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Originally Posted by Mr.ac
Rule of thumb always buy new.
There is always a reason why someone is dumping their headaches, I mean used parts.
That being said, it's your car your money.
As for expecting trouble, LOL why even ask?
As for any non inner cooled supercharger all depends on the build and end use.
Daily driving, it's going to get nice and toasty. Expect new engine soon.
A nice Civic Si is what you need. Sell that pos you're driving now. Can't beat a turbocharged Honda engine. Way more power out the box that would smoke any FI 86.
But if you want to buy a used and abused supercharger under they guíes of slightly used, go for it. I got some MPSS I can sell you for $200 a tire.
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Quality post....
This is my kit, and I was offering it up to the local Indiana86 group for cheap ($1500 for entire kit, including MotoEast intake) because I'm selling my car to move onto a different platform, purely because I'd like to, and for no other reason. The kit, for me, has run with zero issues, and because I run E85 I don't run into issues with heat soak on 95% of days. I love this kit and would buy it again in a heartbeat for daily driving. It produces great torque, doesn't make a ton of power (so you don't have to upgrade clutch, injectors, worry about engine popping all the time), and makes a great noise for not much money. My entire boosted setup was less than half of what most spend going FI, and that makes it worth it for the goals that I had.
If you think you are going to run into guaranteed engine issues with this kit (or any kit) then you obviously don't have experience with it, and must not know much about these cars. There are thousands of folks running this kit without issue, and assuming you choose a QUALITY tuner, you'll never have any engine issues unless you are just one of the unlucky ones -- Or, if you treat your car like shit.
Additionally, for those who aren't aware, there are additional factors to consider with the intercooled part of the kit -- I actually had the intercooler and ended up selling it before putting it on. You have to run an aftermarket MAF to tune the intercooled kit properly, and I didn't see a need to worry about future coolant leaks/issues in Indiana weather. Mike at MotoEast knew that I would be running primarily on E85 (which runs cooler) and told me that the nonintercooled kit was perfectly fine. If I had been primarily running on 93 then yes, the intercooler would have been worth the hassle.
At any rate, I believed that $1500 was a great price considering this kit goes for 4k new. It has been treated well and I wasn't interested in trying to squeeze out top dollar for a used part. It must have been a great price because it has now gone to a new owner, who I hope will enjoy it.