I have the money for a supercharger and i am able to install it. My question is if i put in a supercharger will i have to change my whole transmission and other parts to make it stronger? Im thinkin either procharger, whipple, orkenne bell. Thanks

 

ideally you should get forged engine internals at the very least. A clutch can be easily replaced, and a performance trans or rebuild could be put off...many on this forum are FI on factory cast internals, but if you take this chance and put a rod through the block it's going to cost $$$...
p.s. checked your sig...if you have the dough for a s/c why are you settling for the weak tuneless K&N CAI? Also I assume you have a MT...

 

i gotta take that out, im going with the steeda CAI and inlet elbow

 

and if by MT u meen manual trans? yes i do.

I have another quuestion.are the under drive pulleys really worth it? and do they afect your lighting and A/C? I was lookin at steeda.

 

whoa, horsie...if a s/c is in your immediate future, slam the brakes on the CAI and UDPs, because they'll be sitting in your garage...the s/c will come with its own version of an intake, and the pulley would underdrive the blower and we wouldn't want that now would we? Now all that aside, my butt dyno must need to be recalibrated because I didn't really notice anything with the UDPs although some claim they noticed them right away. There is no downside, they don't affect a/c charging etc in a negative way at all. The labor is a bit tricky, special tools and a torque-to-yield wrench are required (I got chicken-sh*t and had them installed at the dealership where I work)
also, get a tuner/CAI combo (not just the CAI), since you'll need a tune with your s/c anyway...you really can't get around owning a tuner with these cars...all the mid-to-high hp bolt ons require a retune, not to mention gear ratio and wheel and tire size changes...if you can think this far ahead, find out where you're going to buy your s/c, find out which handheld tuner they use, and get that tuner when you get your CAI...a tuner's only as good as the dyno shop who's using it.

 

Thanks for the reply s197

The S/C is not in my Imediate future but im expecting to have one by march. I still dont understand how the calibrator works, plus it in and thats it?

 

yes...there is some user-end fine tuning allowed but DON'T DO IT (with the exception of making necessary adjustments for gear swaps and wheel and tire size swaps)...the guys who write these programs know what they're doing and you can and will mess something up if you start fine-tuning on your own. Best bet is just to plug it in and follow the prompts on the screen. And for instance, if you pick up a CAI/tuner combo from brenspeed (highly recommended), any time you purchse a part from themthat requires a retune (your s/c for example) they will email you an updated tune for freeand you just plug the tuner into your computer via the usb cable, download it and upload it to your car. When you upload the tune you will choose what octane gas you will be using and it's very important not to use any other octane than what you've selected...in some high-hp cases it can cause serious damage (obliterated piston, snapped rod, hole in block etc) to run a lower octane gas than the tune requires...
while I've got your attention I'll give you my "stage one" mod list for new owners: the CAI/tuner we've just discussed, also a short gear (3.73s if FI is in your future), a sticky drag radial (nittos have mixed reviews but everyone seems to like Mickeys), and some rear control arms to get wheel hop under control. After that, you can consider stuff like exhaust, UDPs, etc. JMO...