Vishnu/Vortech SC development - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

Shiv@Openflash · 02-26-2014, 08:49 PM

Hi guys,
As some may already know, we have been working with Vortech for a little while now. The goal has always been able to offer a high quality, pre-tuned, fully sorted forced induction kit at an affordable price. And that time has now come

First, I'd to explain why we chose to include the Vortech SC in our OFT300 package. Our business philosophy has always been to provide products that offer unsurpassed value, OEM level of refinement and ease-of-use. And it doesn't take much more than a visit to Vortech (Oxnard, CA) to realize that they share the same philosophy. Seeing how they operate and the effort they place on product development and post-sales support makes us very comfortable with including their products in our OFT300 performance package.

First let's start with their Quality Assurance room. It's bigger and well-equipped than most entire tuning shop garages:

Next, let's take a peek at the rest of their facilities which stock and manufacture product. Yes, Vortech builds just about every component in-house. This includes the supercharger itself. They cast their own housings, machine their own compressor wheels and even build their own SC gearboxes! This is very different from other manufacturers which source their components from other manufacturers and them assemble kits.

Have you ever seen a supercharger dyno? I haven't either. And Vortech has one of the two in existence. To dyno a supercharger, just insert it in this testing rig, drive the gearbox by the giant electric motor, and then measure pressure and temps with all those pressure transducers and thermocouples:

And of course, they have their own engine dyno:

And here is where it all comes together... in in their tuning/installation room:

And meet Lance Keck, Vortech's Calibration Engineer. He's the guy who tunes all their supercharger kits for safe and effective performance. He has a lot of tuning experience and understands how to build a proper off-the-shelf map. He and I got along very well during my week-long visit

:

During the week of my visit, a lot accomplished. First, Vortech installed their standard FRS/BRZ supercharger kit on the test car (2013 BRZ) I drove down from San Francisco.

Then Lance and I spent a few days on the dyno working on the OpenFlash Tablet tune. Prior to this, his only experience was with the Ecutek platform. I think we converted them

[ame]http://youtu.be/Ptyi9mT0XoA[/ame]

Shiv@Openflash · 02-26-2014, 08:50 PM

Reserved for Part 2: From Vortech SC to OFT300

Mad1723 · 02-26-2014, 09:13 PM

Awesome read, can't wait to learn more about this!

86-tundra · 02-26-2014, 09:15 PM

I'm excited for part 2 of this..

ToyoburuBRZ · 02-26-2014, 09:23 PM

Very excited for this. Been waiting for a kit just like this!

JS + BRZ · 02-26-2014, 09:33 PM

This is awesome.

AdrianG · 02-27-2014, 11:09 AM

Okay, so now we know which direction to throw our money, will you please tell us how much to throw?

Dezoris · 02-27-2014, 11:57 AM

@shiv@vishnu

can you explain the valvetrain noise at the 23,second mark around 4000RPM. what is a actually happening in the motor causing that sound.

this is a very very good post.

Cross · 02-27-2014, 03:51 PM

Its part 2 time right?

Shiv@Openflash · 02-27-2014, 03:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cross

Its part 2 time right?

Coming soon. Just writing some XMLs for the Miata right now

jflogerzi · 02-27-2014, 04:42 PM

TAKE MY MONEY NOW!!!

Acree · 02-27-2014, 06:10 PM

Just want a price...

Shiv@Openflash · 02-27-2014, 06:18 PM

cliff notes: well under 4k for the SC alone once OFT dollar discount is applied. And then additional discounts when purchasing header to go with him. Exactly pricing to come soon as i get some time to add the OFT300 page in the website

Cross · 02-27-2014, 06:39 PM

I'm buying one, just tell me when!

02-26-2014, 08:49 PM	#1
Shiv@Openflash Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2013 Drives: 2013 FRS Location: SF, CA Posts: 2,629 Thanks: 1,055 Thanked 5,469 Times in 1,494 Posts Mentioned: 605 Post(s) Tagged: 9 Thread(s)	Vishnu/Vortech SC development Hi guys, As some may already know, we have been working with Vortech for a little while now. The goal has always been able to offer a high quality, pre-tuned, fully sorted forced induction kit at an affordable price. And that time has now come First, I'd to explain why we chose to include the Vortech SC in our OFT300 package. Our business philosophy has always been to provide products that offer unsurpassed value, OEM level of refinement and ease-of-use. And it doesn't take much more than a visit to Vortech (Oxnard, CA) to realize that they share the same philosophy. Seeing how they operate and the effort they place on product development and post-sales support makes us very comfortable with including their products in our OFT300 performance package. First let's start with their Quality Assurance room. It's bigger and well-equipped than most entire tuning shop garages: Next, let's take a peek at the rest of their facilities which stock and manufacture product. Yes, Vortech builds just about every component in-house. This includes the supercharger itself. They cast their own housings, machine their own compressor wheels and even build their own SC gearboxes! This is very different from other manufacturers which source their components from other manufacturers and them assemble kits. Have you ever seen a supercharger dyno? I haven't either. And Vortech has one of the two in existence. To dyno a supercharger, just insert it in this testing rig, drive the gearbox by the giant electric motor, and then measure pressure and temps with all those pressure transducers and thermocouples: And of course, they have their own engine dyno: And here is where it all comes together... in in their tuning/installation room: And meet Lance Keck, Vortech's Calibration Engineer. He's the guy who tunes all their supercharger kits for safe and effective performance. He has a lot of tuning experience and understands how to build a proper off-the-shelf map. He and I got along very well during my week-long visit : During the week of my visit, a lot accomplished. First, Vortech installed their standard FRS/BRZ supercharger kit on the test car (2013 BRZ) I drove down from San Francisco. Then Lance and I spent a few days on the dyno working on the OpenFlash Tablet tune. Prior to this, his only experience was with the Ecutek platform. I think we converted them [ame]http://youtu.be/Ptyi9mT0XoA[/ame] Last edited by Shiv@Openflash; 02-26-2014 at 09:00 PM.

02-26-2014, 09:15 PM	#4
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02-27-2014, 11:57 AM	#8
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02-27-2014, 06:10 PM	#12
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