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Old Jun 24, 2004 | 09:31 PM
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I will dubble check on this one this weekend I don't think it will fit under the hood line of a 1st gen .


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Old Jun 25, 2004 | 12:28 AM
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First, and foremost, Congratulations on a job well done. Please keep up the good work. Great! Now, a few questions: What size upgraded injectors are recomended for the greater RPM increase? Is a fuel pump upgrade also recomended? What "bugs" were encountered and can they be eliminated?
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Old Jun 25, 2004 | 12:33 AM
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i want someone to get a standalone, big streetport/half bridge/full bridge and see what this sucker can do. is there a "max hp" the supercharger is rated for? is there already a car with this with a heavily ported engine that's been dyno'd?
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Old Jun 25, 2004 | 08:07 AM
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yea i want too see it on a streetport motor without the powersteering and ac pulleys full 3 in exaust stand alone unit etc. the basics it should be beastly with the torque and hp numbers mmm mmm man i have too get another job!!! and start saving my money!! wow
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Old Jun 25, 2004 | 09:42 AM
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I was wondering this. Did the car with the super cahrger have ANY other mods done to it. And like stated above what is the maximum power/boost it can handle.

Ive waited for this for a long time but im a Teenager and in college so money is kinda tight right now. I want to know if the car had any other mods done to it.
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Old Jun 25, 2004 | 09:52 AM
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Also, are these super cahrgers bolton like yours, I mean like do they come with everything needed to hook them up ?
http://www.atkinsrotary.com/store/cu...me.php?cat=273
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Old Jun 25, 2004 | 11:26 AM
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i think that is the kit that requires a carb setup
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Old Jun 25, 2004 | 11:53 AM
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so let me get this straight. For $3600 you can get an increase in horsepower by say 35 horses. Couldnt you spend 1500 or so on an NA and get around 176 horse to the ground? Full exhaust and bigger injectors, intake and some tuning would get you there pretty easily i would say.
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Old Jun 25, 2004 | 12:01 PM
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so let me get this straight. For $3600 you can get an increase in horsepower by say 35 horses.
You have to drive a supercharger to appreciate how early the torque rolls in, and how smooth & broad the power band is.

High/late peak HP is cool, but is hard to drive.
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Old Jun 25, 2004 | 12:27 PM
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I agree for a bolt on SC kit it is definitely par in price.....just go look at the kits for the hondas and they are about the same. I am not really knocking on the price of the kit, just thinking about what I myself would rather do and I think for those wanting something different and a really nice powerband this is great, even at the price, and would maybe be even better for AutoX given the throttle response, but for me instead of spending 4g for an extra 60 whp id rather spend 6g and have another 300.
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Old Jun 25, 2004 | 01:41 PM
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thats why i asked how far it could go. this supercharger, i believe, was done on a stock car. maybe exhaust (as many stock systems dont allow power; my didnt past ~5400rpm). how many turbo owners stay stock ecu/stock ports? not many, we hear about the ones with a 'safe' setup (tuned standalone) making gobs of power. they likely have a rebuilt, well ported engine with that nice new big turbo.
i am curious to see what max numbers could be made on this supercharger.
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Old Jun 25, 2004 | 01:44 PM
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i'd bet with supportig mods, ex. nice big port, throttle boddy mod, REAL cai, true duals, maybe a nice pulley kit( if available ) that this supercharger kit could become a very, very potent add-on.
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Old Jun 25, 2004 | 02:03 PM
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Originally posted by SureShot
You have to drive a supercharger to appreciate how early the torque rolls in, and how smooth & broad the power band is.

High/late peak HP is cool, but is hard to drive.
I agree with that and the price is not uncommon but what I still want to know is why does this s/c kit cost $1600 more than their carbed s/c kit particularly since it does not include an EMS. Am I missing something here????
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Old Jun 25, 2004 | 02:04 PM
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I'm sure it's done on a stock car. 210 to the wheels with bolt ons as well should be pretty attainable, there was a guy with a base model white S4 running an old bolt on supercharger kit and the standard NA mods and I think his car put down about that much power with 550cc secondaries.
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Old Jun 26, 2004 | 11:25 PM
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Old Jun 27, 2004 | 03:41 AM
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Re: Re: The problem is.......

