Supercharger mark up
 

I may have the opportunity to (down the road) to have a supercharger installed at a shop for 5% over that actual cost without the markup. I'm not sure what FI they have to offer, I'm guessing vortech.

In general, anyone know the markup for FI to see what I could potentially save?

Gonna depend on how many pieces have to be sourced out of house. I don't think Vortech has to source anything except maybe the bypass valve and intercooler core out of house, so I bet the markup is pretty high.

Buying a supercharger online costs at minimum $5k range, are we talking thousands less ?

Maybe even more! I'd say you could get the whole kit out the door and tuned for around $1700-2000 EASY!

Oh wow, that's much less than I thought. That would be a very attractive five and affordable price.


My girlfriend's aunt works at kaizen tuning in Massachusetts.

Actual cost to Vortech or actual cost to the tuning shop?

The estimated cost the shop would pay for it from vortech.

She said they would charge me 5% over that price

Supercharger mark up
 

I'm gonna guess the reseller cost is closer to 4k.

If you didn't have a deal, I'd expect to pay a days worth of shop work, 800-1k.

5% of cost is a good deal.

I would get a real number from them, I don't think the mark up is as much as you may think. Shops generally make only 10-15% on off the shelf kits, selling the labor that goes with it is where they make there money.

As for what brand FI, I would say the larger names Vortech, HKS, AVO, GReddy, Jackson, KW. Bigger brands sell through distribution companies that I'm sure Kaizen have accounts with, most any speed shop has this access.