Innovate (Sprintex) Supercharger Owners Topic

[xjohnx]

Originally Posted by ft_sjo

Anyone else's tensioner flapping around?

video?

[Xero-Limit]

Originally Posted by ft_sjo

Anyone else's tensioner flapping around?

They all do that. It's an autotensioner and the spacing between pulleys there is substantial.

Originally Posted by meadowz06

I think I am about to pull the trigger on the innovative kit. I have 93 octane in Alabama. Auto transmission. How are the autos holding up? And what power gains can I expect with 93 octane, safe tune?
Thanks

Do it. These power levels are nothing for autos these days.

[xjohnx]

Originally Posted by meadowz06

I think I am about to pull the trigger on the innovative kit. I have 93 octane in Alabama. Auto transmission. How are the autos holding up? And what power gains can I expect with 93 octane, safe tune?
Thanks

do it. best decision i've made.

[JesseE]

Originally Posted by vgi

definitely miracles, my avg is 28.8 with 90% highway
PS stock

no miracle... My roadtrip when I moved almost 1500 miles no tune/supercharger still had the header and muffler delete, I got 36 or 38 cant remember now. I just drive smarter, not harder :-)

[whataboutbob]

Originally Posted by meadowz06

I think I am about to pull the trigger on the innovative kit. I have 93 octane in Alabama. Auto transmission. How are the autos holding up? And what power gains can I expect with 93 octane, safe tune?
Thanks

This is just a re-post of my last response to a similar question: http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showp...04&postcount=6

I've been running the Innovate Motorsports SC on my AT car for 3800 miles.

I have previous mechanical experience as a mtn bike mechanic, and I mounted it myself in 5.75 hours. The install wasn't difficult at all, the parts are all labeled and the install manual is well laid out with photos for each step. Flashing the tune is like updating firmware on your network router. Car started up on first try and I've had no issues with the system.

My daily commute is 80+ miles, mostly freeway. If I drive conservatively I get about 28-29 MPG.

The power delivery is smooth and linear. Boost kicks in at about 2500-2800 RPMs and pulls all the way to redline. I've had manual NA drivers following me on the freeway who told me that they had to drop 2 gears to keep up with me when I stepped on the gas.

I've also been autocrossing for about a year now in the car. I can say for sure that on courses where I'd be in 2nd and going slow when the car was NA it took a couple of seconds for the motor to rev up and get back into the power band. With the supercharger on now that is no longer an issue. I get immediate acceleration out of the turns. I haven't added an oil cooler yet, but I've not seen any increase in the car's running temperature.

One thing that I've noticed is that the auto tries to keep the RPMs low, and the Innovate kit delivers power nicely in the lower RPM range.

Here's a link with some videos I took right after the SC install:
http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showp...&postcount=133
And here's a dyno graph from a Mustang dyno (not the best pull that day):
http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showp...&postcount=139

I think that with the intercooler kit, headers, a custom tune (I'm running the Innovate 91 basemap), and some other mods you could get really close to 300. Keep in mind that it isn't just peak HP that matters, it is the area under the curve.
Hope this helps.
:happy0180:

[20firestorm13]

Alright, so I finally got most of the stuff done that I am doing for right now until the Intercooler for this is released.

On 93 Oct
225 whp
184 trq

on e85
253 whp
204 trq

My performance mods are:
Perrin 3 inch catback exhaust
Deatschwerks DW65C
Deatschwerks 700cc Injectors
Innovate Supercharger kit OEM

Dyno shows both the 93 run and the e85 run

[calispec]

Originally Posted by ft_sjo

What kind of unicorn magic is going on here?????

Have you gotten any more data on this? I know you said that there wasn't much heat transfer happening and wasn't sure if you found the cause?

[ft_sjo]

Originally Posted by calispec

Have you gotten any more data on this? I know you said that there wasn't much heat transfer happening and wasn't sure if you found the cause?

I found that the de-gas pipe was flowing an awful lot of water, potentially by-passing the chargecooler element itself. I've put a restrictor in place and intend to do some testing at the weekend. It may be the cure! To the world!!

Regards,
Unicorn

[Khorne]

@ft_sjo I was unable to find the brand of coolant in my setup. The shop that installed the kit mixes their own and refuses to tell me the brand/mixture.

But hopefully you've found what wrong with your kit in that pipe.

Anyway 1 week into ownership and my fuel economy has not dropped as bad as i thought. I used to get about 500km from a tank, now getting 450 - 460.

[CajunFRS]

What's the news on the intercooler? Just curious. Tried to read back and couldnt find much.

[ft_sjo]

Originally Posted by Khorne

@ft_sjo I was unable to find the brand of coolant in my setup. The shop that installed the kit mixes their own and refuses to tell me the brand/mixture.

You can't always go by colour, but green is typically for older cars and not necessarily suitable for aluminium, which the charge cooler requires. You may just need to change it more frequently.

[Khorne]

Originally Posted by ft_sjo

You can't always go by colour, but green is typically for older cars and not necessarily suitable for aluminium, which the charge cooler requires. You may just need to change it more frequently.

Well hopefully not, I'm assured by the shop that they're using this mixture because it's what Sprintex told them to use on the prototype car.
Going to talk to Sprintex about it Monday morning since they are only a 5 minute drive away

[ft_sjo]

I'm sure Bullet know what they're doing.

[Mark@Abbey m/s]

Talk to Jamie @ Tokyo Motorsport.

http://www.tokyomotorsports.com.au/with regards coolant for the charge cooler.

We are going to try Evans Coolant in our development car.