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Let's do the supercharger man - I've got the welder, plasma cutter, drill press and a powder coating oven :cool:

I think we can make a supercharger kit for a little more then that nitrous kit...
 
KyleQ said:
Let's do the supercharger man - I've got the welder, plasma cutter, drill press and a powder coating oven :cool:

I think we can make a supercharger kit for a little more then that nitrous kit...
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Finding a supercharger headunit cheap is the hard part. Making the brackets and the rest is only time and materials. A new vortech V9 is $2200. A procharger C2 is over $3k. Find something used and you could probably do it. Seals and bearings may need to be replaced though. Vortech's rebuild service is about $900. :eek:
 
warmonger said:
Last time you played with nitrous you spit chunks of engine out the tailpipe on the dyno! lol
I think I'll just wait long enough and you'll do it anyway. lol
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yes...... 3 years and 164k later, a stock piston finally gave out on a 100 shot! oh woe is me.... ugh. yes i blew up a car, yes i sprayed a lot of nitrous, but NO, I WASNT A NOOB AT IT!..... 32 bottles went through that engine.... 32! i count!
 
TRicker said:
yes...... 3 years and 164k later, a stock piston finally gave out on a 100 shot! oh woe is me.... ugh. yes i blew up a car, yes i sprayed a lot of nitrous, but NO, I WASNT A NOOB AT IT!..... 32 bottles went through that engine.... 32! i count!
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Fawk em man - how many cars are out there with N2O on them without problems? I wouldn't be hesitant to run it again if I were you - I wouldn't mind running it on my car...
I like the NPG kit, but I'm always willing to try cool new things... on my buddies car :D
 
TRicker said:
yes...... 3 years and 164k later, a stock piston finally gave out on a 100 shot! oh woe is me.... ugh. yes i blew up a car, yes i sprayed a lot of nitrous, but NO, I WASNT A NOOB AT IT!..... 32 bottles went through that engine.... 32! i count!
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Besides, isn't changing an engine in your car like changing your underware by now to you?
 
TRicker said:
yes...... 3 years and 164k later, a stock piston finally gave out on a 100 shot! oh woe is me.... ugh. yes i blew up a car, yes i sprayed a lot of nitrous, but NO, I WASNT A NOOB AT IT!..... 32 bottles went through that engine.... 32! i count!
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lol, I never said anything about noob and I never said I wouldn't do it myself. Just called it like I saw it at SZ that year. Nitrous is fun. I've always been supportive or your 'projects' anyway.
 
well thanks for the support tom. it actually means a lot.

anyways, as for the projects: here's my dilemma.

I was offered a SUPER sweet deal from joey, on his turbo hot/cold side piping off his car, since he is/has upgraded to a stainless steel kit.

but, i have a maxed out credit card and i'm waiting for my damage deposit from my apartment so i have been completely sleeping on him for payment, he's probably sold the thing by now! i think that's my first/best option, the day i get the money in my hand i'm calling him and having it sent here (if he still has it)


if that doesn't pan out like i want, i'm gonna put a vortech unit where my AC used to be. there's plenty of room, and webbing on the block from the ac compressor bracket to bolt teh thing up. there is a site that makes custom brackets for custom supercharger applications with the mounting side of the bracket done. all i'd have to do is space it out and weld a plate going the other way with one little reinforcement and match it up to the block where the ac used to mount. a tensioner would be easy because holes for that are in the "custom" bracket.


the third option woudl be another nitrous kit. probably a split port 3L aluminum manifold, with direct port tapped into it, with joey's LIM mod for smooth split-to-oval port transition.

if i can find a used vortech unit for 600$ or less, that's the cheapest option. but its also the hardest option. of course, blackcoog can make a reverse rotation supercharger work in a matter of a week or so, so i should be able to do it.

the turbo is by far the easiest option. i'd have to fork out more money to joey over the next few months for the upgraded FMIC, buy an external wastegate, bov, and a turbo. obviously i'm buying a tuning program and dyno runs would have to be figured in there too.
i'd also have to pay to re-coat the piping because i guess its scratched up and the coating is peeling on a few spots. not a huge issue but its gotta be taken into consideration

and of course the nitrous is most costly of all, once the kit is in use.
 
TRicker said:
if that doesn't pan out like i want, i'm gonna put a vortech unit where my AC used to be. there's plenty of room, and webbing on the block from the ac compressor bracket to bolt teh thing up. there is a site that makes custom brackets for custom supercharger applications with the mounting side of the bracket done. all i'd have to do is space it out and weld a plate going the other way with one little reinforcement and match it up to the block where the ac used to mount. a tensioner would be easy because holes for that are in the "custom" bracket.
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I thought you were going to stay away from routing the piping down low so you could drive through lakes without blowing the motor up again. The compressor down there is not going to be puddle friendly. :laugh: j/k Goodluck with whatever you do.
 
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