Have only $2000 to spend on supercharger
09-19-2006, 04:23 PM
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RE: Have only $2000 to spend on supercharger
Get a Vortech SC-Trim and upgrade the pulley. Right under 2000 bucks, and you will be over 6-9 lbs at least.
Get it here its where I got mine. http://jdsperformance.com/index.asp?...tem&inmake=all
Get it here its where I got mine. http://jdsperformance.com/index.asp?...tem&inmake=all
09-19-2006, 04:28 PM
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RE: Have only $2000 to spend on supercharger
I have the Powerdyne......it gave me 90 horsepower on 6 psi of boost. Powerdyne's are very quiet and they come with a 3 year warrnanty. I like the thing. However if I could go back again I would get the Novi 1000. But I like my Powerdyne.
09-19-2006, 04:36 PM
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RE: Have only $2000 to spend on supercharger
Some people get lucky and some people dont... but the thing I dont understand is why people even buy them if they heard about the horror stories. You can buy a similar blower setup for maybe a hundred bucks more... if your buying a blower a hundred extra dollars is not going to kill you so why take the chance? I am not saying that their not goog units because there are many people who run them with no problems but on the other hand I have prob heard more bad things than good about them....
So my question is... why take the chance?
So my question is... why take the chance?
09-19-2006, 04:45 PM
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RE: Have only $2000 to spend on supercharger
They are pretty much the same blower. Both are great and very realiable from what I have heard. I have really never heard horror stories about either of them. They are both 5-6 psi entry level superchargers that run about the same. I believe the Novi is like 100 cheaper or something like that. Theres one thing though, Im not exactally sure what it is but I know that with a SC trim you cannot change the crank pulley without voiding the warranty and with a Novi you can.... so Im going Novi 1000. You can pull 14 psi out of either one of them with a powerpipe, blower pulley and crank pulley.
09-19-2006, 06:36 PM
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RE: Have only $2000 to spend on supercharger
No not too shabby at all! For anything on the street its more than enough... especially on a 5.0.
The Paxton and Vortech are basically the same kit but for some reason if you put a crank pulley on a Vortech it voids the warranty... something about it being 6 ribbed and aftermarket crank pulleys being 8 ribbed.... I think [&:]
The Paxton and Vortech are basically the same kit but for some reason if you put a crank pulley on a Vortech it voids the warranty... something about it being 6 ribbed and aftermarket crank pulleys being 8 ribbed.... I think [&:]
09-19-2006, 08:59 PM
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RE: Have only $2000 to spend on supercharger
Similair blowers. I would go with Vortech because of the warranty, bigger after market IE: after cooler, Pulleys, pipes, valves ect.
The SC trim is the same as the S trim just in a 6 rib design. Would could even send it back to vortech and have them rebuild it into A S trim for 300 bucks and would still be under warranty.
The SC trim is the same as the S trim just in a 6 rib design. Would could even send it back to vortech and have them rebuild it into A S trim for 300 bucks and would still be under warranty.
09-19-2006, 09:06 PM
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RE: Have only $2000 to spend on supercharger
Is the Vortech warranty better than the Paxton warranty? When you sent the blower into to be rebuilt does it establish a new warranty? Where is a good place to look at the aftermarket for the vortech blower? Can you pick whatever blower pulley you want when you send it in to be changed to the S trim?