake manifold, I want the supercharger manifold, but it won't let me? Only certain cars allow it maybe?

I'm sure I'm missing something, call me a noob, any help is appreciated.

[Smoke79]

You have to press F1 for the "engine swap" for the supercharged engine and check the box at the bottom for "blank engine swap" to build the engine yourself, adding any parts for the supercharged engine

[clearly you dont own a air fryer]

Originally posted by Smoke79:

You have to press F1 for the "engine swap" for the supercharged engine and check the box at the bottom for "blank engine swap" to build the engine yourself, adding any parts for the supercharged engine

Well, he possibly might not have the Performace DLC. In that case, He may not be able to do that, OR he could if he was creative enough.

[Smidge204]

You need the Performance DLC, and you can only install the supercharger on the engine that starts out with the supercharger (swap engines as Smoke79 mentioned).

It's pretty absurd that you can't install the supercharger on any V8 OHV as an optional part like you can with all the other performance parts, but that's the way it is.

[clearly you dont own a air fryer]

Originally posted by Smidge204:

You need the Performance DLC, and you can only install the supercharger on the engine that starts out with the supercharger (swap engines as Smoke79 mentioned).

It's pretty absurd that you can't install the supercharger on any V8 OHV as an optional part like you can with all the other performance parts, but that's the way it is.

I really bet you can put a supercharger on a V8 OHV without the Performance DLC. The supercharger comes with the game. And it came wayyyy before the Performance DLC even came out.

Halp me now. Pls? I could be wrong. And that's okay. Don't run me down about it.

And yes, the supercharger came stock with the game of its first official release. That means you can possibly install a supercharger somehow.

[Smidge204]

I never found a way to do it without cheating (editing game files)

Note that just because it's in the game doesn't mean it's available without the DLC. It's not at all uncommon for stuff to be in a game but locked out until some upgrade is applied.

[chuckleyiv]

Hi everyone, thanks so much for the help.Smoke79, right on the money thanks again. F1 with the empty engine swap is what was needed!

Cheers

[tyrswrath]

ouch. Had a fully built 1 carb engine on there with as many custom tuning parts on there as I can fit, did the swap and lost the my 'old' rebuilt engine and all it's expensive parts. At the very least this should be available as is on your shelf somewhere. Now I have to buy all parts again (specially after also doing empty swap!) and rebuild it with the supercharger this time.

Expensive lesson learnt: Stick a crappy engine with cheap parts in before swapping.