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Old Apr 19, 2009 | 07:35 PM
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Do you guys know which vortech blowers got the bad bearings? Is there a serial number range ?? Or maybe I should call vortech. I'll post if I find out.
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Old Apr 19, 2009 | 08:09 PM
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https://my350z.com/forum/forced-indu...k-in-here.html

Hope this help.
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thanks man, good thread. it mentions the date of production (May, June, and July of 2007). I was also wondering if there was a serial range.

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Old Apr 19, 2009 | 08:36 PM
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^ You might wanna contact at vortech for sure tho, there was too many fail blowers..it is hard to believe just that three months...
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I went through 3 of them in 7k miles. bought mine in april or earky may of 07 then replaced in july and spring of 08 no3. they even accused me of going with a diff pulley which I did not but they replaced it anyways. But I got to the point I did not trust it .
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Old May 2, 2009 | 10:17 PM
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after talking w/ the tech support, it seems the vortechs w/ serials numbers starting from 41-47ish might have some of the units w/ the bad bearing.

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I dont trust them, I have my blower sent in prior to installation, everything was good up until I went with the 2.87. That terrible noise arrived, Forged sent in the blower, I was thinking it was still under warranty, being I only logged maybe 2500 miles IN A YEAR! Wrong, I had to shiet out an additional $700 to have my bearing changed! I would take caution if purchasing a V2 unit, go with the V3, I understand they dont have the bearing issues!
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^^ interesting. so your serial number did not fall between 41-47? do you think the extra rpm on the v2 from 2.87 did it in, or you think the bearings were bad from the beginning?
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Y not go v3? Looking for used? There is a guy (theallerg something)selling his vortech on classfield. I don't if u look at yet..

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^^ interesting. so your serial number did not fall between 41-47? do you think the extra rpm on the v2 from 2.87 did it in, or you think the bearings were bad from the beginning?
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^^ interesting. so your serial number did not fall between 41-47? do you think the extra rpm on the v2 from 2.87 did it in, or you think the bearings were bad from the beginning?
I not sure on the SN, will get that tomorrow, but I do think the bearing were bad, or wore out way quicker than normal!
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cool, let me know about your sn#
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Old May 4, 2009 | 10:18 AM
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Originally Posted by Chef-J
Y not go v3? Looking for used? There is a guy (theallerg something)selling his vortech on classfield. I don't if u look at yet..
thanks, i actually pm'd him w/ some questions.
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