Has anyone considered or looked in to adding a turbocharger to their telluride?

[jodo]

Admittedly I don't know a whole lot about adding this sort of modification though I do have an understanding of how it all functions.

Any ideas on how feasible something like this would be? Potential power gain? Too risky to the drivetrain maybe with the added boost?

Please share any thoughts or info you may have on such a mod!

 

[Esarhaddon]

Haven't seen anything in the market specific to the Telluride or the 3.8L engine shared with Hyundai.

I did find that K&N just this month released a cold air/high flow filter system which will give a mild torque and HP boost. Performance Air Intake System.

Cheers

 

[jodo]

Haven't seen anything in the market specific to the Telluride or the 3.8L engine shared with Hyundai.

I did find that K&N just this month released a cold air/high flow filter system which will give a mild torque and HP boost. Performance Air Intake System.

Cheers

Yeah I saw that too while looking for an air filter. Might have to snag that and install it some time.

 

[Esarhaddon]

Yeah I saw that too while looking for an air filter. Might have to snag that and install it some time.

I"ll post what I discover when my kit arrives and I install it. For me the only issues have been transition between 2nd and 3rd gears. Highway performance is bloody spectacular even with 6 passengers and luggage.

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[Socal949]

Too bad this isn’t CA legal. Anyone want to help ship it to me

 

[spencry]

Admittedly I don't know a whole lot about adding this sort of modification though I do have an understanding of how it all functions.

Any ideas on how feasible something like this would be? Potential power gain? Too risky to the drivetrain maybe with the added boost?

Please share any thoughts or info you may have on such a mod!

Anything is feasible with enough $$.

Honestly, no chance this is worth it (unless you have tons of money burning a hole in your pocket and just really want a T/C Telly). If you wanted speed you would probably be better off with a 2nd/3rd vehicle.

Just adding the T/C with the manifold, injectors, ECU reprogramming (or standalone), fuel pump, exhaust would be a hefty time/$ expense. Then you have the drivetrain and the engine internals and how well they are built with withstand the added power. And finally, potential reliability issues related to taking a N/A car and adding FI to it for which it was never designed to do. It just a can of worms.

 

[G-876007]

Admittedly I don't know a whole lot about adding this sort of modification though I do have an understanding of how it all functions.

Any ideas on how feasible something like this would be? Potential power gain? Too risky to the drivetrain maybe with the added boost?

Please share any thoughts or info you may have on such a mod!

You can chip tune your vehicle for about 30% more power, and i believe Rentech sells a supercharger that's compatible

 

[chickdr]

You can chip tune your vehicle for about 30% more power, and i believe Rentech sells a supercharger that's compatible

I highly doubt you will get 30% more power out of a normally aspirated motor with a chip tune. I am doubtful of the gains for the K&N CAI as well. 24.4 ft/lbs? That is almost a 10% gain in torque.

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[MrMCar]

You can chip tune your vehicle for about 30% more power, and i believe Rentech sells a supercharger that's compatible

30% WOW. And I thought STP, Slick 50 and other oil additives made egregious claims!

I've been installing performance software since 1988. Back when we actually removed engine computers and installed "chips" of 24 then 28 pin EPROMS. (now everything is flashed to overwrite the maps) The largest gain I ever witnessed (on a normal vehicle) was about a 34HP increase on a 5L V12 BMW. They used to leave a a lot of "Horsepower on the table" back then. The larger the displacement, the larger the potential gain, as a generality. Clever software engineers were able to exploit these areas to gain some power. The manufacturers took notice and actually study most aftermarket software. They need to for many reasons; product liability exposure being but one of many.

However the powertrain engineers also learn from the data. "If we can get XX power reliably (that's a big word in this conversation folks) from 3.8 Liters, then why would we make a 4.0 liter engine? Less displacement, better mileage, better CAFE and less headaches. Nowadays software engineers constantly try different engines, fuels and engine maps to work out issues, reliability and maintain max power/reliability/EPA compliance. Almost NOTHING is left on the table anymore.

I once had a dyno shootout day at my shop. At the end of the day, we thought we'd try something: Take a N/A BMW M3 and install 3 of the most popular aftermarket cold air intakes and drop in filters. All but one lost power overall. One was the same with a slight spike on the 3,500-4,500 range. All with increased particulate ingestion over the long run.
It's just amazing what a noisy intake will do for anyone's perception of the power gains...

I did see a 109 HP increase once. Albeit this was a 2006 Ford GT with a different supercharger pulley and a very aggressive tune. That my friends, was a fun tank slappin' day!

 

[chickdr]

I asked this in another thread, but considering the 3.8L in the Telluride, it seems Kia left a lot on the table. The 2020 Genesis G80's 3.8L (the same engine as the Telluride) produced 311hp and 293ft-lbs. I have to wonder why Kia/Hyundai didn't use this version. There couldn't be that much of a cost difference. This motor has been around for a very long time in various states of tune and the Palisade/Telluride tune is one of the weakest.