UK Superchargers?
Discussion
Hey, Folks,
I've spoken to Monkfish Performance about their Superchargers, and, although it's not available yet, they say that they will be doing one for the C5 for £7K which is maintenance free and fits under the stock hood. This is fitted and tuned.
Does anyone know anywhere else which does Superchargers for C5's (2001 A4), that are similar (spec wise) to the above, but perhaps a bit cheaper, and are available now?
It was great to meet some of you at the Fairmile last night - looking forward to next month already!
Thanks in advance for any advice!
Col.
I've spoken to Monkfish Performance about their Superchargers, and, although it's not available yet, they say that they will be doing one for the C5 for £7K which is maintenance free and fits under the stock hood. This is fitted and tuned.
Does anyone know anywhere else which does Superchargers for C5's (2001 A4), that are similar (spec wise) to the above, but perhaps a bit cheaper, and are available now?
It was great to meet some of you at the Fairmile last night - looking forward to next month already!
Thanks in advance for any advice!
Col.
Surely you're better off getting a tried and tested supercharger from the States at a fraction of the cost?
http://www.zip-products.com/CorvetteForum/dept.asp...
Don't get a top mounted version unless you want to change the hood.
http://www.zip-products.com/CorvetteForum/dept.asp...
Don't get a top mounted version unless you want to change the hood.
Edited by eldudereno on Wednesday 27th June 13:23
Many US suppliers will readily give you a bill of sale for a much lower amount giving you a very nice saving on the duty + vat. Any decent mechanic will fit the kit in no time at all so no real need to go to a specialist. With regards to setting the car up it's possible to remove your computer and merely send it off to be reprogrammed for your exact set-up.
Edited by eldudereno on Wednesday 27th June 17:03
www.nsracing.com in London are the agents for Vortech who do a kit for the Vette. I paid £4500 to have mine fitted to the Mustang which was the top spec polished 462hp kit. The Vette one is more expensive but my price was based on when it was 1.6 dollars to the £. It is expensive but if it goes wrong, you can take it back and tell them to fix it. Luckily, mine has been flawless.
All superchargers are expensive. That said, vortech style superchargers are invariably cheaper than those such as the Harrop and Magnacharger.
We have tried both and driven both. For our monaro work we went with the Harrop (no bonnet clearance issues) and for me in performance terms (and i don't just mean outright power) the Harrop came out top and as such is the product that we now offer.
Both work and have their place however. Best advice i can give is try to drive one of each before you decide.
We have tried both and driven both. For our monaro work we went with the Harrop (no bonnet clearance issues) and for me in performance terms (and i don't just mean outright power) the Harrop came out top and as such is the product that we now offer.
Both work and have their place however. Best advice i can give is try to drive one of each before you decide.
Try Mark at http://www.rapid-gb.co.uk/ formerly of Linden Special Vehicles. He supercharges LS1 and LS2's all day for the Holden, cant see why he wouldn't do a vette.
Hmmm... they're all expensive. The cheapest quote I've had so far is £4800 fitted (as recommended by LU51FER), which for me is still stretching the bounds of what I'm happy spending on this kinda thing.
I'm actually thinking I may just buy the A&A Corvette kit from the US for £3000 (Custom Pro-Charger install), and either try to fit it myself (which I'm told is pretty easy), or pay my local performance car garage to do it for £500 or so...
Hmmm...
Does anyone have experience of actually fitting a supercharger? If so, how easy is it?
I'm actually thinking I may just buy the A&A Corvette kit from the US for £3000 (Custom Pro-Charger install), and either try to fit it myself (which I'm told is pretty easy), or pay my local performance car garage to do it for £500 or so...
Hmmm...
Does anyone have experience of actually fitting a supercharger? If so, how easy is it?
www.vortechsuperchargers.com has an installation manual you can download for their kits. It doesn't look too difficult but I decided against it when I got to the punching of the oil pan.
£4800 isn't really a lot of money given the power these things make as it takes the car to a whole different level of performance. That's probably a few over-zealous ticks on a Porsche options list.
The main advantage of a UK supplier is avoiding the "arseing about" if it goes wrong. A couple of Mustang owners have had excessively noisy Vortechs supplied and have had to return the units at their expense to the USA. I can sympathise as the same sort of thing happened to me when I bought wheels from the US and the chrome peeled and they had to go back at my expense. My supercharger kit came with a wrong pipe which would have thrown me but the supplier adapted it and sent me the correct pipe.
