im thinking of sc i have 120,000 MILES im origional owner of max 97. well taken care of i currently have the valve body mod which i heard you need for auto and i also have the tranny cooler. So is my car to old for the S/C IM looking into Matty Stater kit then i'll piece my kit together. Any info will help.

 

Do a compression check on the motor or have it done then post up the numbers. Thats the only real way to check the condition of the motor.

Does it burn oil ?

I didnt supercharge till 133,000 and alot of guys on the board wait till over 100,000. 120,000 isnt bad at all as long as you did the regular maintance on the motor.

-matt

 

as long as your engines strong and you have been taken care of the car,theres no reason why your car couldent handle one.

 

128k And Still Not Supercharged

 

Never gonna be, Vortech won't sell you a blower if you own Rota's.

 

whats seel......remember our chat yesterday....might go back to 16"s no more ROTAS...i mean Enkei

 

Fixed.. and good get it done. We can be the '98 Kh3 A32 SE 5MT-16" crew.

 

ROFLZ......haahaaa

 

I had the same concern as you, but I boosted my Max at 105,xxx miles. No regrets here.

 

73K and still counting...

 

With these motors maintenance is more important than milage IMO.

 

I agree, maintaining is key. 180,000k and counting but would never strap a charger on it

 

Not s/c'd but I running nitrous at 143k

 

nice job on the sc as well. do you have Matty stater kit? AS for matty no i never had any problems burning oil and my max is well maintained. i have to look into doing the test you suggested. i dont want any problels adding the SC this is my everyday vehicle. Guys that are SC whats your miles per gallon like? thanks for all the responces.

 

why wouldnt you strap one on?? MAKES DRIVING SO MUCH MORE FUN.

 

Might get better responses here.

 

Thanks. No, I don't have Matty's starter kit. I bought my kit new back when it was available. V2 blower on a V2 plate. No problems whatsoever here. Gas mileage will be the same as before, assuming you drive normal. Lay into a lot, and of course the gas mileage will go down.

 

hey thanks for the link!

 

cool! never had any problems i heard lots of problems with thE IDLERpulley for the v2 and belts breaking leaving people stranded.

 

"Lots of problems" is a bit of an exaggeration. A lot of it I think IMO has to do with the installation, especially the semi-complex tensioner assembly and pulley. There are plenty of threads in the SC/Turbo forum discussing this.

Back on topic, I say go for it! Supercharge it after a full tune up and compression check.

 

thanks im definitly going to do just a matter of time and finding the help of someone to install this has done it before. i would rather get my hands into the installation that way if something happens i can have some kind of idea of whats goin on. Do you think the vortech v2 blower is more reliable than the v1 ? or is just a matter of sound? I know the V1 is louder.

 

With Ptatohed's writeup, and all of us on the org, you'll be just fine. V2 blower is just as reliable as V1, only quiter.

 

cool thanks for the info. I guess as far as boosting goes if i stay with the stock pulley i should be safe? i dont want to add to much boost and wind up blowing something up is the stock pulley 3.6 correct?

 

You'll be more than safe with the 3.61 pulley. Absolutely nothing to worry about at 6psi.

 

Um, you'd still be fine with a 3.25 or even a 2.87 from what I hear..

 

172k and spraying

 

so im guessing the smaller the pulley the more boost you get? i notice people also go with different spark plugs one step colder?? does this really help at all? and with what?