* sigh*
This doesn't have to be so hard..
( How many times have I said that to myself ya think?)
All of this talk about inefficiencies,...the relegated charge temp heat,....and the hell you'd have to go through to upgrade a little M90 to the bigger M112. Hood fitment, engine compartment clutter, intercooler pipe routing on a PD blower that completely obscures the power plant sitting immediately beneath,.........could all be squelched by one word....
Turbocharger.
I'm the king of doing stuff the hard way,

.......... ( No, scratch that... Steve is the king of doing it the hard way,....I'm second in line to that throne)....regardless,....if anybody....I'm certainly an authority on doing everything I can to avoid using......*JAW in any future project
* Just. Another.Windsor.
I think that that SC 3.8 is a great candidate for an alternative engine build, The heads look great, and should flow a decent amount of air, and the block, and engine internals are all more than up to the task..
But what's the point of having this engine, when you won't be able to see anything other than the Charge tube, and the blower inlet hat? The rest of the engine just says..........
Raaarrww.
Good luck changing a spark plug on that little dude..Where the hell is the engine even at under all of that? And what the hell is that malfunction junction at the back of the blower?
When I suggested this engine, it was as a stock " set it and forget it" replacement for the existing 3.8 currently in the car, cause the words JY Explorer was in the conversation as an alternative at the time. But now that the aftermarket bug has bit.....and thoughts turn to performance improvements, and cosmetics..... Especially cosmetics......
All of that "Raaarrww" goes away with a single 60 mm turbo,...( which will easily outperform a M112) No worries about packaging,...no worries about latent heat soak, belt drive parasitic loss inefficiencies, hood clearance, intercooler piping, Pulley this, pulley that, future maintenance,....all of that.....
Gone.
And you'll be able to see the engine. Then it'll actually matter what color you paint it.
It's like the articles above point out....you get the SC engine FOR the engine,..you sell the blower to guys like Frieburger for 50 bucks.