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Originally Posted by CSG Mike
You're telling this to one of the guys who's actually owned both kits.
Ironically his current JRSC C30 setup makes similar power to his KW C38 setup, with less boost, the so called "hot air intake", and a "too small" intercooler.
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Yeah I know, it's in his signature and he RAGES out every chance he gets about KW.
It's not ironic that his C30 setup makes similar power to his KW C38. That's something else all together. CSG Mike, what are you saying? Is it that the JR C30 system will make more power than the KW C38? Because that's absolutely false and you know it. It's pretty juvenile to make such allusions when you know damn well there are other variables at play.
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Originally Posted by juliog
Kraftwerks is an american company  |
Yeah, I know the history behind KW and JR. There is some bad blood between the two.
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Originally Posted by SPCorBUST
Just as reliable? KraftWerks "designed" a "solution" to a problem that doesn't exist (at least not with the JR kit) so who needs the "solution"? (the divorced drive system)
Well, they absolutely cornered the market on snapped belts/consumables. Made some valuable long-time customers, customers that seem happy (surprisingly) paying additional hard earned dollars when they didn't/shouldn't have to, so long as they get to talk to CJ and get exactly what they paid for, which is just for someone to answer the phone and ship out a new belt. Oh joy, completely standard customer service. 
Instead of sending "updates", they should have spent that time upfront racing/testing before going to market.
But hats off to the marketing person, I hope they got a promotion. "Turning negative to positive." They turned their proficiency at snapping belts into a selling point, and people ate and continue to eat that shiz up. |
Seriously, you are really fired up about this. Snapping supercharger belts might not be an issue for the JR setup for
this car but it has been an issue for other cars. Many OEMs use a divorced drive system like the LT4 on the new z06 and jaguar f-type. It's not something KW came up with just cuz'.
JR and KW developed their kits right around the same time. I'd say KW played it safe with their drive system and yeah, it looks unnecessary with the benefit of hindsight. I hope you don't get so angry about everything this inconsequential in your life. It's just car parts we don't need at the end of the day.