Vortech supercharger

[skatery1989]

Originally Posted by 2forme

I wouldn't say the cleanest, but still rather nice looking. I agree with disliking the tight fit around the radiator hose. They spent so much time on that pipe, why not make it fit better? Also the mouth of the intake chamber doesn't seem to fit up against the snorkel very snug...

There still a bracket to go on there to push it forward. The pipe are a very tight fight I really don't see any other way they could have done it.

[Jeff86]

Great job man! Definitely in for your overall impressions of the kit itself and the performance! Not excited about that radiator hose contact either. If I were to buy this kit I would work on that area by replacing the radiator hose with one that hard turned downward. Had to do that on my DC5. Cant' wait to see more and videos!!!

[Redline360]

Looking good. Interested to see numbers.

[nonicname]

Originally Posted by SpeedmasterBRZ

Looks great!!! Only thing I dislike is the cool side piping sits on the hot radiator hose how.

Bar far cleanest of all FI setups thus far.

More pics and driving impression. World has NOT ended yet. lol.

cleanest?!
this is clean:

[skatery1989]

Originally Posted by Jeff86

Great job man! Definitely in for your overall impressions of the kit itself and the performance! Not excited about that radiator hose contact either. If I were to buy this kit I would work on that area by replacing the radiator hose with one that hard turned downward. Had to do that on my DC5. Cant' wait to see more and videos!!!

There's about 3/4 inch gap between the hoses il get a picture to show you guys.

[2forme]

Originally Posted by SpeedmasterBRZ

^^^

Above roots style = less power potential + heat soak + heavy + old technology= ignorant driver.

AVO kit looks nice but waits until you see how it actually performs and lasts. I have owned an AVO turbo would not put one on another car. You will see in the long run. Every tuner around (including when Cobb was in SLC) they told me not to buy it. I did and paid much more than other options (ATP, blouch, etc) and made less power with more boost and it was laggy compared to similar sized turbos.

It is easy to reuse the factory airbox and say it is a clean setup. Vortech made a useable air box that look great. Stock airbox is great for a stock engine!!!

I am here to see and read about a new product not get in whose D*&% is bigger pissing match. If you don’t like this kit; DO NOT post here. Go be a fan boy elsewhere.

1) Are you really using the heat soak issue? I mean... it's 5-7 psi. Heavy? LOL. The extra 20 lbs will surely be noticeable. More power is debatable. If you're the type that only looks at peak power numbers, maybe. If you consider the area of power under the entire torque curve, it will lead you to a different story.

2) Sounds like you've had a bad experience with AVO. You'd be the first one I've seen. Hate to say it, but they've been the most transparent vender/manufacturer through this development process (not that that says much). Sounds like you picked the wrong sized turbo kit for your build from them. I can't imagine building 5 psi of boost is going lag very much LOL.

3). Wingnuts holding down a flap to cover the filter looks better than the stock airbox? Plus it also doesn't appear to fit the snorkel very snug... I guess it's all a matter of opinion.

I'm all for supporting this kit because you like it. That's great. But don't down other kits unless you're gonna bring applicable, factual reasons. People crying over heatsoak on 5-7 psi from a roots blower is really stretching the argument. LOL

[DR1FT]

Does the kit comes with an ecu flash? How much whp are u expecting?

[Voodoo Rufus]

Originally Posted by SpeedmasterBRZ

Above roots style = less power potential + heat soak + heavy + old technology= ignorant driver.

You are confusing roots with twin screw technology. You might want to do some reading on the subject and compare it to centrifugal superchargers, if nothing else than to broaden your knowledge on the subject. Two resourcs, albeit the company in the first link are interested in promoting their product: http://www.whipplesuperchargers.com/....asp?PageID=77
http://auto.howstuffworks.com/supercharger3.htm


Both the Innovate twin screw and the Vortech make for clean setups, and competition is good for all of us.

[Opposed]

Originally Posted by DR1FT

Does the kit comes with an ecu flash? How much whp are u expecting?

All of this is covered in Perrin's Vortech build thread. A base Ecutek tune is included, and whp should be around the 230-250 whp range around 5.5-6.5 psi.

[gmookher]

Originally Posted by SpeedmasterBRZ

^^^

Above roots style = less power potential + heat soak + heavy + old technology= ignorant driver.

Well said

[2forme]

Let's get some good pics and a dyno!

[uspspro]

Originally Posted by nonicname

cleanest?!
this is clean:

I agree the AVO kit is clean.... but you have to show the underside of the car too, for the whole story!

[gmookher]

Originally Posted by uspspro

I agree the AVO kit is clean.... but you have to show the underside of the car too, for the whole story!

right and I cant get happy about how close things are to the Bell housing. A few more weeks and I hope to be driving it..

[RedLeader]

Originally Posted by gmookher

right and I cant get happy about how close things are to the Bell housing. A few more weeks and I hope to be driving it..

threadjack:
WEEKS?! What are they doing, building you a whole new car? It's just a supercharger, its not rocket science.
/threadjack


OP:
I think it looks great. Not what I'm looking for in terms of performance, but a great looking piece of kit. How do you like it?