volcanic2345

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i was looking around and now iam thinking about this my question is will it mess anything up are will it be too much to where i cant drive it everyday because this is my daily driver car? help please and will it be to much that it will break things?

Inspector12

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Worked great for me no issues with it and reliabliity comes with what you want. Stock with the vortech and bolt on's and tunning will last a long time trouble free.

Gun5

iTrader: (37)

how about cammed and such?? im already making 380-400

5w20

iTrader: (21)

with those type of questions...keep the car motor only.

volcanic2345

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well the only mods i have is lt headers, cut-out,lid,slp fan,thermo and iam going to put a converter because its auto, so with those mods will it still be good to get one with no problems what you think?

00TAProject

If you are going to go FI, you really need to look into a blower friendly cam...Usually a Z06 cam(I heard that from here on tech).....But no big cams with alot of over lap......

Urban Legend

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You will get more support on this site if you go with Procharger. It does not hurt when you have Bob from EPP on the house helping out. But both Vortech/Procharger will get the job done. Just make sure you have plenty of DISPOSABLE INCOME to play with.

JMBLOWNWS6

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You will get plently of support from us Vortech guys. And dont worry about the belt slip with a vortech!

Brandon Boomhauer

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yeah just look at what kp has ran with his d1 setup and the z06 cam, very fast for the setup.

Camaroholic

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For an LT1 car, IMO the S-trim is a good option. And (again IMO) the brackets for a Vortech are better than the ATI brackets. Seems ATI likes to put wimpy brackets on their systems, which causes cars to eat belts. Look how some companies have built entire businesses around replacing ATI brackets. kp runs an SDCE setup.

The only package that Vortech offers for the LS1 is the G-trim, which is a small compressor with limited growth potential (as in not much more than a stock motor). That's why not many LS1 guys run it. Vortech worked themselves in to a corner on that one.

If I were going to choose a blower for my LT1 car, it'd be a Vortech. Even though you have to tap the oil pan. No big deal.

TWS

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I couldn't decide, so I got one of each.

Post up some specific questions, and I'll try to contribute what I can.

SSilverSSurfer

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your making 400 with a lid, cutout and a headers in an LT1 thats an auto??????? i dont see how thats possible

Urban Legend

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Its all in the tune (I have always wanted to write this).

volcanic2345

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which one was better and cheaper? how they work for daily drivers if you use them as daily drivers?

TWS

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Not a simple question to answer as they have some significant differences.

1. The Vortech kit uses engine oil for lubrication and has an air to water intercooler.

2. The Procharger uses it's own self-contained oil and has dual air to air intercoolers.

3. As far as price, the complete kits seem to usually be around $6K. Just shope around on a few sponser websites, or wait until someone runs a special.

4. I'd say the Procharger kit may be a little more efficient. At 8 psi, I put down 479 RWHP in my '02 Z28. My '01 SS, with the Vortech kit, put down "only" 463 at 9 psi. The '01 still has the stock exhaust manifolds and cats (!) while the '02 has FLP longtubes, etc., so you might say the Vortech could put down the same numbers as the ATI, but then again, my '02 put down those numbers through a Moser 12 bolt and my '01 still has it's original 10-bolt.

5. Either of them could be used as a DD if you really wanted to. Mine are both garage queens to tell you the truth. They only come out about once/week in perfect cloudless weather. One note of caution with the ATI kit, the cooling fan sucks. It is not very powerful. I found out I cannot run A/C down here in Texas when the temp is... say...above 95 degrees. The coolant temp will start to really climb and the car will try to overheat. I even threw in Redline Water Wetter, and while it made a little difference, it did not totally solve the problem. A few guys on here have upgraded their fans... something I will do eventually.

6. Almost forgot, the ATI kit comes standard with 6-rib pullies. The Vortech comes with 8-rib. You want 8-rib. ATI sells an upgrade kit, as so do some other firms like SDCE. On the ATI, with 6-rib, you risk some belt slippage at high RPM. I have never had "major" slippage issues, but the car is rarely driven hard. In fact, I've never seen the boost take a dive at high RPM (indicating significant slippage), but I have had to wipe belt dust off the pullies several times.