Frank,
What would your alternate route be? I am still
supercharger bound and would like all the details. Are
there any high quality head gaskets that would make up
for the design flaw? I hate to go into it knowing I
will be playing gasket of the month club. BTW I am
doing a ground up 360. Vortech, forged, roller, F&B TB
etc. Thanks!
Brad
--- "Holloway,Frank T" <Frank.T.Holloway@KP.ORG>
wrote:
> I have an s-trim Vortech on my 95 Ram. Out of the
> box, figure on about 4
> lbs. boost in the 4,000 range. Installation, pretty
> much straight forward.
> Oil dipstick tube can be a problem. Last time I
> checked, the kits were not
> OBD-II approved. You need to plan on running some
> type of boost retard,
> whether you use an ignition from MSD or Crane
> doesn't really matter. The
> engines can be tuned for two dimensions, (normal
> driving and WOT). Forget
> about tuning for heavy throttle low RPM conditions
> (third dimension). You
> generally get these conditions when towing. The
> computer just doesn't know
> about boost conditions (never set up for it and
> never will). The Vortech is
> extremely noisy at and just off idle, but gets quite
> above 1,500 Rpm's.
> Detonation as well as head gaskets are a problem
> (only four bolts around
> each cylinder). Anyone who has supercharged the
> Magnum knows this and if
> they tell you it's not a problem, then they aren't
> making any boost of any
> consequence. Installation time is approx. 2 days,
> getting the engine set up
> to handle the boost, 9 months. I am glad that I
> tried this, but if I had to
> do it over again, I would not go the supercharged
> route. My two
> cents.........
>
> Frank
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Densteadt, James
> [SMTP:james.densteadt@eds.com]
> > Sent: Wednesday, June 30, 1999 11:57 AM
> > To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
> > Subject: DML: Anyone who has a supercharger?
> >
> > OK, I've seen Ken Bell, Vortech, Powerdyne, and a
> few others. Can anyone
> > who has actually installed a supercharger give us
> all some feed back. How
> > did the Ken Bell setups go that happenned a while
> back? Seems we all
> > heard
> > of it coming out and never heard anything after
> that! How is this new
> > Powerdyne setup working? What are some major ways
> to tweak their
> > performance? They all from what I can tell run a
> standard 6 #'s of boost
> > so
> > what have you gotten em up to since then? No
> secrets here, this is the
> > DML,
> > a clan, and we're all in here to learn from one
> another.....so let's here
> > it:-)
>
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