why would you need an intercooler for a Supercharger?

 

to run more boost safely... thats why pro charger and vortec make them.
-nick

 

actually, lots and lots of cars with forced induction are intercooled, check car and driver and motortrend, alot of them says "supercharged and intercooled blah blah blah engine, or turbocharged and intercooled blah blah blah engine" even though most turbo subaru's are only making 6 psi of boost, they are intercooled, and the trd supercharger on the tc makes 7 at peak and isn't.

 

A top mount wouldnt be a bad idea if some kind of ducting was made to allow air to it but even then that isnt the most efficient setup hence the mazdaspeed 3. But then you can have a hood with a scoop and its all good!

GF has an MS3

 

i have never had someone ask that before heh ...

last supercharger i ran .. i was pushing 16lbs of boost ... without the intercooler up front .. the motor would have died a long time ago ...

after looking at this kit a bit more, i think i would just wait for other aftermarket .. and relocate the battery .. so that one could be added ...

 

you mean an aftermarket supercharger? probably isn't going to happen, nobody other than trd offers a supercharger kit for the tc, and it has been out for years now.

the reasons are that if you can choose between a trd supercharger with a warranty, and another supercharger that isn't warrantied, which would you choose? an aftermarket supercharger wouldn't make more hp, or be more reliable, or have te best cost, be more complete, be properly tuned? so that is why most aftermarket forced induction kits are turbochargers instead.

also, i think the "extended drive shaft" for the trd supercharger is patented by toyota, so that might prevent other manufacturers from making their own supercharger.

 

that's awesome. now the xB2's have more than 1 option for F/I...

 

i would choose the one that gives me more freedom ...

and there are as many aftermarket FI kits out that are superchargers as well .. just so many are hooked on turbo ..

the driveshaft you speak of is not patented by toyota ... it is most likely a vortech product that is being built for toyota ... vortech has had systems out for quite a while now using the same kind of shaft setup ... mostly used on honda / accura motors though ...

and ProCharger has setups that work as well, but without the shaft .. it just has the S/C mounted in a different location ...

there is always a way to get something else onto a car ... yes the factory warrenty is nice, but i prefer the freedom to custom tune or tweak a setup as compared to a 'locked' setup with little options for upgrade ...

which one will i go with? ... only time will tell ... but whatever system it is .. it will have an intercooler ... if nothing other then one of the small air / water setups from vortech squeezed in there ...

 

Youd be spending more money to make a custom s/c kit for this motor than you would purchasing and "tweaking" the already existing s/c. I only see reliability as an issue with this supercharger. The power potential has already been proven...

 

price would come out about the same either way ...

 

Then do it! DO IT NOW!!!! lol

 

:-0

 

i'll start saving now. with my tax refund + stimulus package, by the time they release it, i have probably enough

 

um sc 7 pounds 200hp??? lame

tc 7-9 lbs 280-320
is there even a question/

 

the 200hp guess i would say is off a bit ... and the 7 lbs non-intercooled is pushing it ... less the programming is set so rich that it won't detonate ... which would explain the low numbers ...

it should be hitting in the 230 range ...

and i would always prefer a S/C over a tc

 

im a big fan of power and 230 on 7 pounds a bit low but hey you get a warante and to some thats very important

 

The launch date is within 60 days, no pricing was confirmed though.

 

i wish i wish iwish i could afford this right now

 

Damn Imma cop one when I sell my Maxima.

 

omg... i want one badd