Bear in mind the different characteristics of the two types of supercharger. The centrifugal type are more a universal blower adapted to various models by different ducting to feed into the stock intake. The computer tune is replaced to take advantage of it. The nett effect is a car that drives like a normal car at lower speeds and builds quickly to a whizz bang frenetic rush at the top end that will have you grabbing gears like they've become disposable. To my mind, it's not ideal because the redline is a rush in every gear but it means the car drives like a normal car for most of the time and is, in theory, far gentler on the clutch and drivetrain as the rush comes when the car is already into it's stride. It can mean rowing the gearbox to get maximum velocity though despite the headline torque figure.
The screw type tend to be more expensive having dedicated intake compressors that bolt on. These give you a massive hit of torque low down but may be less powerful than a centrifugal so the car will be easier to wheelspin, induce oversteer if you boot it in a corner and I assume more likely to fry tyres and clutch. The advantage is torque everywhere but probably poorer fuel economy and more strain on the drivetrain. I have no experience of this type so am only passing on what others have said.
Whatever you do, good luck with it. I suppose I should warn you that it means p*ssing round with your insurance company but I've found A-Plan very accommodating.
£4800 isn't really a lot of money given the power these things make as it takes the car to a whole different level of performance. That's probably a few over-zealous ticks on a Porsche options list.
The main advantage of a UK supplier is avoiding the "arseing about" if it goes wrong. A couple of Mustang owners have had excessively noisy Vortechs supplied and have had to return the units at their expense to the USA. I can sympathise as the same sort of thing happened to me when I bought wheels from the US and the chrome peeled and they had to go back at my expense. My supercharger kit came with a wrong pipe which would have thrown me but the supplier adapted it and sent me the correct pipe.
Bear in mind the different characteristics of the two types of supercharger. The centrifugal type are more a universal blower adapted to various models by different ducting to feed into the stock intake. The computer tune is replaced to take advantage of it. The nett effect is a car that drives like a normal car at lower speeds and builds quickly to a whizz bang frenetic rush at the top end that will have you grabbing gears like they've become disposable. To my mind, it's not ideal because the redline is a rush in every gear but it means the car drives like a normal car for most of the time and is, in theory, far gentler on the clutch and drivetrain as the rush comes when the car is already into it's stride. It can mean rowing the gearbox to get maximum velocity though despite the headline torque figure.
The screw type tend to be more expensive having dedicated intake compressors that bolt on. These give you a massive hit of torque low down but may be less powerful than a centrifugal so the car will be easier to wheelspin, induce oversteer if you boot it in a corner and I assume more likely to fry tyres and clutch. The advantage is torque everywhere but probably poorer fuel economy and more strain on the drivetrain. I have no experience of this type so am only passing on what others have said.
Whatever you do, good luck with it. I suppose I should warn you that it means p*ssing round with your insurance company but I've found A-Plan very accommodating.
Anyone who thinks they can just buy a kit from the US, fit it, and drive off into the sunset happily, smoking the tyres ....
well, I think they are either extremely capable at tuning cars with lots of experience in doing such work, or more likely, have never done any such work, and are a little naive.
These things are not easy, they rarely go smoothly, and can so so easily turn into a nightmare if not in capable hands.
Im all for DIY'ers, but dont try and take on such work lightly.
well, I think they are either extremely capable at tuning cars with lots of experience in doing such work, or more likely, have never done any such work, and are a little naive.
These things are not easy, they rarely go smoothly, and can so so easily turn into a nightmare if not in capable hands.
Im all for DIY'ers, but dont try and take on such work lightly.
Fair enough, if that's the case, but many of these kits simply come as bolt on situations and seem no more difficult than fitting a Nitrous system (well, OK, a *little* more difficult!) - the tune to map the car correctly generally comes on a Diablosport programmer or similar, meaning that there is little or no need for a custom tune in standard form (this is, of course, all information given to me by the vendors, so may be complete crap!)
Guess we'll know when you've done a £3k installation. Seriously, spend a bit extra and get a UK map by somebody from on here even if you do the installation yourself. There are a number of people who can offer custom remaps.
Ringram may do a remap if he hasn't done the installation and he travels.
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Ringram may do a remap if he hasn't done the installation and he travels.
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