A question for the ProCharger owners about daily driven reliability...
A question for the ProCharger owners about daily driven reliability... I'd just like to ask the ProCharger owners about their opinions on reliability for a daily driver. I'm not talking about a race set-up for the street, just a base level boost setting for a particular application on a daily driven street vehicle.
For example, someone buys a new Vette and installs a ProCharger (5-6 pounds of boost) for an everyday driver. Is there any issue with reliability?
For example, someone buys a new Vette and installs a ProCharger (5-6 pounds of boost) for an everyday driver. Is there any issue with reliability?
Now I understand that there is very little maintenance, but do you have any idea how long stock ls1 motors generally last on 5-6 psi w/ a very good tune?
We installed an ATI ProCharger D-1SC at 7 psi on my '99 Z28 when the engine had 110,000 miles on it. Here is a link to it. http://www.exoticperformanceplus.com...Car.php?car=12
No problems at all until we got bored with it at 125,000 miles and jacked the boost up to 15 psi. Surprisingly it held together for quite a while, including two different dragstrips. Bob
No problems at all until we got bored with it at 125,000 miles and jacked the boost up to 15 psi. Surprisingly it held together for quite a while, including two different dragstrips. Bob
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I went almost 30k on my stock engine at 6psi and would have went for a loooong time after that if I wouldn't have been sucking in water thru my bypass valve 
That one was totally my fault because it was mounted right under one of the heat extractors of the mecham hood. 
I knew of a guy who went over 100k on his D1 setup and then sold it when he sold the car...
That one was totally my fault because it was mounted right under one of the heat extractors of the mecham hood. I knew of a guy who went over 100k on his D1 setup and then sold it when he sold the car... Trending Topics
I usually don't fequent this section, so I wasn't sure you were alluding perhaps to a member that say installed a low boost ProCharger on a bone stock engine and then had the engine fail?
It's looking like a stock motor with a low amount of boost is about as reliable as factory stock.
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If you want to run low boost and want reliability for a C5 I would look into a maggie for the better low end, unless you plan on getting crazy with it in the future.
