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Procharger or Vortech
Procharger or Vortech I was thinking about purchasing a S/C.
1. Does anyone here have drive belt issues (torn, broke, etc.)?
2. Out of the two, which one would be more reliable on a daily driver?
Thanks in advance for your suggestions......
1. Does anyone here have drive belt issues (torn, broke, etc.)?
2. Out of the two, which one would be more reliable on a daily driver?
Thanks in advance for your suggestions......
On The Tree
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I can only speak from my experience with Mustangs. Ive had three Vortechs, A-Trim, S-Trim and now T-Trim. Ive ragged the **** out of them for years on the street and the track and they have always returned flawless reliable performance.
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I have had alot of issues with my Porchargers in the past, but after I got my Sd concept bracket and my thrid D1 sc (after two P1sc's) I haven't had an issue for about three thousand miles now(keepin my finger crossed). I have a handfull of friends that have had similar issues(leaky units, bad tensioners, input shaft problems, and crashed impellers)that I have had with Prochargers, but then again more that haven't, so it's a crap shoot. The only guys I know with vortechs said they tend to leak at the oil pan. My cousin has had his on his vette since 94, about 60k later it's still all good.
The only thing that really bothers me about the ATI is the fact that it would bypass the ram air on my WS6. I know it may seem stupid to some people, but a big reason I bought the car was for the ram air option. To make it non-functional is just something I can't do. And for that reason I would go with the Vortech.
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Originally Posted by BrntWS6
The only thing that really bothers me about the ATI is the fact that it would bypass the ram air on my WS6. I know it may seem stupid to some people, but a big reason I bought the car was for the ram air option. To make it non-functional is just something I can't do. And for that reason I would go with the Vortech.
You're right, it does seem stupid. If you would let that determine which S/C you bought then you probably don't know much about superchargers.
Oh, I vote ATI, BTW.
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Verdad Gallardo Well, I don't expect everyone to understand. But there are a couple members who have spent a great deal of time and money to tie in their ram air hoods with the ATI. So I'm surely not alone.
Their both pretty solid kits, I've researched both, and I know the ATI is more popular mainly due to being able to expand on power. But I don't ever plan on going over 500rwhp, so baseing my desicion on the ram air option I believe is reasonable. Different strokes. BTW TS6 you kinda sound like a dick.
Their both pretty solid kits, I've researched both, and I know the ATI is more popular mainly due to being able to expand on power. But I don't ever plan on going over 500rwhp, so baseing my desicion on the ram air option I believe is reasonable. Different strokes. BTW TS6 you kinda sound like a dick.
great deal of time and money to tie in their ram air hoods
I think the WS6 hoods look great, and mean, and I wouldn't want to change the look either. But that has nothing to do with FI.
I don't know anything about ATI except that they won't publish their compressor maps, and that makes me a little suspicious.
My Vortech-blown 383 is running great, but I can't speak for the reliability - I've only got 6K miles on her.
Jim
The ATI ProChargers sit lower in the chassis, keeping the center of gravity much lower than the Vortech superchargers on an F Body do. The ATI ProChargers also make working on the engine much easier, as the system is down and out of the way.
If you are into bling though, the Vortech is right there in your face, where you don't see much of an ATI ProCharger.
The ATI ProCharger has it's own oil supply, there is no sharing the engine oil, no having to route oil lines to the engine, no poking a hole into the oil pan, no chance of oil contamination from one component to the other.
The ATI ProChargers have air to air intercoolers, which will stay cooler for street use than an air to water design. We see the air to water intercoolers on cars and trucks lose 50 rwhp on my dyno after the first run, where the air to air intercoolers lose 10 to 15 rwhp hot lapping them. Bob
If you are into bling though, the Vortech is right there in your face, where you don't see much of an ATI ProCharger.
The ATI ProCharger has it's own oil supply, there is no sharing the engine oil, no having to route oil lines to the engine, no poking a hole into the oil pan, no chance of oil contamination from one component to the other.
The ATI ProChargers have air to air intercoolers, which will stay cooler for street use than an air to water design. We see the air to water intercoolers on cars and trucks lose 50 rwhp on my dyno after the first run, where the air to air intercoolers lose 10 to 15 rwhp hot lapping them. Bob
