I got my S about 6 months ago and have already put 8k miles on top of the original 8k, and I got this car for my daily driver, and I plan on having it for a long time (like 100k+ miles) and I have really been debating on supercharging it or not because I dont want to jeprodize the long term reliability of the motor, but I do want some more power. So if there is anyone that can direct me in the right direction, that would be great, because if it will still be reliable boosted, I am all for it. Thanks.

 

the SC works with the motor, and they have been proven to be pretty reliable with a stock SC pulley.

The only time you need to worry about the reliabilty is if you add psi to the unit and race. Although sometimes crap just happens. Sometimes a stock motor isnt even that reliable.

 

Ive been going on 3 years now and no problems. Ive heard some guys boosted for over 100k now. Follow regular FI maintnence and make sure your a/f is set right from the start and you shouldnt have any issues out of the ordinary non FI car.

 

ill put it this way somebody else on here has made 497 whp on c16 and a bone stock motor, and has been drivin it for more than a nonth now.
this was turbo, but hey, boost is boost.

 

Thanks guys, I think I might have to start saving..

 

u get into trouble when u go too high with your boost levels..but what u want is a conservative tune for your sc...ull be good to go

 

There are a couple guys over 70k and a few guys with over 100k miles...S/C is very reliable.

 

Thats the thing, I just want to get the comptech kit and leave it, I already have a race car, I just would leave the pulley alone, thanks guys...looks like I will be boosted here in the future.

 

question....what does comptech even use for fuel/engine management?

 

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boost isnt boost when talking about reliablity, Centrifugal superchargers are WAY less of a strain on the motor. turbo and roots type blowers run higher cylinder pressures.


so for longevity at low boost, S/c &gt; turbo.

 

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A FPR and ESM to hide boost from the ecu.

 

with 7lb pulley and no EMS, should I be worried?

 

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your fine. Comptech comes with a 6 or 7 psi pulley from the box.

If you upgrade the pulley, lets say 9psi, than you will want to look into standalone.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by HFP &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">boost isnt boost when talking about reliablity, Centrifugal superchargers are WAY less of a strain on the motor. turbo and roots type blowers run higher cylinder pressures.


so for longevity at low boost, S/c &gt; turbo.

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That's because the Centrifugal SC makes less boost everywhere but redline compared with roots type blowers and turbos.


Tim

 

Comptech comes with 5.5 psi pulley.

Do you mean ESM or EMS? Big Difference.

 

anyone have any a/f charts from "stock" comptech or vortech dynos?