CSG's Jackson Racing "Factory Tuned" Supercharger experience, updated 12/19/2013

[ramiram1984]

Originally Posted by matchamochi

Hopefully this isn't too dumb of a question - From a dead stop if you gun it do you feel glued to your seat?

I noticed in the first post you said everything is very linear, but in another post you said you can definitely feel it above 6k rpms.

I came from a mazdaspeed 3 w/ minor upgrades and an ecu and obv turbo and sc feeling are different, but the stock engine has really left me a little lacking.

I'm in Cali and this is my daily driver in a police infested zone so I'd like to keep things on the up in up...

You can and your passenger can too.

[CSG Mike]

Originally Posted by matchamochi

Hopefully this isn't too dumb of a question - From a dead stop if you gun it do you feel glued to your seat?

I noticed in the first post you said everything is very linear, but in another post you said you can definitely feel it above 6k rpms.

I came from a mazdaspeed 3 w/ minor upgrades and an ecu and obv turbo and sc feeling are different, but the stock engine has really left me a little lacking.

I'm in Cali and this is my daily driver in a police infested zone so I'd like to keep things on the up in up...

Nope.

Take the stock powerband, eliminate the torque dip, and then amplify it by 40%. That's how it feels.

It won't feel the way your MS3 did when the turbo spooled; there's no surge of torque. It's more like you're in a car with a small V6 (think the current generation of 3.x liter V6). It's just a smooth increase in power, that continues to build until you have to shift to the next gear.

If you're local to us, feel free to come catch a ride.

[SubieNate]

Originally Posted by CSG David

You're alive Nathan!

Yep. Life's been crazy. The new job is nuts. Let me know the next time you're up in the desert for a track day.

I'll be interested to see some comparos if/when Kraftworks gets theirs CARBed.

Nathan

[Ralph Spoilsport]

@CSG Mike

Next photo session, could you please show us some more detail on the drive side of the Rotrex? It's clear the friction surface has to be the reverse side of the belt (for correct rotation). I'd like to see Jackson's solution.

Edit: Q's partially answered by JR installation manual. Still in for pics.

[RehabJeff86]

I hv RobiSpec oil cooler, will FMIC fit?

[hamlet]

THE OLD MAN TEST:


Last night I gave my 74 yr old dad a ride in my JR supercharged BRZ. The car is lowered on swift springs, has a perrin exhaust, and 17x9 wheels with nitto NT-05 tires. I've owned a GReddy turbo'd civic Si, and still have a Vortech SC'd S2K that he's been tortured with in the past. We drove around for 10 minutes. Mostly under partial throttle, normal driving in light city traffic. With one hard-launch onto a freeway on-ramp that I kept the pedal down until we hit 110 in 4th. I chirped the tires hitting 2nd and third, so I wasn't holding back.


The old man was impressed with the power. More importantly for me, he said this was the first time I didn't ruin a car with all the aftermarket crap I did to it. He was supremely impressed with how docile and smooth the car was in traffic, the lack of power surging, the smoothness of the idle, the quiet, and how the driveability of the car was actually better than stock.


After a lifetime of head shaking and disapproving scowls about my aftermarket FI decisions, dad climbed out of the BRZ with a big a grin and a compliment: "Good job!"


Thank you Jackson Racing :-)

[Calum]

Originally Posted by hamlet

THE OLD MAN TEST:


Last night I gave my 74 yr old dad a ride in my JR supercharged BRZ. The car is lowered on swift springs, has a perrin exhaust, and 17x9 wheels with nitto NT-05 tires. I've owned a GReddy turbo'd civic Si, and still have a Vortech SC'd S2K that he's been tortured with in the past. We drove around for 10 minutes. Mostly under partial throttle, normal driving in light city traffic. With one hard-launch onto a freeway on-ramp that I kept the pedal down until we hit 110 in 4th. I chirped the tires hitting 2nd and third, so I wasn't holding back.


The old man was impressed with the power. More importantly for me, he said this was the first time I didn't ruin a car with all the aftermarket crap I did to it. He was supremely impressed with how docile and smooth the car was in traffic, the lack of power surging, the smoothness of the idle, the quiet, and how the driveability of the car was actually better than stock.


After a lifetime of head shaking and disapproving scowls about my aftermarket FI decisions, dad climbed out of the BRZ with a big a grin and a compliment: "Good job!"


Thank you Jackson Racing :-)

What tune are you using? And gas?

[MidnightRunner]

Originally Posted by hamlet

After a lifetime of head shaking and disapproving scowls about my aftermarket FI decisions, dad climbed out of the BRZ with a big a grin and a compliment: "Good job!"

Nothing more satisfying that the old man's approval. Great story, thanks for sharing.

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[OICU812]

@hamlet

Interesting review, realistic let's face it outsiders especially old dudes are pickier about the whole picture lol.

[hamlet]

Originally Posted by Calum

What tune are you using? And gas?

Stock tune. Cali 91 octane urine

[SubieNate]

Originally Posted by OICU812

@hamlet

Interesting review, realistic let's face it outsiders especially old dudes are pickier about the whole picture lol.

My dad hated driving my younger brother's WRX after he did ST coils. "MY BACK ARRGGHHH!"

[jjkerr626]

Originally Posted by hamlet

Stock tune. Cali 91 octane urine

I didn't know you can use a stock tune, I read on their website that you needed to tune or you would have engine failure.

[Andrew025]

Originally Posted by jjkerr626

I didn't know you can use a stock tune, I read on their website that you needed to tune or you would have engine failure.

He's probably referring to the stock JR carb tune.

[airmanmurphy02]

Originally Posted by ATL BRZ

Do you feel in your educated opinion that the Perrin OC kit will work without modification?

I understand you can't give details on the JR OC kit before it's released.

I used my perrin OC with the kit. Had to re-route and shorten the lines since the intercooler piping made it a tight squeeze for the cooler lines. I also moved the cooler forward about 1 inch to clear the intercooler. Only permanent modification I had to make was trimming about 3/8" of the plastic inside the front grille. I will try to post pics if you like.