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Old 05-10-2008, 09:56 PM
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i want to know which supercharger is better procharger or kb thanx for the help
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Old 05-10-2008, 10:07 PM
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you down to just these two? there are a lot of whipples and saleen on these forums.... good luck with your quest.

I do not have either so I just prefer the look of the kenne bell over the paxton. but what your end goals/ how much boost you gonna run will help you decide. Do you have support (a shop) that is good with both?
are you going with final price?
are you going for show and go?
Will you eer want to boost up high?
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Old 05-10-2008, 10:38 PM
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ya thanx
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Old 05-10-2008, 11:21 PM
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Default RE: ? about which supercharger is better

well both are excellent kits... if you
defined "better", we might be able
to offer some thoughts




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i want to know which supercharger is better procharger or kb thanx for the help
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Old 05-10-2008, 11:29 PM
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any help would be appreciated thanx
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Old 05-11-2008, 12:59 AM
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Kenne Bell Dude. Twin screws (kenne bell, whipple, and saleen) all get boost at the tap of the throttle. I centrifical (procharger,vortech,paxton) actually has to spool up kind of like a turbo.

My 2 cents; Kenne Bell and Whipple HO superchargers are the best you can buy.
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Old 05-11-2008, 07:56 AM
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Answer some of these questions....we know nothing from what you have posted so for

1. What are you planning to do with the car? i.e. - autocross, trailer drag car, daily driver, weekend warrior and occasional track, street/strip limited, street/strip weekly, etc

2. How much max power do you want to make eventually?

3. How much max power do you want to be able to run on the street?

4. Is torque important to you or just rwhp numbers?

5. Where do you live and what is the climate?

6. How many miles do you average on your car? (example - 12K per year)

7. Is your car lowered?... How much?

8. What is the max octane you have in your area? (example - 89, 91, 93, etc.)

9. Do you plan on rebuilding a forged motor?

10. Is 'whine' important to you?

11. Do you want to be able to have multiple boost levels and tunes? (i.e. race and street) Specific to boost - do you want to run different boost levels on the car?

12. Are you installing yourself? If not... who is?


13. Do you have access to a custom tuner and dyno?

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Old 05-12-2008, 10:15 PM
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Default RE: ? about which supercharger is better

The June 2008 issue of MM&FF's, has a great write-up comparing all the popular Superchargers.
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Old 05-13-2008, 12:37 PM
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well its going to be a daily driver and i prolly will put over 20k miles a year and i want to but the motor for more psi when i get more money of corse i have 91 octain and i can get 100 i want to be able to have diff boots settings to thanx for the help
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Old 05-13-2008, 12:48 PM
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Default RE: ? about which supercharger is better

20k / year is kinda a lot.
out of those 2 choices, i would go w/ the TS
but there's nothing wrong w/ the procharger either, plus they sound pretty cool too.
whipple and saleen are also good choices. or paxton/vortech, turbo too. but w/ that hi milage i would keep anyFI at a low single digit boost level.
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