General Supercharger Thread

Great article. Some OEMs us variable pump speeds with their designs to minimize heat soak when idle; this explains why it works at lower pump speeds without degrading heat exchange.

 

Whelp I was looking at redoing my intercooler pump wiring from the switch pro. Looks like this is the solution with the nice clip also. Thanks!

 

lol. I, too, was eyeing that shiny silver clip!

 

It made life sooo much easier, 100% plug & play!

 

So, I didn't think about this until I was looking at the s/c with the buyer yesterday. But how do we remove the tiny Griptec pulley hub from the shaft? There's so little room to get behind it with a pulley puller because...there's no pulley there...

Or am I overthinking this. Do you put the pulley on the hub, screwed down, and remove it all as one piece? Probably...

 

No idea, the ebay puller I got pulled the original right off.

He wants the Snivspeed?

 

I gave him, basically all my extra parts to make the deal. Dude got almost $10k in parts for $6200! Ya, we'll be pulling the griptech 2.3 off and putting the Sniv hub on. Up to him which size pulley he runs, but gave him my 2.2" and 2.0"

 

Bargain! Sorry.

 

Ahh cool. Thanks but I already have one on its way.

 

@e30cabrio did you have the intercooler pump come on from ignition on or when cranking? Safe to jump from fuel pump for intercooler relay to come on. Was thinking of wiring up a relay harness for the pump.

 

The harness has a relay, the fuse is in an ignition on fuse in the engine box.

 

I currently have it wired to the ignition on. I have a spare relay to make my own harness. Was thinking of having it only come on when engine is running by wiring off the fuel pump.

 

I have been annoyed by it running when I'm flashing a tune but always have a charger connected so it is ok, I might move it over to the fuel pump fuse.

 

At least you wouldn't be pulling power from an ignition source just the trigger for relay.

 

Mine annoys me when I’m flashing as well so I just pull the fuse for it out of the fused relay when flashing.

 

what fuel pump set up are you running… I’m having all sorts of issues getting my pumps to sit correctly in the tank for my desired performance

 

I think most of us are on the Walbro 450.

 

I still have a brand new Walbro 450 if anyone is interested.

 

I had a bad out of the box bought from Walbro direct 450, got a Deaschwerks 300, no issues.

 

I just spoke to the rep from Magnuson, 4995 for the upgrade which includes the SC, the belt and brackets that are different.

 

Does this require they take back the old blower like a trade in program?

 

Nope. No trade in.

 

Maybe I lost track but doesn't the new blower have those twin intercooler bricks? You would need to redo the plumbing also, right? Does the new blower use the same Low Temp Radiator (intercooler)?

 

There is only one reservoir, I asked for the install manual.

 

Got 9.1 for the first time in a while.

 

The more I think about it if I had a 1900 and was gonna upgrade to 2650 for those minimal gains at our low boost..I’d definitely be going Harrop for the sake of easy to access install bolts, pulley swaps, and snout removal for coupler changes inherent to the downward discharge design. You can also remove the rotor pack from the bottom half of the supercharger with the intercooler making it easier to remove and ship out and have rebuilt. In a nutshell, better serviceability. Plus that post intercooler IAT sensor is nice to monitor. That’s just my .02 though!

 

The IC set up is just using T's from a similar setup.

 

Moved to the green hd belt. May start looking for a shorter one if possible. Lots of adjustment left on the tensioner.

 

Props to zzperformance. Ordered the intercooler pump but forgot about plug. Ordered the plug with standard shipping and they sent it out 2nd day air.
Now if HPtuners can get their shipping prices in order...$22 for shipping a $50 analog pro plug. Give me a break.

 

Alright, all I have to say is sea level elevation is a literal game changer on boost and zippity freaking gone!! I consistently get over 10 psi here in CA and I have to say, my aunt's supersnake f150 doesn't feel as fast...it is, but not enough to buy IMHO.

I was gifted a 1955 ford f100 and I'm hauling it back to the MTns so we'll see how bad my fuel mileage changes! I love booooooost!