Innovate (Sprintex) Supercharger Owners Topic

[Rifle]

Blew the seal on the front of the blower crank. Whole blower's been acting wonky since. Contacted Sprintex, and they sent me out a new blower without hesitation! Can't beat the customer service. Will be putting it on Sunday.

[sterny331]

Originally Posted by Dream20b

I hate to be the pot calling the kettle black, but I wouldn't buy a modified car from someone else, especially not a dealership.

i somewhat agree with you... but on the other hand im not going to spend 20k on a car then stick anyother 6k into it just to acheive 250whp. for that price i could get a newish sti or a c6 corvette haha. i do miss my brz though. but even with boltons and e85 it just wasnt enough for me.

[Dream20b]

Originally Posted by sterny331

i somewhat agree with you... but on the other hand im not going to spend 20k on a car then stick anyother 6k into it just to acheive 250whp. for that price i could get a newish sti or a c6 corvette haha. i do miss my brz though. but even with boltons and e85 it just wasnt enough for me.

Buy the corvette, be happy.

[sterny331]

haha. always been a subaru guy. ive owned 10 different wrx and sti and had a brz last year. i wish i could drive a supercharged one. but here in wisconsin there are probably only like 2 other people with this kit. and i dont know of any in my area

[COO86L]

Originally Posted by sterny331

haha. always been a subaru guy. ive owned 10 different wrx and sti and had a brz last year. i wish i could drive a supercharged one. but here in wisconsin there are probably only like 2 other people with this kit. and i dont know of any in my area

If you're ever in Australia, you're welcome to drive mine ;D

On another point, does anyone know the OEM crank pulley diameter? I'm thinking of doing something silly for shits and giggles and putting an even smaller pulley on and lowering the redline RPM.

Also, my supercharger seems to be weeping a smidge of oil around where it bolts down to the manifold. Anyone had this issue? I'm considering removing and replacing those screws/bolts (seen a few people have done this as the stock ones aren't strong) and resealing.

Oh, oh andddd when checking oil in s/c, do you jack the back up or check it on level ground (which puts s/c at slight angle)

THANKS PEEPS!! ilylongtiem

[riboyster]

Cool86
If you're weeping oil there, you may want to consider an oil catch can. I'm pretty sure the original pulley diameter is 73mm.
People will tell you to Jack up the back of the car for oil check, but I do it on level ground. If you can see oil through the little window, you're probably fine

[COO86L]

Would an oil catch can stop this? I wasn't sure if it was blow by leak or the actual supercharger system leak.
So the actual crank pulley itself is 73mm? (not the supercharger pulley)

[Dream20b]

Originally Posted by sterny331

haha. always been a subaru guy. ive owned 10 different wrx and sti and had a brz last year. i wish i could drive a supercharged one. but here in wisconsin there are probably only like 2 other people with this kit. and i dont know of any in my area

Where in Wisconsin are you?

[stockysnail]

Originally Posted by riboyster

Cool86
If you're weeping oil there, you may want to consider an oil catch can. I'm pretty sure the original pulley diameter is 73mm.
People will tell you to Jack up the back of the car for oil check, but I do it on level ground. If you can see oil through the little window, you're probably fine

Not everyone has a little window. I ran it for a while when I checked it on level ground, but I jacked it up and noticed it was really low, so my advice is make sure the charger is level by jacking the rear up to avoid a false positive.

[riboyster]

Originally Posted by COO86L

Would an oil catch can stop this? I wasn't sure if it was blow by leak or the actual supercharger system leak.
So the actual crank pulley itself is 73mm? (not the supercharger pulley)

Oh, supercharger pulley is 73. Not sure on crank. I wouldn't think there'd be enough oil in the supercharger to make it weep. My bet is on blowby oil from crankcase.

[Rifle]

Originally Posted by riboyster

Oh, supercharger pulley is 73. Not sure on crank. I wouldn't think there'd be enough oil in the supercharger to make it weep. My bet is on blowby oil from crankcase.

Stock blower pulley is 75mm. 72.5mm/70mm avail from raceseng. 69mm available from DeliciousTuning.

[riboyster]

There you have it

[Rifle]

In a nut shell, somehow my blower crank seal went. Kevin from @SprintexUSA and his team have probably one the best support teams available. I want to thank all of them for what they do, can't wait to finally swap the blowers and be good to go again!

Sweet little tid-bit.. my 210 now has a 'Sprintex' logo on it!!

[COO86L]

Originally Posted by Rifle

Stock blower pulley is 75mm. 72.5mm/70mm avail from raceseng. 69mm available from DeliciousTuning.

I actually got a 69mm supplied by Sprintex. And the SPS system is ceramic coated etc and some other goodness involved appaz.

Thinking of putting something like a 66mm pulley on and reducing the redline. Just for lulz