HKS Supercharger - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

Pneub · 04-23-2013, 05:19 PM

I've been reading up on this forum about forced induction for awhile now and I'm pretty much set on going with a supercharger. The obvious solution is to go with Vortech and I'm also interested in going to Evasive and having an HKS supercharger installed. This will be for a daily driver and I'm more interested in reliability than peak power. I plan to redo the fuel at a minimum but may change out more in the future to pull out a few extra horsepower but I'd assume that tune for tune I'm going to get close to the same numbers with the Vortech being slightly higher because it has a centrifugal blower.

Anyways, I'm in no way an expert and really just want to have more power in my BRZ as I drive around town. I'd love some advice on why to get one or the other. At this moment I'm leaning towards HKS because I've heard it has more mid range power and Evasive is nearby so if I have any issues I have somebody to take it to immediately.

nonicname · 04-23-2013, 05:31 PM

I would recommend Innovative' SC system if they weren't so sketchy about showing any numbers. It's much cheaper than Vortech, should have more torque
and looks very OEM.

dabocx · 04-23-2013, 06:01 PM

If your looking to buy now Visconti has a pretty good sale on the vortech unit and has a pretty good bundle that includes the smaller pulley/injectors/pump. Really have not seen much data on the HKS unit but id imagine its a quality piece.

No Limit Motorsport · 04-23-2013, 06:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nonicname

I would recommend Innovative' SC system if they weren't so sketchy about showing any numbers. It's much cheaper than Vortech, should have more torque
and looks very OEM.

It's not sketchy. It isn't ready for release, therefore they don't have horsepower numbers.

Pneub · 04-23-2013, 06:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dabocx

If your looking to buy now Visconti has a pretty good sale on the vortech unit and has a pretty good bundle that includes the smaller pulley/injectors/pump. Really have not seen much data on the HKS unit but id imagine its a quality piece.

Lets assume I can get them both at the same price and availability just for the sake of the better choice.

Draco-REX · 04-23-2013, 06:24 PM

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Originally Posted by No Limit Motorsport

It's not sketchy. It isn't ready for release, therefore they don't have horsepower numbers.

Except that it is ready as both Bullet and Cusco are selling them. You don't produce this many units of a product still in development:

Overland'n'5thGEN · 04-23-2013, 06:29 PM

Will that fit under a stock hood?

sent from a Galaxy SIII...

Opposed · 04-23-2013, 06:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Overland'n'5thGEN

Will that fit under a stock hood?

sent from a Galaxy SIII...

Yes. Fits under OEM hood and retains OEM intake box.

Midtenn · 04-23-2013, 06:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Draco-REX

Except that it is ready as both Bullet and Cusco are selling them. You don't produce this many units of a product still in development:

It sounds like a software issue in the ECU causing problems, rather than a hardware issue.

SmsAlSuwaidi · 04-23-2013, 08:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Draco-REX

Except that it is ready as both Bullet and Cusco are selling them. You don't produce this many units of a product still in development:

What the hell !

FRS-Jonathan · 04-23-2013, 10:36 PM

wish i had all those sitting around in my garage

DoomsdayJesus · 04-28-2013, 12:02 AM

What's the difference in reliability between a turbo and an SC? If I go for a turbo I'm most likely going with the Avo stage 1, and at 7psi max it doesn't sound like it would have that much of an effect on reliability.

kioton32 · 04-28-2013, 12:21 AM

I'm waiting on the innovate SC myself

ft_sjo · 04-28-2013, 02:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DoomsdayJesus

What's the difference in reliability between a turbo and an SC? If I go for a turbo I'm most likely going with the Avo stage 1, and at 7psi max it doesn't sound like it would have that much of an effect on reliability.

It's not as simple as that, but you're best off creating a separate thread to discuss it before a turbo vs. supercharger war breaks out between the peasants.

04-23-2013, 05:19 PM	#1
Pneub Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2013 Drives: Dark Grey BRZ Location: Huntington Beach Posts: 306 Thanks: 172 Thanked 143 Times in 77 Posts Mentioned: 1 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	HKS Supercharger I've been reading up on this forum about forced induction for awhile now and I'm pretty much set on going with a supercharger. The obvious solution is to go with Vortech and I'm also interested in going to Evasive and having an HKS supercharger installed. This will be for a daily driver and I'm more interested in reliability than peak power. I plan to redo the fuel at a minimum but may change out more in the future to pull out a few extra horsepower but I'd assume that tune for tune I'm going to get close to the same numbers with the Vortech being slightly higher because it has a centrifugal blower. Anyways, I'm in no way an expert and really just want to have more power in my BRZ as I drive around town. I'd love some advice on why to get one or the other. At this moment I'm leaning towards HKS because I've heard it has more mid range power and Evasive is nearby so if I have any issues I have somebody to take it to immediately.

04-23-2013, 06:29 PM	#7
Overland'n'5thGEN Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2013 Drives: 5th Gen Toyota 4Runner Location: SF Bay Area Posts: 397 Thanks: 82 Thanked 129 Times in 98 Posts Mentioned: 6 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Will that fit under a stock hood? sent from a Galaxy SIII... __________________ Build thread for Amber

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04-23-2013, 05:31 PM	#2
nonicname Banned Join Date: Nov 2012 Drives: it has 4 wheels and a motor Location: Planet Earth Posts: 479 Thanks: 69 Thanked 173 Times in 93 Posts Mentioned: 1 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	I would recommend Innovative' SC system if they weren't so sketchy about showing any numbers. It's much cheaper than Vortech, should have more torque and looks very OEM.

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dabocx Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Drives: Scion FRS Location: United States Posts: 1,267 Thanks: 564 Thanked 261 Times in 191 Posts Mentioned: 9 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	If your looking to buy now Visconti has a pretty good sale on the vortech unit and has a pretty good bundle that includes the smaller pulley/injectors/pump. Really have not seen much data on the HKS unit but id imagine its a quality piece.

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