Used Vortech Super charger VS Used MaPefromance Turbo Kit

[MujisGarage]

!NOT MAPERFORMANCE ITS A FULL BLOWN TURBO KIT!

Hey guys,

I've had my car for roughly a year and a half and I've decided its time for me to have some Go-Fast mods installed.

* Questions are my main concerns

I've currently been in contact with 2 guys about their kits.

What I'm looking to achieve with this post is information about

*Reliability of both kits on my AT FR-S, Is a super charger more reliably and Vice versa? (I'll be purchasing all supporting mods + more to keep my motor healthy)

As both kits are used what are some concerns should I have about them? *Are they on their way out?
Should I rebuild them right when I buy them?

Does anyone have any insight when it comes to buying used go fast parts?


One guy is selling a Vortech Kit with about 10k miles (According to him)
Price: $2000

One guy is selling a Full Blown Turbo Kit w/ a GTX2867r turbo, he ran it for roughly 2 years and claims it didn't drive it too often.
Price: $1750

[shadowking1711]

Hello,

Vortech Owner here, So with the vortech Kit I love it. It builds boost low and keeps pulling as the RMP's ramp up. Supporting mods like an oil cooler is a must if you have the V-2 Oil engine kit like i do.

As you can see on my Dyno graph On E85 I am making 363 WHP

The biggest con is the belt breaking.

I can not speak for turbos but feel free to ask me anything about vortech.

[tomm.brz]

turbo is funnier for a daily
centrifugal supercharger shine on track

[thevirushaus]

Originally Posted by shadowking1711

Hello,

Vortech Owner here, So with the vortech Kit I love it. It builds boost low and keeps pulling as the RMP's ramp up. Supporting mods like an oil cooler is a must if you have the V-2 Oil engine kit like i do.

As you can see on my Dyno graph On E85 I am making 363 WHP

The biggest con is the belt breaking.




I can not speak for turbos but feel free to ask me anything about vortech.

Hello what supporting mods do you have? What is you pulley size and howuch peak boost?

[shadowking1711]

Originally Posted by thevirushaus

Hello what supporting mods do you have? What is you pulley size and howuch peak boost?

Sorry for late reply I didnt see that you posted. I am running 3.125 Pully with a top boost of 12 PSI.

The only supporting mods I have is an AOS. I will be installing a meth kit and dropping a pulley to the 2.87.

Let me know if you have any other questions. Ill do my best to respond if i see them.

[DarkPira7e]

For reliability, something to consider is that a turbo setup adds points of failure for your car's lifeline - oil (and depending on the turbo, coolant too). There are large opportunities to do something wrong that can cause catastrophic failure extremely quickly.

On the other hand, a supercharger (in my opinion) is far more complex and as noted, losing your belt is a possibility. I would trust a well set up turbo over a supercharger, but I've only ever owned turbo cars

[Teseo]

Originally Posted by DarkPira7e

For reliability, something to consider is that a turbo setup adds points of failure for your car's lifeline - oil (and depending on the turbo, coolant too). There are large opportunities to do something wrong that can cause catastrophic failure extremely quickly.

On the other hand, a supercharger (in my opinion) is far more complex and as noted, losing your belt is a possibility. I would trust a well set up turbo over a supercharger, but I've only ever owned turbo cars

You could have some belts and tools if shit happens with the supercharger