gompka

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its not the driver its the choice of parts, thats why you never hear of 07-08 superchargers dieing.

Basstrack17

nearly 43k on our sc ( 05 ); bought when they were first available in our area. no issues on sc unit

tCZion

My experience:


12PSI NST
More than 50,000 miles
3 years
Still great............

I think the installation is the key to last and mainteinance is very important, If you dont compromise with the S/C maintainance it will fail sure.

b52hDUNN

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Thanks for the info. Anyone else? I maybe leaning towards getting one this week!

gompka

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what maintenance are you referring to?

j0hnBlaze

watching*

tCwhystler

watching *

xdejablu3x

anyone with '07s like to chime in on this?

tCZion

Every time you change your engine oil, you need to clean the supercharger oil inlet fitting every oil change. This will explain better:

NORMAL MAINTENANCE GUIDELINES:
1. Clean the supercharger oil inlet fitting every 3,000
miles. When the vehicle is cold, remove the oil inlet
fitting at the supercharger and clean it thoroughly
utilizing high pressure air to blow the orifice clean
before reinstallation. Do not attempt to remove the
screen/filter inside of the oil feed fitting. This oil
inlet fitting is designed with a very small orifice,
which provides a mist of oil directly onto the gears.
Never use Teflon tape or other sealants on any oil
feed line fitting. Do not overtighten fittings.
2. Follow the heavy duty/severe usage maintenance
schedule in your vehicle owner’s manual. Use the
manufacturer’s engine oil and oil filter recommendations.
Do not use engine oil additives as they
may contain solid particulates which can clog the
supercharger feed line.
3. Spark plug/ignition system guidelines. Always
utilize the stock specified heat range for street legal
applications. For off-road use only, use one range
colder than originally specified and reduce the gap
to .032" - .040". If your vehicle is equipped with an
ignition amplifier such as a Crane HI-6R or MSD
6A, reducing the spark plug gap is not necessary.
Never utilize platinum plugs on a vehicle not
originally equipped with platinum plugs from the
factory. Every 15,000 miles, check to ensure spark
plug wires are within factory specified resistance.
Replace whenever beyond specification or every
50,000 miles, whichever comes first. This may be
contrary to factory recommended intervals, but is
consistent with the use of the Vortech supercharger
system on most vehicles. Vortech also
offers high performance ignition wire sets for
certain applications. If equipped, inspect the
condition of the distributor cap and rotor every
15,000 miles. Replace as conditions warrant or
every 50,000 miles, whichever comes first.
Vortech recommends OEM or equivalent replacement
parts.

HEYitzMEEE

I might have to take out the reliability part in my little speech, look at my post in the FI section.

GQQSE13

the driver, how well installed/kept up, changing out pulleys and what not from what it seems like when i hear of people blowing it up (that's why still in debate of s/c or turbo eventually; granted mines an auto DD that wont prob ever see track)

youngflyer

while yes, if you barely get into high boost/ rpm, it could have a fairly long life however its forced induction. its designed to make you go faster. to say that the s/c goes bad because of the driver is quite hilarious. if it was not designed to last doing its intended job, then it should have never been built. to put a supercharger on or turbo and never get into high boost or beat on it a little is a complete waste of money. IMO if your looking to go faster, buy a turbo because if you beat on the S/C and it breaks 2 years down the line, your screwed. at least your getting your moneys worth with a turbo!

b52hDUNN

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Just remember that a turbo can fail as easily as a s/c can. Turbos fail all the time because of their bearings or seals leaking just like a s/c.

kikcaffine

If you also wait until it warms up completely it makes a huge difference. Also proper installation and alignment is key of for it. Making sure the bolts that hold it on the shaft are all equally torqued is very important too.

gompka

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That doesn't help you with the pulley bearing problem. The problems most people are having don't have anything to do with maintenance but a factory defect. Good to make sure all your bolts are tight etc, but not gonna help you if its defective.

kiss_kiss_kill

I've had mine for over 2 years, never had a mechanical issue. Only problem I ran into was the mount broke, shifted the housing & pulled the shaft out of it. This problem was due to the fact that the locking retainer was never installed (dealerships fault, it was their first install) & 2 out of the 3 bolts weren't torqued down correctly.

gompka

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There are no locking retainers on the mount bolts..... sure weren't any in my kit or mention of them in the install manual. Unless your referring to something that has a different name?

AZGuy

iTrader: (1)

07 here, about 15k miles on my SC stock. Only had the idler pulley go out on me. Now have 9.5 pulley, hope the good times keep rolling.

kiss_kiss_kill

the locking retainer isn't located on the mount, it's located by the shaft. It's the piece that locks the shaft into the 3 prongs.

gompka

iTrader: (5)

oh ok you mean the horseshoe bracket, funny how they could have not put it on since it comes installed when you get the supercharger from trd lol.