GammaTNT

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pulley , bearings, seals, That whole thing is piece crap

tC-Collin

which seal is everyone starting to leak out of? my bearing post-pulley is leaking and starting to chatter. and im around 15k

Ichibanumba1

I'm starting to read that the problem arises when we swap out the pulley.
While I admit that the supercharger definately doesn't use its full potential in stock form, has anyone had problems with it w/o modding the supercharger?

gompka

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Plenty of people have gone through 2 and 3 superchargers while being bone stock. There is a butt load of posts on this.

g2autosports

I have an 05 tC, my first S/C went out at about 18K miles, lucky it got replaced under warranty, the second one has about 3K miles on it and its already making noises I don't like , I used to defend this unit, but honestly its a piece of crap and I'm glad they are going to discontinue it.

Ichibanumba1

that sucks bro.
guess I'm not getting boosted... I wanted smog legal power -_-

kiss_kiss_kill

I swear, its so weird. Some people never have issues (like mine), & some people have issues all the time. =/

gompka

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technically you did have problems, albeit because of dealer install neglect.

kiss_kiss_kill

Yeah but it wasn't due to anything mechanical, which are most peoples issues.

gompka

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I bet a lot of people have driving habits that differ widely. I drive a supercharged car the way it was meant to be driven Not anything like an auto-x driver, but a very spirited driver. I also do maintenance regularly and make sure everything is in tip top shape. So i only got 12,000 miles and 7 months out of mine.

Fact of the matter is it seems like trd/vortech rated all the s/c components for some very easy driving without much time spent in the upper rpm range. The bearings are all rated for speeds that are too low.

g2autosports

I can only speak for myself, but I drive my car every day, so it doesn't take that long for problems to happen, not sure how often you drive yours, but if you only drive a few times a month, that could be one reason why yours is still fine, then again it could be an actual good S/C, who knows thou.

g2autosports

Amen to that, i didn't get the S/C to baby it, I got as a performance part, cause that's what its suppose to be, its not just for looks.

etc

I have an 05 tc. The first supercharger was installed at 20,000 miles. At 38,000 miles the supercharger crapped out completely and a wrecker took my car to the dealership. It had been sounding bad for a few thousand miles prior to that. It was replaced under warranty and I'm at 40,000 miles on the car now. I plan to ditch it when the warranty expires and get something more reliable.