Pneubs HKS Supercharged BRZ Build Thread

[andrewFT86]

Love the staggered wheels. What are your front/rear tire specs?

Originally Posted by Pneub

The gauge may be one of the nicest products I've put into the car. It works and fits like it should have come stock. If only the MAP sensor would read the boost correct it would be perfect.

Considering this gauge also. How much boost can it measure/read?

[OICU812]

Well done!!!!!

[boxer 2.5]

Your friend can't drive... At all. Anyway, Nice ride! How do you like the HKS kit?

[Pneub]

Originally Posted by andrewFT86

Love the staggered wheels. What are your front/rear tire specs?



Considering this gauge also. How much boost can it measure/read?

They are GForce KDW2's: 235/40/18, 255/35/18

The gauge can't read up to 5psi currently because of the stock MAP sensor. I'm not using it to keep track of my boost so I currently have no plans to change it. It's primarily there for air and oil temps. I do believe there is a way to tap directly and connect it to the gauge so I'm going to look into that.

[Pneub]

Originally Posted by boxer 2.5

Your friend can't drive... At all. Anyway, Nice ride! How do you like the HKS kit?

It's not the easiest clutch to use and it was his first time driving it.

Thanks. I love it but I don't have much to compare it to. I have no complaints about it all so far. It's seen about 5k miles now.

[Stealth Gt86]

Nice ride, high quality parts, but you lost me with the rotas....

[Pneub]

Originally Posted by Stealth Gt86

Nice ride, high quality parts, but you lost me with the rotas....

You're not the only one and unfortunately I hear about it as often as I hear compliments about the rest of my car. Frankly, I love the look of the TE37s. I'd love to buy a set in black with the red sticker. I'm not prepared to spend $3500 on a set though when I can get wheels that look 90% as good and perform exactly how I need to for $2500 less. I know the real TE37s are lighter, better made and not knockoffs but if all I was doing to my car was making it look awesome I may have made the purchase. Instead I put that money into making the car better all around instead of focusing on something that is more of a social stigma than a performance upgrade. It sucks how often the wheels become the focus of the conversation but I'm not changing them any time soon.

[Stealth Gt86]

didn't mean to upset you, just you have the most baller supercharger on the market then the rotas, but at the end of the day you have to be happy with it and it sounds like you are so mission accomplished

[Pneub]

Originally Posted by Stealth Gt86

didn't mean to upset you, just you have the most baller supercharger on the market then the rotas, but at the end of the day you have to be happy with it and it sounds like you are so mission accomplished

Definitely not offended and I appreciate all the comments. For some reason I just felt the need to justify. I'm very happy with my build so far. I hope one day I can justify the Volks

[Pneub]

Finally got my new tune and dyno results in. 255whp and 200wtq.

[MasterMech77]

The Power and Torque curve of a supercharger looks so much better to me then a turbo one. I own an 2001 VW GTI, fully built (turbo of course, at about 300whp, 280wtq). That car became a nightmare to daily drive, everything is starting to show its age, at 14 years old the GTI likes to leak oil if I drive it to many miles. So I bought the FRS 10-seires for a DD. Now I want more out of it and want to go the HKS Supercharger route. I was at first going to go turbo, one I am very familiar the setup and maintenance of a turbo. I would be doing all the work myself minus the final calibration of the tune. I am good enough to do the basics but to get it completely right you need more equipment then I have right now. So anyway, after doing some poking around online and seeing all the differences of turbo to supercharger setups I am going down the supercharger road. Might be fun to have the two type of Forced Inductions under the same roof. You know the explosive power of a large turbo. That is something you have to learn to drive with. When your running 25 PSI at about 4k on the Tac, the power is there all at once and stays there all the way through redline. Not that nice hill like climb to full power of a supercharger.

So anyway, I know it has been a while Pneub since you have posted on this thread. I was wondering if there has been any issues with the supercharger setup? Anything new you have done to the car at this point? Also If you could go a different route "Today" what would your choice be as far as Forced Inductions setups.
Thanks and love the car, hope it is still treating you good.

[Pneub]

One more bump. E85 Tuned. Still have that torque dip. Tuning was done at a mixture of 68 so I'm not sure how much more it has at a full 85. Maybe 5-10 more? Not entire sure. Feels a lot smoother on combustible corn. 280whp. Not bad for 10psi. Not the fastest BRZ but pretty fun for a supercharger.

[Pneub]

Originally Posted by MasterMech77

The Power and Torque curve of a supercharger looks so much better to me then a turbo one. I own an 2001 VW GTI, fully built (turbo of course, at about 300whp, 280wtq). That car became a nightmare to daily drive, everything is starting to show its age, at 14 years old the GTI likes to leak oil if I drive it to many miles. So I bought the FRS 10-seires for a DD. Now I want more out of it and want to go the HKS Supercharger route. I was at first going to go turbo, one I am very familiar the setup and maintenance of a turbo. I would be doing all the work myself minus the final calibration of the tune. I am good enough to do the basics but to get it completely right you need more equipment then I have right now. So anyway, after doing some poking around online and seeing all the differences of turbo to supercharger setups I am going down the supercharger road. Might be fun to have the two type of Forced Inductions under the same roof. You know the explosive power of a large turbo. That is something you have to learn to drive with. When your running 25 PSI at about 4k on the Tac, the power is there all at once and stays there all the way through redline. Not that nice hill like climb to full power of a supercharger.

So anyway, I know it has been a while Pneub since you have posted on this thread. I was wondering if there has been any issues with the supercharger setup? Anything new you have done to the car at this point? Also If you could go a different route "Today" what would your choice be as far as Forced Inductions setups.
Thanks and love the car, hope it is still treating you good.

Sorry I just saw this. I haven't had any problems except for terrible clutch issues. Went through two broken ACT clutches (STAY THE FUCK AWAY). The Exedy is better but not great. As far as forced induction goes I would probably stay with a supercharger but I would go with a different brand. The piping setup works fine for now but when I do a rebuild I'll need to redo the whole piping. I haven't done the research but I'll probably sell off this kit and start over on the supercharger. As far as power goes it just won't compete with the turbos out there. I don't pay attention to what other problems people are or aren't having with their setups but so far I've had zero with mine. I'd also get a different manifold to get rid of the torque dip (I think that's the problem). I'd also find a way to make my car quieter which I still need to do. But so far the car has been nearly perfect.

[Pneub]