anyone have problems with thier vortech?
anyone have problems with thier vortech? i just bought one and im getting it installed on May 9th at sound performance in bloomingdale il. u guys prolly know where that is or have heard of it. anyways im just wondering what to expect for problems if any that i should keep my eyes out for. thanks a lot.
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The best advice I have for Vortech people is to be careful about hot lapping at the track. Because it uses an water/air aftercooler you have to always cool the water down before running again. I smoked my first motor by going for another pass too quickly and detonating badly at the shift points. I can't imagine what the IAT's must have gotten to when I ran with hot water. Live and learn. This could also happen if you were playing cat & mouse on the street, doing multiple WOT blast. I feel more comfortable now with a FMIC.
Only complaint on the kit is general with most vortech kits, and the IAT sensor is in the wrong place.
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Originally Posted by 2001WS6Vert
The best advice I have for Vortech people is to be careful about hot lapping at the track. Because it uses an water/air aftercooler you have to always cool the water down before running again. I smoked my first motor by going for another pass too quickly and detonating badly at the shift points. I can't imagine what the IAT's must have gotten to when I ran with hot water. Live and learn. This could also happen if you were playing cat & mouse on the street, doing multiple WOT blast. I feel more comfortable now with a FMIC.
Does it have a seperate heat exchanger mounted somewhere (like the 03/04 Cobra) to disapate heat from the water?
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Never done business with Sound Performance, they're probably very talented, but both them and Speed Inc are less than 10 miles from my house, and if I was shelling out the cash for a supercharger, I'd go to Speed Inc and never look back. My guess is Speed has done 10 times the number of FI installs on LS1s as Sound Performance (aren't they primarily a stereo/supra turbo/dsm kind of outfit. I don't know. Best of luck, the car should haul
Originally Posted by ArcticFormula
Never done business with Sound Performance, they're probably very talented, but both them and Speed Inc are less than 10 miles from my house, and if I was shelling out the cash for a supercharger, I'd go to Speed Inc and never look back. My guess is Speed has done 10 times the number of FI installs on LS1s as Sound Performance (aren't they primarily a stereo/supra turbo/dsm kind of outfit. I don't know. Best of luck, the car should haul
thanks
steve
