Innovate Motorsports Twin Screw Supercharger Kit for FR-S/BRZ

[diss7]

Since we're speculating as to the delay, maybe they purchased the complete boxed dvd set of all seasons of Hannah Montana.

[Carwhisperer]

Originally Posted by DavidV

Anyone else starting to wonder if a problem has come up that Innovate hasn't expected? Hyping the release of their #'s and then going dead cold for days now on the forum... it seems very off. You would think they would attempt to keep everyone in the loop with such a highly demanded product. John has not commented either which makes things seem even more suspect since all he was doing was feeding the fire towards Innovate's release.

"We are working to get onto the same dyno we used for the baseline stock pulls. I expect to release before and after dyno graphs mid to late next week for the intercooled kit. The non-intercooled data will follow a week later. Thanks for your interest!" - Innovate Motorsports posted today on their Latest video on Youtube.

I'm not worried at all. Interesting to see the stage 2 kit's #'s first... Very interesting.

I'm expecting to see some solid #'s by Next Friday for sure.

[Murseman27]

Originally Posted by diss7

Since we're speculating as to the delay, maybe they purchased the complete boxed dvd set of all seasons of Hannah Montana.

Psh they are much classier than that, Sabrina the Teenage Witch...they are waiting on the complete 4 seasons of Mighty Car Mods to make the final adjustments

[stockysnail]

I commented on Innovate's new YouTube video post and he replied in about 30mins, I commented again and they replied again in 30mins. I just think they aren't paying much attention to this forum until they are finished. The comment I asked was is their hose from the stock air box to the maf/throttle body going to be flexible. They said no, that it was plastic. I said to them it would be great if we could get that part in silicon and in 3 different color choices red, blue, and black. I also mentioned that silicon would be better as I'm currently using the Perrin intake and cai filter so their plastic hose, if it won't bend a little, wouldn't work with my intake even though it's in almost the same spot as stock. I'd just need a little flex in the hose that they are currently saying is hard plastic.

[ahausheer]

Originally Posted by stockysnail

I commented on Innovate's new YouTube video post and he replied in about 30mins, I commented again and they replied again in 30mins. I just think they aren't paying much attention to this forum until they are finished. The comment I asked was is their hose from the stock air box to the maf/throttle body going to be flexible. They said no, that it was plastic. I said to them it would be great if we could get that part in silicon and in 3 different color choices red, blue, and black. I also mentioned that silicon would be better as I'm currently using the Perrin intake and cai filter so their plastic hose, if it won't bend a little, wouldn't work with my intake even though it's in almost the same spot as stock. I'd just need a little flex in the hose that they are currently saying is hard plastic.

Something that long made out of silicone, I would be worried about it collapsing under high vacuum, although I have little experience with such pieces.

[Unleashed]

Very excited for this, I will have the money to purchase the stage 1 kit tmro, possibly hold out for the stage 2. All depends on these damn numbers

[Area51]

The teal colored FR-S that won the tuner challenge at sema had a magnuson tvs blower on it that a company agile performance in MD help design, im hopeing on that blower setup pans out.

[Cheddar]

Iv just saving up money. The longer they take, the more i save, if I dont like what they have to offer, I save some more.

[bakerr6]

Originally Posted by ahausheer

Something that long made out of silicone, I would be worried about it collapsing under high vacuum, although I have little experience with such pieces.

The vacuum pressure should cause any issues if the silicon hose is of the highest quality. They are reinforced with braided bands which should be well within the useable tolerances of the silicon hose.

[Chewie4299]

Since they are paying attention to Youtube I posted the following there.

Chewie4299 2 minutes ago
A few, including myself, are very wary of purchasing a product such as this, even though it excites us greatly, if the company behind it can start an R&D thread and then fall off the face of the earth while still working on it.
I don't mean to bash. I'm very anxious to see what this can do. I, too, have the Perrin CAI. I'd love to be able to mate this inlet pipe to their intake. Perhaps the whole thing doesn't need to be steel reinforced silicone and we'd only need the proper coupler?


Chewie4299 5 minutes ago
Hey there Innovate.
Are you guys even aware that the thread you started on ft86club.com about this product has turned into just shy of 2000 posts worth of frustration, speculation, anger and anxiety? I just figured this would be a good place to ask since it looks like you are responding here.
We'd all love for you to come back to the forum and update us, even if it's just to say you've got x, y, and z left to do and expect to be able to update by (insert timeframe here). It would satisfy many

[Books]

I'm glad they're taking their time. It means they are working hard and trying to get the most out of the supercharger.

When they finally release it and get it in our hands... we'll all forget about this stupid thread. All those whining, what are you going to do about it? Buy another FI kit instead? Go for it, nobody is stopping you and they're readily available. I'm going to be patient and wait it out. What's the worst that can happen if it ends up not working out? I'll just buy another FI kit instead.

[Chewie4299]

Originally Posted by Books

I'm glad they're taking their time. It means they are working hard and trying to get the most out of the supercharger.

When they finally release it and get it in our hands... we'll all forget about this stupid thread. All those whining, what are you going to do about it? Buy another FI kit instead? Go for it, nobody is stopping you and they're readily available. I'm going to be patient and wait it out. What's the worst that can happen if it ends up not working out? I'll just buy another FI kit instead.

You don't get it.

Many of us don't mind that they take their time. What we mind is the fact that THEY STARTED THIS THREAD and they've completely stopped updating us.

Nameless has still not released their header and their thread has been around longer than this. They, however, are constantly providing updates as to where they are with development and what their hold-ups are.

No one in that thread is complaining about the delay because Nameless is communicating.

[Jeff86]

I don't think this thread needs to go in the direction of criticizing Innovate's approach. They don't have to do their R&D in front of the masses or like company X does. So they take a different approach and are keeping things under wraps. It is obviously no less valid an approach. Look at how much interest there is. The mystery around the whole thing is effective.

I've heard good things about Innovate with their data logging products. I think assuming they won't be good with product support based upon them being quiet during R&D on this forum is jumping to conclusions.

[Books]

Originally Posted by Chewie4299

You don't get it.

Many of us don't mind that they take their time. What we mind is the fact that THEY STARTED THIS THREAD and they've completely stopped updating us.

Nameless has still not released their header and their thread has been around longer than this. They, however, are constantly providing updates as to where they are with development and what their hold-ups are.

No one in that thread is complaining about the delay because Nameless is communicating.

"Completely stopped updating us" is a bit extreme. But yes, updates are few and far between.

Last I heard was shipping late March