Vortech Owner Thread & Setup Questions

[RedFR-s]

For some context, I got my hands on a used V2 that needed some new bearings. When I got into it I found that one of the bearings failed and the gears chewed up some ball bearings. The gears are now destroyed as well as the bearing. My plan now is to rebuild it with new gears, bearings, and seals since the impleller and everything else is still good.

It's definitely not the V2 for the FR-S and I'm trying to get some info from Vortech to figure out which V2 it actually is. Eventually, i'll be putting it together in a custom kit.

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[AJPG]

Originally Posted by RedFR-s

For some context, I got my hands on a used V2 that needed some new bearings. When I got into it I found that one of the bearings failed and the gears chewed up some ball bearings. The gears are now destroyed as well as the bearing. My plan now is to rebuild it with new gears, bearings, and seals since the impleller and everything else is still good.

It's definitely not the V2 for the FR-S and I'm trying to get some info from Vortech to figure out which V2 it actually is. Eventually, i'll be putting it together in a custom kit.

If the case are ok, then feel free to rebuild... But be sure about that before order any parts!

[DJCarbine]

Originally Posted by RedFR-s

For some context, I got my hands on a used V2 that needed some new bearings. When I got into it I found that one of the bearings failed and the gears chewed up some ball bearings. The gears are now destroyed as well as the bearing. My plan now is to rebuild it with new gears, bearings, and seals since the impleller and everything else is still good.

It's definitely not the V2 for the FR-S and I'm trying to get some info from Vortech to figure out which V2 it actually is. Eventually, i'll be putting it together in a custom kit.

This changes things...

Is there a serial/name plate riveted to the headunit? Should have serial number, model number, and any carb EO numbers if applicable

[RedFR-s]

Originally Posted by DJCarbine

This changes things...

Is there a serial/name plate riveted to the headunit? Should have serial number, model number, and any carb EO numbers if applicable

It's got the name plate but only says V2. I got a hold of Brian@Vortech, apparently it's 11 years old and he can't tell if it's S or SC (V8 or V6).

I know it's oversized, so I'm trying to sort out what I need to do to make it work if I can. If not I may rebuild it and sell it to cover costs of the V2/3 H67B for our car.

[cruizin01]

That chasebays setup is on my car currently.

Is anyone here running E85 on their car with stock pulley thats using stock injectors and fuel pump? I assume you could make close to 300whp on E85?

[Cal3000]

Originally Posted by cruizin01

That chasebays setup is on my car currently.

Is anyone here running E85 on their car with stock pulley thats using stock injectors and fuel pump? I assume you could make close to 300whp on E85?

I don't have stock injectors and fuel pump. I would say you will need to upgrade your fuel pump at least. It's possible to feed enough fuel combining the DI and PI.

I made 308whp on E85 with the stock pulley and stock headers.

[cruizin01]

Originally Posted by Cal3000

I don't have stock injectors and fuel pump. I would say you will need to upgrade your fuel pump at least. It's possible to feed enough fuel combining the DI and PI.

I made 308whp on E85 with the stock pulley and stock headers.

Good to know.

Trying to decide how to go about upgrading from here with my oft tune. My local tuner likes using open source so i can stay with oft but obviously i can't do flexfuel with that. Trying to decide how safe that will be...

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[DSDtrilogy]

Hey guys, I have a quick setup/technical question. I bought my car with the vortech supercharger installed, so I'm still trying to learn about the system.

I was inspecting everything today (for no reason, car is performing fine) and I noticed some oil/wetness on the underside of the supercharger (around the discharge, pic attached). I checked the oil and noticed it was surprisingly low. From my understanding this is blow by.

The setup doesn't have a catch can and I was planning on getting one sometime in the near future. Is this grounds to get one immediately?

Is there something else I should check? Everything else seemed oil free from the outside at least. I don't want to track the car until I've worked all these kinks out, but I'm currently using it as my daily.



Please let me know if there's a better place to ask this question, I just saw a lot of catch can talk early on in this thread.

[Cal3000]

Originally Posted by cruizin01

Good to know.

Trying to decide how to go about upgrading from here with my oft tune. My local tuner likes using open source so i can stay with oft but obviously i can't do flexfuel with that. Trying to decide how safe that will be...

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Ethonal content at the pump may change up to 15%. So it's better to run with a flex fuel kit so your timing and fuel delivery can adjust itself. Without flex fuel, you are running a blind eye. The stoic ratio changes from 70% to 85% ethonal. Say your car was tuned on e70 and you throw in e85, you may start to run lean. You want to be especially safe with boost.

[Cal3000]

Originally Posted by DSDtrilogy

Hey guys, I have a quick setup/technical question. I bought my car with the vortech supercharger installed, so I'm still trying to learn about the system.

I was inspecting everything today (for no reason, car is performing fine) and I noticed some oil/wetness on the underside of the supercharger (around the discharge, pic attached). I checked the oil and noticed it was surprisingly low. From my understanding this is blow by.

The setup doesn't have a catch can and I was planning on getting one sometime in the near future. Is this grounds to get one immediately?

Is there something else I should check? Everything else seemed oil free from the outside at least. I don't want to track the car until I've worked all these kinks out, but I'm currently using it as my daily.



Please let me know if there's a better place to ask this question, I just saw a lot of catch can talk early on in this thread.

I don't think that is a case of not having a catch can. I've been running my vortech 60,000 miles without one and have never seen that condition. You should check the housing sealing.
If it is blow by, check the silicon coupling sealing, but I doubt that is it.

[DSDtrilogy]

Originally Posted by Cal3000

I don't think that is a case of not having a catch can. I've been running my vortech 60,000 miles without one and have never seen that condition. You should check the housing sealing.
If it is blow by, check the silicon coupling sealing, but I doubt that is it.

Will do, thanks!

[Ny Brz]

Just switched over to Vortech from a turbo setup, definitely liking this system better.

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[alexand3r]

Originally Posted by DSDtrilogy

Hey guys, I have a quick setup/technical question. I bought my car with the vortech supercharger installed, so I'm still trying to learn about the system.





I was inspecting everything today (for no reason, car is performing fine) and I noticed some oil/wetness on the underside of the supercharger (around the discharge, pic attached). I checked the oil and noticed it was surprisingly low. From my understanding this is blow by.





The setup doesn't have a catch can and I was planning on getting one sometime in the near future. Is this grounds to get one immediately?





Is there something else I should check? Everything else seemed oil free from the outside at least. I don't want to track the car until I've worked all these kinks out, but I'm currently using it as my daily.











Please let me know if there's a better place to ask this question, I just saw a lot of catch can talk early on in this thread.

Wow, that's a lot of oil. I would take the airbox and that tube off to give them a good cleaning.



Also check to make sure the PCV hose's check valve is pointing the right way. The arrow should point toward the intake manifold.



Catch cans are a great idea.