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Would this still be considered a "bargain" unit at $5,200?
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what are the differences between the raptor and the vortec supercharges, is one a whole lot better then the other or does one produce more boost?
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Including injectors and a tuner, it seems like a good deal. It would be interesting to know what the kit would be worth less these items.
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i think the end answer would be if your REALLY interested in getting one sooner rather than later ..is to RING the chap and see what he says
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Going of the percantage gained by the car that was done, I'd say you should see that sort of power just with the addition of a cooler and exhorst.
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Personally I think the raptor headunit offered in their kits seems too small to be running 9psi without having to worry about rebuilding it too often. I could be wrong though, I haven't bothered looking too deeply into the specs of it.
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One of the benefits of the Vortech is that the same head unit can be used for applications from 4 to 20psi (V2 SQ, others go higher) with just a pulley change... and matching engine mods of course!
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If you are not exceeding the max rpm of the impeller then you should have no worries about frying belts or bearings. Does anyone know what the max impeller speed ends up with this kit?
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Just thinking about that though, the Yanks are using these Raptor V's on Porsche 928's which range from 4.5 litre SOHC (per bank) to quad-cam 5.2 (or 5.4???) litre. These engines spin over 6000rpm. Our I6 would be comfortably within the Raptor's capacity.
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Boost is like a measure of the difference between the air demand of the engine, and the air supply from the blower. The blower wont even be pumping the same amount of air in both scenarios, because the effeciency of the impeller differs depending on the air pressure it is pumping into....compressor surge and so on.
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sorry to go off topic but i'm thinking of going turbo route myself. Does anyone have any experience with the SNortperformance turbo kits?
for 3125 delivered, it says 200 to 250 rwkw. :
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They used to run powerdyne BD11a's in their kits, but they heavily promoted the upgraded impeller and better quality bearings that made them more efficient and with higher impeller rpm capability.....pretty close in performance to a Vortech S-Trim.
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NOSXR is doing a group buy for underdrives for BA/F's. He claims gains of up to 9RWKW... NFI how this translates to the AU VCT. I didn't think you could get an underdrive for the AU anyway... or are you looking to change all the accessory pulleys rather than the harmonic balancer / crank pulley?
I'm looking for an underdrive myself as I'm thinking of shortening my diff to 3.73, which will spin all my accessories 15% faster (compared to 3.23). If you get an underdrive crank pulley, you'll need a correspondingly smaller blower drive pulley as well, otherwise you'll underdrive the blower...
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i thought the AU motors were underdriven from factory?
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You can underdrive either with a mix and match of e-series and AU pulleys, but to state the AU 5.0L is "underdriven" compared to US V8's is incorrect. I believe there are underdrives available for the AU 4.0L, but as stated, if you reduce the size of the crank pulley, you will be underdriving the blower as well.....
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I think he meant underdeveloped...
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In case anyone is wondering how Raptor fared in the Mackay deluge, Tim says:
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glad to hear they faired well in the floods!!
bet his shops value just tripled!! hope his house was ok too? did anybody end up getting some more up to date pricing on the kits?
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