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Originally Posted by tendogy
Back on topic... the Vortech kit does not require you to decimate your front crash beam, no. It does require you to grind down an aluminum nub on the stock alternator bracket.
It also requires you to remove your OEM washer fluid reservoir and piece together a replacement. A number of people have struggled during installation to keep the replacement from leaking.
If a simple installation is a top priority for you, check out Jackson. Their kit is ugly as sin, but that's because they require zero drilling, tapping, grinding, or replacing of OEM parts.
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Grinding the nub down is easy enough on for the alternator bracket, but I still dont understand why the bracket wasn't just CNC'd around the nub to begin with. Also, not that I plan on reverting to stock and fooling anyone, but it's now easy to tell that a Vortech supercharger was installed on my engine.
At times I wish I went with the Innovate kit which looks like a painless afternoon install with no . But I think the performance and proper intercooled setup you get with the Vortech is worth the difference in price and time required to install. I have been doing the install 100% by myself and taking my time to make sure it is all perfect, as a result I probably have about 8-10 hrs invested with about 2-4 hrs left to put the whole thing back together (doesnt help that the garage I'm working in is freezing!). An extra hand will go a long way with this install.