General Supercharger Thread

Let me know too. I may as well start collecting parts now for when I leave this death desert...

 

Fingers crossed the harness works out. If so I'll have an RCF throttle body for sale with light use lol 103mm Nick Williams in the future

 

Work from home/ sneak away and start this transformation to boost 2.0

 

@snivilous pops got his installed also just now. Looks good

 

excited for you man!!

 

Awesome! Was wondering if he got it

 

just wanted to give you an update. I ordered the J-style extension from Jcarpart.com. It took care of my p0430 (passenger side) after 1 drive cycle. never came back. However p0420 kept coming back every 20 miles on the dot.
From the same website, i ordered the spacers with the "mini cats" in them. stacked 2 of them together on top on the J-style.
now almost 200 miles later, both p0420 and p0430 has not come back.

passenger side and driver side:

 

Thank you for the update and glad to see that they work! Sounds like your SW high flow cats are still holding up? I'll go crawl back into my hole now and continue the wait game

 

haha go with SW! no wait times! haha
and yea i guess my cats are still surviving, i couldnt care less though

 

Can confirm there’s a 1lb difference between both blowers.

 

Anyone here have experience with PLX Widebands? Not planning to install gauges (been there, done that) but the app interface will do what I need, along with connecting to HPT.

 

I only have experience with their KIWI ODBII device that I bought years ago. Looks like they've expanded a bit into other things. But overall, my takeaway was they're a one off company that didn't have a lot of support for their products, or wide use of them. That may have changed since I bought the Kiwi like 8 years ago. And it only worked with their app at the time. Haven't used it in forever.

TLDR: meh

Edit: They do solar panels, car stuff, and flashlights. They're basically an electronics idea shop that drop ships their products. Doubt there's much quality control going on. And after reviewing their website, ya they're basically a Sharper Image type reseller. I'd stick with a company that does strictly car/performance related products. Not just whatever they thing they could make unique and sell

 

This truck is being auctioned at Barrett Jackson this weekend
Supercharged, methanol, and other goodies

I am sure it’ll go for a decent deal. Should go tomorrow sometime?

http://go.sparkpostmail.com/f/a/6Hl...k3qjx0lIUa2NrYzEyMzRAY29tY2FzdC5uZXRYBAAAAAA~

 

:-( that's what I wanted to do with mine....

 

That thing has been for sale for forever.

 

Keep in mind A/C purportedly shuts off at WOT if you are dragging. Good for keeping stable IATs without an ice box.

 

The way I read from the site is that the kit works with a water to air intercooler system or ice box, is that required for the kit to work? The modes listed are cabin/chiller and chiller only so I'd imagine chiller only regardless of WOT, A/C isn't going to work.
Does anyone have one of these?

 

I don't have the kit installed but they are two separate and independent systems; you could probably run them together if you wanted to. It is basically just routing your A2W intercooler through the AC driven chill box. One of the models lets you bypass your incab AC all together via a switch so you can toggle between split cooling (intercooler and cab) to intercooler only. If you drag there is a also a no drip option so you don't get kicked of the track.

I've read a few complaints about them particularly if you live in hot climates. AC has to work harder to cool both systems.

 

can the lie-o-meter (mpg) be calibrated? i hate that mine keeps saying i get 20mpg. aint no way man. i hate false hopes

 

im not going to be dragging. even in triple digit temps here, 90% of the time i have my windows down while driving. so instead of my AC just being deadweight, might as well make it work to give me some power lol

 

Scan Gauge is pretty accurate once you get it dialed in. I don't know if there is a way to get the dash to read correctly with scaled injectors.

 

i was looking at the scangauge 3, how to do dial it in?

 

just get one. (Diderot)

it does all the maths when you do the fillup. it expects 10 gallons....you put in 15...it re-calibrates to your 15 gallons.

my dash says I get 27mpg...SG3 says 17mpg SG3 is rarely off by a tenth of a gallon at fillup.

 

way back when - @snivilous pointed out that the boost gauge & MPG are closely correlated.

and I'll de darned...they are. not because of simple gas pedal crap. but manifold air pressure is a decent predictor of efficiency.

at -10 inches of Mercurial madness...I am generally @ 20mpg. at zero boost -> 5mpg or thereabouts. during positive boost - forgetaboutit.


on another unrelated topic - my SG3 alerted my son that the Trans went above 211 degrees. he was sitting at the Galveston Ferry, waiting in line, while still in drive. I failed him somewhere. yes, I have the Trans cooler installed. it's Africa hot in these parts right now. my point=SG3 alerts work quite well.

 

Went for $15k. Helluva deal!

 

you got me convinced... ordering one now from Amazon and itll be here tomorrow haha
hmmm so maybe the lie-o-meter isnt lying at all? i feel like my gas level goes down a loooot faster. hmmm haha

 

What size insert did you go with? Glad to hear it worked for you. I did the exact set up even with the mini cats and the smallest insert on the j-style and still got a P0430 and P0137-Bank 1 sensor 2 low input.

 

Sounds like this is the perfect mod just for you.

 

To echo @nobodyintexas SG3 is really easy to use as it is reading vehicle data via your ODB port. Input your vehicle parameter engine size and gas tank size along some other factors; adjust speed if you are running larger tires. Fill up. Over time drive until you hit 1/4 tank. Fill up again. You may need to make subsequent adjustments after the next fill ups but it is fairly accurate. Along with MPG it tracks several other monitors.