to supercharge or not
06-18-2008, 03:27 AM
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to supercharge or not
right now i have a automatic gt. and i was really considering doing a trans swap to make it manual. wouldnt it be about the same price as a supercharger? would i be better off just doing full boltons instead of worrying about a supercharger wearing my engine. my car already has 85000 miles on it
what should i do
what should i do
06-18-2008, 06:51 AM
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RE: to supercharge or not
full bolt ons wont give you the HP a supercharger will. and in the end will cost just as much as a supercharger for 1/2 the HP.
the SC is the best bang for the buck for our cars, other than gears
the SC is the best bang for the buck for our cars, other than gears
06-18-2008, 09:06 AM
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RE: to supercharge or not
^From experience, I second that! I would have done a Helion Turbo though. I spent a lot of money on parts with very little HP added. With that same moneyspent on aSC or turbo, I thinki would be a lot happier with my car.
06-20-2008, 03:27 AM
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RE: to supercharge or not
Depends on what kind of blower you want to get.. also depends on how hard you drive the car.. If you've got a real lead foot I wouldn't recommend it.. Though there ARE guys on this forum that have put S/C's on a car that has more miles than yours does and they didn't have any problems.. I'm taking it the car's probably going to be a daily driver right? If that's the case I'd go with a centrifugal unit like maybe a Paxton Novi, vortech SQ, or a pro-charger.. That's just me though..
06-20-2008, 04:06 AM
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RE: to supercharge or not
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would it be bad to supercharge it around 100,000 miles though...?
would it be bad to supercharge it around 100,000 miles though...?
-how the car was taken car of (was it abused or babied?)
-how you drive the car(race around town 24/7 or just drive it normal/nice and easy)
-what you plan to do (300-350rwhp DDor 450+rwhp DD)
as stated before. id forget minor bolt ons. they wont do too much compared to what a s/c will do. also as suboti stated the paxton,vortech or porcharger would be the best bet (personally id go w/ the vortech since you can put the kit together for around $1500!)
06-20-2008, 09:06 AM
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RE: to supercharge or not
why would anyone do the auto to manual swap? its a waste of money... i'd say if you really want a power adder, either buy a supercharger, of buy a complete nitrous kit, nitrous is nice because you have the power when you want it, but you don't have it all day so you don't sacrifice gas mileage