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"Jcarr" (jcarr) 05/04/2015 at 11:17 • Filed to: Stock Photography

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Looking through some stock photography for a publication at work and I came across this. The description says “Supercharger, air compressor on a car hood”. Any idea on make of the unit and what vehicle it’s bolted to?

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Jcarr 05/04/2015 at 11:31

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I’d say it’s not so much “on” as “through”. Some kind of t-FWD four-banger - don’t know what.

Snuze: Needs another Swede > Jcarr 05/04/2015 at 11:32

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It’s a FWD car, so I’m thinking something 3800 powered, like a Pontiac Grand Prix or Monte Carlo, or something along those lines?

crowmolly > Jcarr 05/04/2015 at 11:37

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Looks like an Eaton M62 or M90 based on the snout?

Haimatox > Jcarr 05/04/2015 at 11:48

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Speaking of stock photography... There’s this.

And this.

And this.

Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero > Snuze: Needs another Swede 05/04/2015 at 11:51

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Wasn’t the 3800 a V6? That’s an in line 4

McMike > Jcarr 05/04/2015 at 11:52

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Here’s another angle. It’s hard to tell.

I see hoses running to/from that box in the front, so I’m thinking that might be a air-water intercooler. Looks like 4 cylinders.

The guy who submitted the photographs has no other shots of it in his portfolio.

The photographer is also from Russia, and published his email address in his profile if we can’t figure this one out.

Snuze: Needs another Swede > Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero 05/04/2015 at 11:52

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Yeah, the 3800 was a V6. I think you might be right, that it’s an inline 4. The Ecotec 2.0 used an Eaton M62 supercharger for a while. So maybe it’s an Ecotec?

DarrenMR > Jcarr 05/04/2015 at 11:53

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Found another one, looks like the same car, different angle.

lonestranger > Jcarr 05/04/2015 at 14:41

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After spending WAY too much time searching, I finally found it. It’s a Jaguar AJ-V8 .

There are many variants of this engine found in many vehicles, many have different styles of intake manifolds and intercoolers, and many of them are shrouded in plastic. These pics of an ‘06 S-Type R come the closest, though the intake is smooth rather than ribbed.

Here’s another S-Type R, with the black plastic cover removed. It seems earlier models had smooth intercoolers with “SUPERCHARGED” written on them which this owner decided to paint black :

And another one in a hot rod , showing the left side, just as we see it in OP’s pic:

Now, it might be from another Jaguar model or even a Range Rover, but I can’t find any better pics with the covers removed than the ones above.

Jcarr > lonestranger 05/04/2015 at 14:46

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Did the ever mount that engine transverse in anything?

lonestranger > Jcarr 05/04/2015 at 15:01

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Not that I’m aware of. I don’t think so.

Jcarr > lonestranger 05/04/2015 at 15:04

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This must not be it then, because the engine in my photo is definitely transverse (see the pulley on the supercharger).

lonestranger > Jcarr 05/04/2015 at 15:30

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Really, you don’t see the identical details? Apart from the differences in smooth and ribbed intake plenums & intercoolers, I thought the similarity was obvious. Since Kinja shrinks reply pics now, here’s some higher-res links : 1 , 2 , 3 .

I agree it is transverse in your pic, but wouldn’t you agree that it’s a custom fitment, poking through the hood and all?

and the engine in your photo is definitely swapped into a car that it didn’t originally belong to.

I found that the version found in the supercharged ‘06-’09 Range Rover Sport has the ribbed intake plenum.

Jcarr > lonestranger 05/04/2015 at 15:35

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Good point, I didn’t think about it being a swap. But that makes sense. Jag wouldn’t have an engine poking through the hood.