Check out the follow up article to 1BADDAK in this months High Performance
Mopar for some additional info.
TonyC
-----Original Message-----
From: Tim Berry <coolva1@home.com>
To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Date: Monday, September 10, 2001 9:30 PM
Subject: DML: Re: Superchargers Attn. Tim Berry
>Used.. :-)
>Its sold...
>But, anyways... The powerdyne is a great blower for low boost, and should
>not be used for high boost, due to its internal belt driven, and cannot
take
>the stress of gear drives... powerdyne sells only 6PSI kits for our
trucks,
>and I ran a 9# pulley for quite some time (~8months) then tryed Scott Q's
>12# (2.4") pulley, and 1 month later, I had a broken internal belt...
>replaced it, and again, started out with the 9#er, then went to 12# pulley
a
>few weeks later, and it broke again.... I replaced it, and ran it with
the
>stock 6# pulley for 100 miles, then sold it...
>
>I would not recomend powerdyne if you want to go to high boost later on...
>this is why I am now waiting on a T-Trim (capable of 26# of boost) and its
>gear driven...
>I've ordered the blower from Marty @ KRCPerformance and he tells me this is
>the nastiest blower he has.... and should push 12-14PSI with a 3.125"
>pulley, and maybe more...
>
>Yes, the vortech kit is quite a bit more, but it allows for more boost...
>
>the powerdyne kit, just bolting it up to a pretty stock motor with 6PSI and
>3-4 days later going to the track, I droped 1 sec from my ET... then I
>mod'd around the blower for more time... :-)
>
>I predict that I will hit ~12.5@108ish with the vortech, ported heads,
>custom cam, custom computer, ect... Stall converter prevented any good
runs
>with the powerdyne, due to the bogging issue... but with only 5PSI (after
>2nd belt) it'd spin 1st and 2nd gear from a stand still....
>
>Choose wisely, Powerdyne is great at lower boost, and Vortech is not for
the
>faint at heart! :-P
>
>Tim Berry - 97 CC SLT 318 4x2
>13.504@101.91 w/ Powerdyne @ 8PSI
>Vortech T-Trim ~12-14PSI, Ordered... =D
>
>> Hey Tim, I noticed in your signature that you're using a Powerdyne SC
with
>8
>> PSI and you want to switch to a Vortech with 12-14 PSI. My question is
can
>> the Powerdyne give you the 12-14 PSI that you're looking for and are
there
>> other differences in your opinion that make the Vortech a better SC? I'm
>> wanting a SC (Powerdyne possibly)and not looking for high levels of
boost,
>> maybe 8-10 and have zero experience with them so any help would be
>> appreciated. Thanks
>> Sam South
>> ET 13.61,MPH 105.88
>> 95 Dak, 5.9L,3.90 LSD,5-speed
>> http://people.mw.mediaone.net/sawcut64/home.html
>> http://www.twistedbits.net/WWWProfile/dakota/Mt5J8FaDfVCv6/
>>
>>
>>
>
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