ive searched . and i was just wondering who out there has blown their engine ?

also if u haven't how many miles have u gotten with the vortech

thanks

 

I put about 15k miles on my vortech setupwhen I had it, I'm sure there's people with more.

 

I have 21K on mine with no major problems.

 

I put 20,000 miles w/ vortech on stock internels before starting to burn oil.

 

if it starts to burn oil does that mean the seal is starting to go and the blower needs to be rebuild?

 

hmm . anything past 40k miles?

 

i was curious about this too. I was also wondering if you just buy the vortech tuner kit and nothing else what numbers would be expected.

 

I have a 2004 Touring with just the Vortech kit and one step colder plugs.

After installation I got about 285 rwhp and after Sharif at Forged Performance tuned it I got 316rwhp. This is on a dyno dynamics dyno which reads lower than a dynojet.

I can do 0-60 in 4.9 secs (Escort Gt-2 measured) if you're interested in that number.

I'm very happy with the vortech, apart from the rattle at idle which is very irritating but fortunately I don't let it idle too much.

 

the reason i wanted to ask... is i wanna see how much more reliable the supercharger will be. dont want my motor to blow =P

 

Wondering how much in total you paid.And what are the mods that really give you HP with a SC.

 

Vortech kit $5200
Gauges $400 (including A-Pillar and painting A-Pillar to match interior)
Spark Plugs $75
2 cases of beer (to bribe a friend to help with the install) $30.
Tune at Forged Performance $350.

I make that a total of $6055. You can save about $300 on the Vortech Kit at ForgedPerformance.com (and get the polished kit as well) but I didn't know that when I ordered mine from JEGS.

I'm not sure what mods in addition to the SC give you more horsepower, I'm starting to research that now, I hope to find out more at the meet in Georgia next weekend.

I know that getting it tuned after install rather than using the kit as it comes preconfigured was well worth it.

 

I have 42,000 miles on an SC but its an ATI..
(hope this isnt a hi-jack)

 

What about the Rotex S/C... How doe that stack up against the Vortech??? Anyone know??

 

I had a Vortech on for about 1K miles. Nothing but fun! No issues. I made 350whp initially, but scaled back a bit more to be safe, so my final # was 330/300. Sounded like an F-16

 

so no 1 from the vortech crew has surpassed 40k? =X or just hiding . haha

 

700 miles, no issues yet. 366whp/305tq running really rich.

 

I have 6000mi on mine, no issues. I am aqdding the 3.12 pulley for more juice.

 

see im really desperate for FI

because of the fact that ... i live in such high elevation... the NA cars here run like **** and turbo/supercharges rule

 

What is your elevation? Albuquerque is at 5314 ft. With SC you can tune for it.

 

I have over 40,000 miles on my 04 350z and around 20,000 miles with the Vortech. I have had no problems up to date with it. All I have is the HKS exhaust and the Vortech.