Pro charger or vortech

[BrazukaV8]

Which kit is CARB legal? I've been wanting the pro charger, lately heard some great things about the Paxton. Idk decisions decisions lol

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[SD_GT]

I'm in the same boat as you OP and when the time comes (if I keep the car long enough, I.e. - another year or so) I'll be going with Terry's 700hp Pro-Charger Kit.

 

[LethalPerformance]

The only downside I experienced with the Vortech on my boss was that the belt kit was on the inside of the bracket facing the engine making belt and pulley changes a nightmare.

The Procharger belt system faces away from the engine making it much easier to swap belts and pulleys.

Jared

 

[ProChargerTECH]

The only downside I experienced with the Vortech on my boss was that the belt kit was on the inside of the bracket facing the engine making belt and pulley changes a nightmare.

The Procharger belt system faces away from the engine making it much easier to swap belts and pulleys.

Jared

Thanks Jared,

INSTALL:
Our kit is so easy to put on its crazy... like 5-6 hours for a normal guy.
I have done it in 6 myself, while taking photos.
No cutting, bending, grinding, trimming, or hacking.

INTERCOOLER:
HUGE HUGE intercooler, that flat out looks wicked, but performs amazing.
The surface area, and lack of pressure drop can't be beat.
Same core, and testing structure we used on making the intercooler that just powered this car.
http://www.mustang6g.com/forums/showthread.php?t=44387

COMES WITH TUNING
If you don't want to spend the $$$ on a dyno tune, we can give you a tune right out of the gate.
Otherwise guys like lund have custom tunes now that are killer for guys that want to make huge power numbers.

Like this.... No E85... No Meth...No drama. Pump gas POWER!
(Forum members car)

OPTIONS
In a week or so, we will be offering the system with 1000cc (95lb) injectors as well. (even with tuning)
3 different bracket finishes (not just blower headunit)

DRIVE SYSTEM
Dedicated belt, not only easy to change,
Very low load on the crank due to the spring tensioner and traction for an 8 rib drive.
If something ever happened to the blower, just take belt off and drive home.


I feel we have spend the time and $$$$ to make one of the most robust, and killer 2015 supercharger kits.
Plus when compared apples to apples, has a killer price point.

PS:
I Love "beefcake" to death... but he is also a sponsored racer for Paxton/Vortech
So he has a vested interest in promoting their products ;)
As he should, with any person that is sponsored by a company.
Just something to consider.

 

[zaquhree]

I like my Paxton/Vortech kit. It ran 10's out of the box with just Kooks headers and 93 octane. You can see it isn't exactly light. It is not a perfect kit but it is a fantastic kit for the money with a very high ceiling for potential. The pull is intoxicating as it just pulls harder and harder until you let out.

 

[ProChargerTECH]

I like my Paxton/Vortech kit. It ran 10's out of the box with just Kooks headers and 93 octane. You can see it isn't exactly light. It is not a perfect kit but it is a fantastic kit for the money with a very high ceiling for potential. The pull is intoxicating as it just pulls harder and harder until you let out.

Not gonna lie, that photo is killer!

Print that off, and frame it!

 

[Phils15GT]

My car rolls the F out with stage 2, D1 and E85. Traps over 140mph.

 

[ProChargerTECH]

My car rolls the F out with stage 2, D1 and E85. Traps over 140mph.

Gotta love that big MPH!
Puts you back in the seat and keeps on pulling.

 

[beefcake]

I'll play devils advocate as best as I can on both setups.

Things you need to look at, vortech and paxton are essentially the same setup, just different head units.

On entry level pricing, on the paxton side, you get a larger head unit. More growing potential for the same money. Also, you'll get about the same power out of each kit but with less boost on the paxton. Most of our 2015 cars we have been dropping one pulley size to a 3.6". The stronger engines in the 15's have been doing well with this.

The paxton / vortech use the oem crank pulley which we are a big fan of. Always have been. IMO you see no extra stress on the crank with the stock tensioner being used.

