i ordered a JRSC last night for my car, the basic 5.5 psi kit

i was speaking to a friend of mine and he said that i made a big mistake, that the JRSC overheats, sucks for autox, belts break, and so on

are these really that unreliable? should i cancel order before its too late and go turbo? please help me out guys

i already searched

thanks

 

Its all in the tunning, if you just slap it on and drive you might run into problems but if its put on right and tuned- you should have none.

 

I believe there are quite a few threads on this topic. Try a search. I would for you, but I just woke up and i'm hungover

I'm sort of 50/50 on the sc thing. On one side, it seems like a waste of money compared to the power you get. However, from personal experiences, people I know with sc'ed cars have had more succes than friend who's cars are turbo'ed (reffering to the 3-5 people I know who have blown turbo'ed engines compared to the 0 who have had promlems with sc'ers)

 

But, what Rob said is true about tuning. The secret to any well working car is tuning.

Good luck.

 

well ive heard that the SC it self over heats and belt can also break over time

like i said i already did a search and didnt find anything useful

i ordered the high pressure fuel pump, fuel pressure regulator as well with the kit

the guys i talked to, said they blew up 4 of the SC in autox on civics and they had great tuning, they said the belts snapped or the SC overheated and detonation occured...

this is driving me nuts

i only have like 1 day to cancel order...please, more feedback guys

 

1. Belt may come loose and fall off once a year due to seasonal temp change in Northeast. Now your alternator stop working since its on the same belt. Always have to keep your eye on retighten pulley due to belt stretch. Its sucks.
2. Junk pulley bearing they use that after a year or so, it start to wind and loosen
Its a bitch to replace since in a tight location
3. No intercooler so in dead summer heat. When you wind it out of toll booth, it sometimes surges come from overheating SC after you slow down and you motor pulses because now you are pumping hot air into the motor. Once SC cools down, you will be ok.
4. You need upgrade fuel pump since stock one its on edge of sufficient when maxed out with their JR fuel pressure regulator. It feel some lag on take off with stock fuel pump.
5. You also be sure your radiator is working properly since the SC produce lots of heat to your motor so now you coolent works harder or it overheat real quick on full boost.

I don't care for their product, workmanship and customer service after spending over $3K and you don't get reliable result and support!

 

I had one on my 2000 type r and i thought it was ok i had the ls pully on there so i was seeing around 8-9 psi with hondata and 440 i made 223 it was fun but i am going NA ITB 12.5 comp to much heat with the charger just my opinion.

P.S. mine is for sale with the 440s and fule pump steper pully all belts fmu every thing for $1400 only has 2500 miles on it

 

mine has been on the car for 2 years now. basic kit with hondata. no problems so far whatsoever. took it to autoX and Gingermann and both times it was in the high 90 degree range outside. no problems at all. car is fast as well as quick and RIPS out of corners. i did the install myself. it was very easy. it all depends. if u want a great 1/4 mile car then the jrsc is not really the way to go. if u want a great track car, autoXer and FUN to drive car, the the JRSC will be great. tuning is easy, as it is either on boost or off. people who have trouble with the jrsc on R's are doing something wrong. i mean, i am a car guy, but damn, it's not like i am a genius or nothing. it's easy and totally reliable. only problem i had was forgetting to re-tighten the AC pulley bracket. so the bolt came out. easy fix though.

 

vactor, how much boost are you running with the kit? did you get the 8 psi kit with hondata?

 

hi azcheron. i am using the base 4.5 or 5.5 psi ITR JRSC blower kit. i got the hondata separately from steve sakai (a GREAT guy to deal with!!). i had no problems with the basic kit, which included the fmu ... but i thought that an R deserved my complete attention to detail so i went with the standalone tuneable ecu. there are other ecu options, but i went with the hondata which i have really grown to like quite a bit. in all the configurations so far, the JRSC has done exactly what i have expected, and maybe a bit more in terms of performance, and it has been absouloutely perfect in terms of reliability. yes, you have to be aware of the fact that boost via roots type blowers creat heat. but the R is able to handle that rather well imho. i tuned conservatively and it is rare that my J&S lights up at all. so far i really like the blower and feel that it was easily worth getting. the price is right and the performance bump is exactly of the type that the R needs. more plain ol' grunt. and you get it. and the install was pretty straight forward. i do not work on cars for a living and am a basic DIY'er and this was by far the largest project i had attempted up to that point and it pretty much went in without a hitch. just take your time and follow all the steps. i did mine in 5 evenings just doing some light work after i came homw from my job. it was actually rather pleasant. although some things ARE a tight squeexe

 

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I'm sort of 50/50 on the sc thing. On one side, it seems like a waste of money compared to the power you get. However, from personal experiences, people I know with sc'ed cars have had more succes than friend who's cars are turbo'ed (reffering to the 3-5 people I know who have blown turbo'ed engines compared to the 0 who have had promlems with sc'ers)</TD></TR></TABLE>

or, this could be a bandwagon effect.

there are so many more people who jump onto slapping on a turbo and thus, more people to complain about blown engines. likewise, there are much fewer people who take on a SC because it doesnt yield great peak numbers, and why bother with it?

both routes are equally effective at producing hp. just in two different manners, which affects the vehicle in seperate ways.