dude....7500?? wtf
dude....7500?? wtf
Isn't FRPP selling a supercharger kit using a whipple or TVS or something that will put out 650 hp without voiding the factory warranty?
...$7,500 is a big pill to swallow but your car will be as reliable stable as a factory car...
Just a real quick thought here....I won't argue about it being a good deal or not (I haven't priced out stuff like this in a long time). However, you can't add ~65% more HP to a stock car and really expect it to be just as reliable as when the car came from the factory. That's not to say the car won't run great, or drive stock, or last xx,xxx miles, whatever....but it WILL be more prone to breakage with the otherwise stock parts designed for far less power. That goes for ANY power adder, of course. Now, if you can retain the factory warranty.....that's worth some extra coin for sure...
This Whipple kit makes over 700 hp and if your dealer installs such items it will not void the factory warranty. I asked my dealer and they said if I have them install it, they'll cover it.
I am not sure how much turbo kits cost but I can tell you this. Whipple kits come with everything you need to upgrade. Fuel pump, relays, CAI, harnesses as to be expected but equal to or greater than OEM quality and even uses GT500 parts. $7,500 is a big pill to swallow but your car will be as reliable stable as a factory car that will weld it's sneakers off at the drop of your foot.
No better money was ever spent.
dude....7500?? wtf
Fair assessment. I guess my point is that if you drive your car like normal and not beat the snot out of the go pedal it will be completely reliable as it would stock. With that said you are correct if you keep the boost going all the time something's gotta give.
Oh the ignorance spewed by you is pissening
With respect, what's the point of getting a blower if you're not going to put it in the boost? Certainly the more you beat on it (stock or otherwise) the sooner it will break something. I just see a lot of folks buy into the 'reliable as stock' idea thinking they can drive it as aggressively as a stock car and expect all the driveline parts to last as long as they would when the car was making 265 less HP (and also more susceptible to heat, bad gas, etc).
Again, no disrespect intended - just writing thoughts....
Way to contribute to the thread. Do us all a favor an keep your opinions to yourself
Its an open forum on the internet. If you make less than informed statements expect to get called out on it in a very blunt and insensitive manner. Because after all this is the internet. It happens to all of us.
You are brand new the forum, but maybe you were a lurker for a while? There are countless threads of people blowing up stock motors that were barely pushed beyond the factory output. I am one of them. No matter how bullet proof an engine is from the factory once you start pushing that engine beyond its factory output you start gambling. Especially when it comes to forced induction. Engines with a stronger factory rotating assembly have better chances but there are no guarantees when it comes to modding. The idea that you could make an engine increase its factory output by 50% or more and still have all the stock driving characteristics and reliability is silly.
When was the last time you paid MSRP for a car part (other than an MGW shifter)?