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I'm curious to know the longest time someone has had the vortech on their car without any problems with the supercharger itself..i've read about the jackshaft issue..but trying to get a feel of mileage before problems arise...thx
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Best I've heard of was 10-15K from Worldtour.
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Originally posted by Buckshot77:
Best I've heard of was 10-15K from Worldtour.
Rick
I blew that one up. Now have the upgraded jackshaft through knukoncepts and a new supercharger. Only have about 1K on it now though...
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Ya, I knew it let go not long after you got it and I was thinking he had about 10-12K on it when he sold it.
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Originally posted by Buckshot77:
Best I've heard of was 10-15K from Worldtour.
Rick
Acutally, another Jim out here in So. Cal (JETNBYA on these boards), had a Vortech on his SVT, and I think he put on like 45xxx miles on it without a hitch. I even went to an SVTOA open track to watch him run. I stayed for two sessions, and he was out there for the full twenty minutes each time and never had a problem. I think his car had close to 75xxx miles when he got rid of it. His S/C was installed by an ex-Vortech employee, so I don't know if that helped with the jackshaft problem. He had his car running for over three years with the S/C. It was his daily driver as well.
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Would have been real nice to have reliability like that from the start of the s/c idea.
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The new jackshaft they have should cure all the aligments. Just took them a friggen lifetime to correct it.
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Originally posted by kinger:
The new jackshaft they have should cure all the aligments. Just took them a friggen lifetime to correct it.
The "upgraded"  jackshaft has failed as well.
Sam had his fail once and the second time take out the S/C itself - that was after the original JS failed once.
On top of that the S/C toasted his engine because it had no intercooler.
It's not reliable without a lot of extra money put into the setup.
With the extra money spent and setup designed properly it has a lot of potential. However the cash outlay is a hell of a lot more then paying for just the bare untuned kit.
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Kinger is speaking of the newest design with the actual joint in it rather than the one with the beefier end that was the second revision.
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