I would be in the "others" category. Although I only paid 3000.00 for the car, I love the hell outta my vert and would very seriously consider one of these kits. Since, however, I have just rolled 140,000 on the clock, I better spend the dough on the rebuild first. After that, I am totally in!!! I wanna be the first on my block to have an S/C'd vert!!


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"Worth" is relative. Had I not already turbocharged my car, I would have seriously considered the Atkins kit.

To you, perhaps the car isn't worth the gas you put into it. To others, that may be completely different.
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Old Jun 27, 2004 | 03:56 AM
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Originally posted by jthompson02
Also, are these super cahrgers bolton like yours, I mean like do they come with everything needed to hook them up ?
http://www.atkinsrotary.com/store/cu...me.php?cat=273
Camdem Superchargers is owned by Atkins. They are actually in the same building
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Old Jun 28, 2004 | 04:32 AM
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Originally posted by dan atkins
the after cooling you are refireing to is allready done the 2 upper injectors in the stock manifold are now moved to the lower S\C manifold so there is your cooling for the intake air.
Spraying fuel into the intake is not going to do that much for cooling. If that were the case no forced induction EFI engine would need an intercooler, as they all mount the injectors after the turbo or supercharger. There is some cooling effect as the fuel vapourises, but this should never be considered a viable alternative to a decent intercooler.

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so let me get this straight. For $3600 you can get an increase in horsepower by say 35 horses.
176rwhp is about 207fwhp, or 61hp more than a stock S4 NA. Not 35.
Couldnt you spend 1500 or so on an NA and get around 176 horse to the ground?
Possibly, but that would be a very foolish and meaningless comparison. A car with a 200hp supercharged or turbo'd 13B is always going to be much faster, torquier and more flexible than a 200hp NA 13B. The same applies to any other type of engine.
Full exhaust and bigger injectors, intake and some tuning would get you there pretty easily i would say.
Uprated injectors would provide zero gains on an NA; they're simply not needed unless you have extreme porting (i.e. bridge). In fact without a fuel controller to fix the ridiculously rich mixtures you'd be going slower.
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Old Jun 28, 2004 | 10:54 AM
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Dan and others who know...

I'm very confused about this kit. I understand that 176 rwhp on a forced induction car will be much faster than an 176 rwhp on an NA car, but I was under the impression that the carbed kits made much more power (the numbers I'm talking about from Camden's site are no longer available). I guess my questions in order are:

1. What series motor was used for the testing?

2. What kind of porting did the motor have?

3. What other modifications did the car have?

4. What were the rwhp and tq numbers? (Dyno chart would be extremely helpful)

5. What potential does this system have? (i.e. currently running 6 psi but could run 12 psi with more fuel)

I know that Camden's site said something about "260 horses" a while back. I do not know if this was a flywheel hp or rwhp number, but nothing in this thread references anything close to that number.

Thanks in advance for your responses as my 90 Vert eagerly awaits forced induction...
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Old Jun 28, 2004 | 11:19 AM
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This kit will be better than any DIY kit you might try to rig up, It was designed FOR the Rx7, not some pos for SC that was fabbed on, thats why its so expensive. Probably shouldnt complain too much **** tang
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Old Jun 28, 2004 | 11:27 AM
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Originally posted by DEZERTE
This kit will be better than any DIY kit you might try to rig up, It was designed FOR the Rx7, not some pos for SC that was fabbed on, thats why its so expensive. Probably shouldnt complain too much **** tang
Not really, go with a better charger, build your own intake, and you're already beyond the kit.
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Old Jun 28, 2004 | 11:47 AM
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A superchargers a supercharger... There are some that are better or worse than others, obviously, so if you're going to do your own kit just make sure you get a good one like sonicrat said.

And yes the reason it's so expensive is because it is a bolt on kit that anyone with basic car knowledge can probably put in (with instructions of course ). The DIY kits require "too much" work in some people's minds since you have to make everything needed for it. But a DIY kit can end up being better, or worse, all depends on how well you do it.
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Old Jun 28, 2004 | 02:52 PM
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Bump for my questions...
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Old Jun 28, 2004 | 03:00 PM
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I have another question, what's the max flow (cfm) on the camden charger @ it's redline?
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Old Jun 29, 2004 | 03:31 PM
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