Originally Posted by x'ed
your posts seem uninformed more often than not? did you even read the article. all they had to do was bolt it up and take off. they ran the psi up to 10, which proved to be too much so they added an injector and felt very safe running 8. and no it doesn't include plumbing, psupuerti said that in his initial post, but it wont cost a whole lot to bend a few pipes. bov really aren't that necessary unless you are running 30+ psi, and very rarely are they used on a supercharger, which this in essence is. and what total package are you talking about? did you just make this "total package" up in your head. psuperati gave what i thought was a very accurate estimate, $2,200 dollars for what it comes with and the custom plumbing. another $800 if you or somewhat you know cant install it so $3,000 grand for at least 75 whp. i say at least because most of the cars who have had this product see 85-100 whp. so please dynamicS, read links, research, get some info before you post. it seems like every post you make is just pure opinion and isn't supported by research or facts.
p.s. one additional advantage of this thing is that it requires to batteries in the back. while this sucks for trunk space, think about how it can help balance out the weight distribution front and rear. anyone know what that is stock btw?
I tried to click on the link to the article and it wouldn't load for me, so NO I did not read the article!
OK so they where able to get 10 psi, but that's just pressure and may not be sufficient volume of air to feed the 3.2 motor. And this system might create a large amount of lag time before it will provide a full 8 psi to the motor due to such small impeller and trim size. Also if you are running the stock intake manifold, that is also quite a bit of plenum volume to fill on top of filling the pistons. so there is more lag time created by filling the NA tuned intake.
When I referred to "Total Package" I was wondering how much for a completed kit, much like an Edelbrock turbo kit for a Honda.
Now, my question is, you think that dinky little blower will produce 75 hp? I don't think so, I just cant fathom that blower can possible put out any CFM. It's hardly being overdriven by the pulleys. I could be wrong, but have this Knight guy post some actual dimensions an specs of this alternator supercharger on his website so we can accurately criticize it before making a $1,500 purchase.
I believe Kleenmans Supercharger puts out 6 psi, but it has much more impeller area to flow a decent amount of CFM.
You lost me on the paragraph about mounting batteries in the trunk, please explain that?