My Vortech Kit, With photo's and Dyno's

[reyruiz191]

Originally Posted by Dezoris

Post back after you flash curious to see how it is in terms of driveability. you run map 1 right?

Will do, and yes I usually run map 1 which on the dyno put down around 240whp, every once in awhile I run map 3 or 4 but not that often.

[TONYpepperon1]

Kit looks amazing on the white. Great numbers too. What about the relability though (on the car as a whole)? If im gonna void my warranty i wanna make sure this thing isnt gonna blow up on me.

[Dezoris]

Originally Posted by reyruiz191

Will do, and yes I usually run map 1 which on the dyno put down around 240whp, every once in awhile I run map 3 or 4 but not that often.

Cool, seems like everyone stays on MAP1. Sounds good in the video.

Originally Posted by TONYpepperon1

Kit looks amazing on the white. Great numbers too. What about the relability though (on the car as a whole)? If im gonna void my warranty i wanna make sure this thing isnt gonna blow up on me.

That is unknown. Only time and mileage will tell. We are working out the bugs now, most seem minor. But we need to get through the winter and start seeing cars past 60k miles before we have any real basis. That goes for the stock car too.

[Ny Brz]

nice vid, car sounds good

[reyruiz191]

Originally Posted by TONYpepperon1

Kit looks amazing on the white. Great numbers too. What about the relability though (on the car as a whole)? If im gonna void my warranty i wanna make sure this thing isnt gonna blow up on me.

Pretty much what @Dezoris said, the cars in N/A form haven't really proven yet that they are or are not reliable. Of course FI can definitely affect that and I myself have only put about 2100 miles in the 4 months I've had the supercharger so I can't really comment much about reliability. But as far as I know there haven't been many issues that people have had with the Vortech kit except for some minor bugs that may have needed a bit of attention.

Originally Posted by Ny Brz

nice vid, car sounds good

Thank you sir!

[SkAsphalt]

Yeah....pretty sure I will be going vortech in the future.

[chiefshayan]

What'd you think of the install? We also have no lift (2 guys will be doing it) and I'm getting a bit worried after seeing some install videos..

[ame]http://youtu.be/se5LVsiTfvo[/ame]

[reyruiz191]

Originally Posted by chiefshayan

What'd you think of the install? We also have no lift (2 guys will be doing it) and I'm getting a bit worried after seeing some install videos..

I'd say my experience was similar in some ways. It's definitely good to have an extra hand and that really helps keep you motivated at times when you might feel frustrated enough to almost wanna just stop. I had a few of those moments where I was just getting tired and I couldn't think straight and just felt almost defeated but kept on pushing through it to get it done. I did it in the garage by just putting the car up on jack stands so a lift is definitely not needed. The install can be time consuming and it's extensive but there's not really any part of the install that is extremely difficult as long as you have the proper tools. After you finally get everything installed and running the feeling of accomplishment will be greater than just paying someone to do it but just be prepared to take a lot of time if needed. Many of us already running it have done it in our own garage and driveway and some others have done it alone with no help so it's definitely doable. Any questions during the install you can post it up here on the forums and at any given time I'm sure there's at least one person who's done it before that can help you out so don't hesitate to ask

[DJCarbine]

Originally Posted by chiefshayan

What'd you think of the install? We also have no lift (2 guys will be doing it) and I'm getting a bit worried after seeing some install videos..

No lift, I did it completely by myself. I did it over the course of 2 days, maybe 8-10 hours total.... I don't really remember.
Hardest part was getting the bumper/sidemarkers off.

If you are used to wrenching on things, its going to be fairly easy... just time consuming

[tennisfreak]

Sweet build and along the same lines I want to go as I get fundage and clearance from the wife.

[reyruiz191]

Here's a sample of what I shot of my car last week.
More in depth review of my headers still to come as well as more pics of my gauge pod setup installed.


My Vortech Supercharged FR-S by reyruiz191, on Flickr

[Dezoris]

Originally Posted by reyruiz191

Here's a sample of what I shot of my car last week.
More in depth review of my headers still to come as well as more pics of my gauge pod setup installed.


My Vortech Supercharged FR-S by reyruiz191, on Flickr

You have some good diversity of pictures in there.
Looking forward to more.

[reyruiz191]

Alright so I've been driving the car around a couple of weeks with the Rev Works header and I've had no issues with it. Got the hole in the weld issue taken care of and it's been all good since. I've noticed maybe a small increase in power and of course a big increase in sound but it's not over the top annoying. It definitely gives it that boxer rumble though which is awesome as well.

Now onto my D3PE catch can.
I got my catch can delivered on tuesday so it only took about 3 business day from the time I ordered it which was great. Installed it the next morning and the instructions that come with it are pretty straight forward so the install was a breeze, took maybe 20-30min and thats with my double and triple checking everything. Here's a picture of the catch can installed on the car.


Now the next thing I installed, which was today was my gauge pod and gauges. I ordered an MSA dual gauge pod about 5 weeks ago but at the time they weren't in stock and were in the process of being made but I was willing to wait, but I was almost at the point to where I wanted to cancel my order. I received incorrect information about when the pods were going to be shipped and was told it was going to ship last week on two different days only to find out this tuesday that they weren't even done being made yet. I was able to work it out with MSA and they overnighted it to me on wednesday and I received it this morning. I dropped my car off at a local shop today and had them install the gauges. The gauge pod is pretty good quality and I decided to run AEM digital gauges for AFR and Boost, so overall i'm pretty satisfied with my setup.



Had to get the car all finished up since I'm heading out to Corpus Christi tomorrow for a car event on Saturday so luckily everything got done. Will definitely get some photos out at the event and i'm still working on editing some from the last time I shot photos.

[nelsmar]

I am legitimately asking a question here. What happens if the pillar air bag goes off? I thought about that moments after I bought the car when I realized it will be less convenient than i wanted to install a wideband in a place i can visually see it.