The standard kit has a 6 rib setup, but all the setups are upgradeable to 8 rib down the road.

Both standard kits are SL (self lubricated), and need to have the oil changed every 5000 or so miles.

You have the option do upgrade the head unit to an oil fed hd blower on any of the kits as well, you also have the option to upgrade to a "competition" kit out of the gate which would give you the hd oil fed head unit, along with the 8 rib upgrade from the start.

The standard intercooler on the paxton / vortech is "rated" for about 900 or so hp. We ran our 2011 car with the standard intercooler to about 1073 wheel, and 8.7s at full weight.

One customer went 8.8's on the standard 2200 SL head unit with stage 1 e85 fuel system, aluminator, high grip pulley, and some weight reduction on a 2011-2014 car. So lots of potential for not alot of $$. I would put the 2200 on the level of a stage 2 procharger with a d1 upgrade. Comparable, your about $1300 less for the 2200 on our custom package setups.

Install is a little more time consuming, but not a lot, probably 1-2 more hours than the procharger kit. But either kit will install fairly easy. No cutting of the bumper is needed with either kit.

The vortech / paxton head units tend to run a little lower iats from what we have seen. But both kits do pretty good, especially with the stage 2 procharger intercooler.

Common misconception, "you have to pull the head unit to change the pulley or belt".
Not true, with a lift, we can change a belt in about 10-12 minutes. At the track, on the grount, we can do it in about 15-20 minutes.

Common misconception - You go through alot of belts - Again, not true. In over 5 years on our 2011 car , we have never thrown a belt, probably somewhere in the 400-500 pass range, we have never thrown a belt on one of these cars. We actually see quite a bit more pd setups tossing belts at really high hp levels. Even on 10 rib pd setups.

$$ wise, I do believe the 2200 is the undisputed winner bang for the buck / growing potential kit. Doesn't mean it's the perfect kit for everyone, but it is our go to kit!

On the procharger side of things. For 2015 they added a direct drive setup, which i have been pushing for since 2011. again, big fan of that setup, and we've had guys go 8's on the 6 rib setups, and i think for any stock engine car, you'll be able to put more hp than the engine could take on the 6 rib setup.

To go 8 rib plus - you have to go to the dedicated setup. Some like this, some don't. Basically you add an extra pulley on the front of the crank. we have seen a few cranks snap on procharged cars. Only 3 over 5 years, and all 3 were in that 1000 wheel mark. So i don't think it's something for the average guy to be concerned about.

You also have the ability to go larger than 8 rib, with Prochargers setup. And the step ratios are pretty nice on the procharger head units.

One benefit to the dedicated drive setup, is that you can change belts and pullies in about 5 minutes with or without a lift. That is kind of nice.

Again, on either setup, if you install everything and line up correctly, you should not have issues with belts on either setup.

Paxton / Vortech kits come "how they come", meaning, the 2200 comes with a 3.8 pulley and if you want to change boost you have to buy another pulley. If you want to buy a different bov, you have to buy a different bov.

Procharger has the ability to customize more out of the box. You can pick your choice of the normal loud gear or the quiet gear for a $100 upgrade. You can also upgrade your BOV to the big red out of the gate, and get credit for the standard bov. Again, nice to be able to customize.

At the end of the day, both kits are very nice.

We have done in the neighborhood of 500-600 centri packages over the last 6 years. Self installs, in house installs, in house tuning with lund, remote tuning with lund, customers having packages installed and tuned other places. Any combo you want, we can do.

No one comes anywhere close to what we do with centris on the coyote cars, and were always here to help.

Hopefully this is objective enough on both kits and lends some insight to you guys as far as what you want out of your blower.

Beef
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8am to 10pm seven days a week!!!!

How we roll

 

[whatsup62]

^^^^^ Awesome write up Beef !!!!

 

[Crowderb]

One of the things I liked about the Paxton was the air filter stayed out and you don't have to remove the inner fender to change or clean the air filter.

 

[Skatz5000]

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