youngZ33

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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

ZU L8R

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

SungNamZ

I have 21K on mine with no major problems.

FastSedan

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

Mr_pharmD

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

youngZ33

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hmm . anything past 40k miles?

350zedddy

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.

bobstaff147

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.

youngZ33

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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

350zedddy

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

bobstaff147

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.

palmerwmd

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

z350boy

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

GMZ

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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

youngZ33

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

Vash350Z

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

charged

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

youngZ33

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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

SungNamZ

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

ForceInduction

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.