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Supercharged winter driving?
#1
Supercharged winter driving?
How many of you supercharged guys drive year round.. INCLUDING the winter?
Reason being is that I take my Vortech off for the winter, and then again for the summer. It bugged me at first but it may have been a blessing in disguise.
I thought about selling it for a R2300, but that means instant torque.. in the snow?? nah, no thanks.
Then again, it will not kick in until about 3k anyways and I drive very slow during the winter.
I am also planning a stage 3 roush suspension upgrade, high stall torque converter (3K) and a light weight one piece drive-shaft...
Parking it is NOT an option, nor is a second car. I thought about trading in for a 2012 Dodge Charger AWD/RT with the 5.7 Hemi, but that car seems way too bulky to be nimble and too many doors.. I am still considering it though.
Don't they have Mustang winter rally cars or something? lol
Reason being is that I take my Vortech off for the winter, and then again for the summer. It bugged me at first but it may have been a blessing in disguise.
I thought about selling it for a R2300, but that means instant torque.. in the snow?? nah, no thanks.
Then again, it will not kick in until about 3k anyways and I drive very slow during the winter.
I am also planning a stage 3 roush suspension upgrade, high stall torque converter (3K) and a light weight one piece drive-shaft...
Parking it is NOT an option, nor is a second car. I thought about trading in for a 2012 Dodge Charger AWD/RT with the 5.7 Hemi, but that car seems way too bulky to be nimble and too many doors.. I am still considering it though.
Don't they have Mustang winter rally cars or something? lol
#2
How many of you supercharged guys drive year round.. INCLUDING the winter?
Reason being is that I take my Vortech off for the winter, and then again for the summer. It bugged me at first but it may have been a blessing in disguise.
I thought about selling it for a R2300, but that means instant torque.. in the snow?? nah, no thanks.
Then again, it will not kick in until about 3k anyways and I drive very slow during the winter.
I am also planning a stage 3 roush suspension upgrade, high stall torque converter (3K) and a light weight one piece drive-shaft...
Parking it is NOT an option, nor is a second car. I thought about trading in for a 2012 Dodge Charger AWD/RT with the 5.7 Hemi, but that car seems way too bulky to be nimble and too many doors.. I am still considering it though.
Don't they have Mustang winter rally cars or something? lol
Reason being is that I take my Vortech off for the winter, and then again for the summer. It bugged me at first but it may have been a blessing in disguise.
I thought about selling it for a R2300, but that means instant torque.. in the snow?? nah, no thanks.
Then again, it will not kick in until about 3k anyways and I drive very slow during the winter.
I am also planning a stage 3 roush suspension upgrade, high stall torque converter (3K) and a light weight one piece drive-shaft...
Parking it is NOT an option, nor is a second car. I thought about trading in for a 2012 Dodge Charger AWD/RT with the 5.7 Hemi, but that car seems way too bulky to be nimble and too many doors.. I am still considering it though.
Don't they have Mustang winter rally cars or something? lol
I drive my car year around.... Even with the Vortech in weather as the low teens....
#5
Mine is garage kept thankfully so I don't have starts in weather like that! But... I always wondered whats the point in putting a heating pad on the vortech if its the actual oil in the block that is too "thick" to lubricate the gears correctly? Unless you are heating the headunit itself to keep the metal from contracting and causing the gears to lose clearance (which I've never heard of happening)?
#6
Mine is garage kept thankfully so I don't have starts in weather like that! But... I always wondered whats the point in putting a heating pad on the vortech if its the actual oil in the block that is too "thick" to lubricate the gears correctly? Unless you are heating the headunit itself to keep the metal from contracting and causing the gears to lose clearance (which I've never heard of happening)?
#7
How deep does the snow get and how cold does it get from your neck of the woods?
City clean up of the streets is spot on! The only times it's very bad is during surprise snowfalls very early in the morning, say 4am( I used to work that early) and I remember having to drive through 12-16 inches of fresh powder! By 12pm, it's completely plowed, salted with those little black rocks all over the place so it's never been "that bad".
I still wouldn't drive to Canada or anything during the winter rofl but around town.. it's not too bad, but I still like how AWD feels so much more confident in the winter.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Tpl8MynaXA
Here is my old set up.. excuse the decals rofl
City clean up of the streets is spot on! The only times it's very bad is during surprise snowfalls very early in the morning, say 4am( I used to work that early) and I remember having to drive through 12-16 inches of fresh powder! By 12pm, it's completely plowed, salted with those little black rocks all over the place so it's never been "that bad".
I still wouldn't drive to Canada or anything during the winter rofl but around town.. it's not too bad, but I still like how AWD feels so much more confident in the winter.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Tpl8MynaXA
Here is my old set up.. excuse the decals rofl
Last edited by stealth_GT; 06-11-2011 at 10:57 AM.
#8
Mine is garage kept thankfully so I don't have starts in weather like that! But... I always wondered whats the point in putting a heating pad on the vortech if its the actual oil in the block that is too "thick" to lubricate the gears correctly? Unless you are heating the headunit itself to keep the metal from contracting and causing the gears to lose clearance (which I've never heard of happening)?
This is what Vortech says
"In order to achieve the low noise level of Vortech
superchargers, Vortech specifies manufacturing
procedures that call for minimal internal clearance.
These precise tolerances however are not
conducive to temperatures below 25° F. Therefore,
storing the vehicle in a heated garage and/or
employing the use of an engine block
heater/aftermarket engine blanket is required when
the vehicle is subjected to a "cold startup" in
ambient temperatures below 25° F. Failure to
comply with this may result in immediate
supercharger failure and invalidate the
supercharger warranty."