So, I'm not best at wording things, most of you innovate owners may hate me but I'm simply asking question not just from you guys, but from people who have driven/have multiple SC kits aside from Innovate.
Okay so I watched this video.
[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnBPFzurDH4"]Review: Innovate Supercharged Scion FR-S - YouTube[/ame]
It's that SubaruWRXfan guy who some how got his fans to buy him a 2015 Mustang.
Anyway he did a review about the Innovate Supercharger on the FRS.
I don't care much about the automatic part because I don't drive one and this subject I'm asking about is the Innovate Supercharger kit.
But I noticed before I got my BRZ I noticed a lot of people were all about "Twin screw" and a lot of people were raving about the Innovate kit.
I'm actually trying to figure out why would anyone buy an Innovate supercharger, when you can buy the Jackson Supercharger or Kraftwerks, and let's not forget Vortech for the same price and have MUCH higher HP.
If you look at the dyno charts, the only thing I see that the Stage 2 Intercooled Innovate had over the centrifugal SC was that 1-4K RPM TQ range, but at the higher RPMs it just gets left behind by the centrifugal SCs.
I got that information from here.
http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=55705
The stage 2 innovate kit should cost around 4000 but my biggest question is that if you're spending 4000 dollars, why not buy a Jackson/KW or Vortech and get more horses and get much more torque in the mid to higher RPM area.
I know I might sound like I'm completely hating on the Innovate kit, in a way yes I kind of am, because from my point of view you can spend the same amount of money on a better SC kit. But I really want to know, what I'm missing?
I'm not trying to hate on the innovate kit, I just strongly believe that there are much better options, but I also want to know why this kit is/was so popular.
Was Innovate the very first super charger to come out and that's why everyone wanted it?
I don't know, I also noticed that innovate kits are either rare or no longer on sale, did something happen?
I would ask more questions but I don't really want to make this a giant wall of text. I apologize if I somehow pissed anyone off or if I offended anyone, again I'm just simply asking questions and trying to learn something new.
UPDATE:
From what I'm seeing this is mostly down to personal preference, a lot of people who daily drive our cars tend to like the early torque curve and usually won't spend that much time in the higher RPM range. Also lets not forget about that nice whine sound!
In my case though, I don't see it as a good deal because a Jackson/KW or Vortech offers more torque and more HP in the higher RPM range and also passes emissions.