91350rs

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I might be buying a paxton supercharger kit and have been doing some research on them. It seems the biggest problem with them is they have a low redline. Is there anyway to fix this? Or is there a different supercharger that could be swapped in its place?

Street Lethal

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I would honestly go with a ProCharger instead....

91350rs

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seems like alot of peolpe are sayin that but those are kinda out of my budget

Street Lethal

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I hear what your saying, but in the long run it will benefit you. Vortech Engineering acquired Paxton Automotive back in 2002 I believe, and I was reading how Vortech has discontinued their TPI Supercharger packages, so that might hurt you later on down the road. There are a few tricks to get the supercharger to spin faster if you decide to go with it....

91350rs

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What might those tricks be?

Street Lethal

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Which setup are you looking into, what size supercharger, what size pulley, and how much boost are you looking for....?

91350rs

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Its the 1988-1992 Paxton Supercharger Kit Supercharger Serial Number SN-92-8319. I'm only wanting to run around 8 psi nothing crazy

Street Lethal

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Remember that just because you can get the supercharger to spin a tad faster than the pulley's that are provided, this doesn't necessarily mean your going to make more power. It depends on the size of the blower your using, which is why we need those details.

91350rs

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https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/engi...arger-kit.html
Here's the ad.....

Street Lethal

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I can't find that serial number online. Is it the Paxton Novi GSS unit, like this one....?

https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/engi...ercharger.html

91350rs

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I've been trying to look stuff up on it for a couple hours and haven't had much luck

Street Lethal

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That is pretty cheap, you should go with it and have fun on the street. 8-psi shouldn't be a problem, but if you want more, your going to need to swap pulleys to force the blower to spin faster. Whether there is a gain to be had by doing that is still open for debate because the ad doesn't delve into the actual size of the unit, and I can't find anything online, but here, take this number; 888-972-9866, that is Vortech. Tell them which unit your looking to purchase, and see if they can hook you up with some pulley's. Go for it and have fun....

91350rs

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The reason i was hoping to find a way to make it spin faster is to help fix the redline problem with these. From what i read is they only go to 5500 rpm and after that your just hurting the supercharger

91350rs

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Thats what i'm thinking. I'll be done with school in may and will be able to afford to upgrade. I just need this to last a year of fun with out any major problems

Street Lethal

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As long as the supercharger is getting oil, your not necessarily hurting the unit per se. What gets hurt is your air temps. If the supercharger can't keep up with the engine demand, whatever air that is being provided by it isn't going to be as efficient as it is at lower RPM's. This is why we would need to know what size supercharger it is before delving into how to make it spin faster, because it might already be maxed out....

91350rs

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I was reading here about the paxtons and the problems people were having. When i find the links again ill post them for you

KS91Z28

Something else to consider is service. I believe Paxton and Vortech discontinued their kits.

91350rs

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good point. I didn't even think about having to find replacement parts if the supercharger were to go bad

AC

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You say that, but if you're patient you can piece one together over a relatively short amount of time for probably 1/3 of what they cost new. I see used Procharger head units going from 700-1200 bux alot. Intercoolers are realtively cheap, the piping is even cheaper as well as the silicone couplings. Hardest part (and it's not that hard because I can make them) is finding the mount bracket for a procharger. The pullies are the only thing I know of where you have to buy new.

tom86iroc

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i have a paxton now it makes 6psi if you wanted more boost you would have to be careful since there is no intercooler you would have to use meth injection which mine came with as to not detonate the motor i heard that these paxton dont spin to well cause of the bearing design they burn out quickly not sure if thats because they don't break the charger in properly or what but i've never replaced my bearings and mine still runs strong you could change the pulley to a SLIGHT smaller one to get that boost number like i saids i'm at 6 and if i changed mine i could be at 9ish maybe

91350rs

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The kit does come with the meth injection with it. How high do you rev your car? i read if you go higher than 5500 rpm's your just doing damage to your supercharger and increases how often you have to rebuild it

tom86iroc

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im at 5600 but i dont rev it that high all the time just as long as you break the charger in not doing 5800 revs the first time you get it you should be fine how high do you want to rev it? people i've seen have had bearing failure not sure from what but i've never had a problem with mine

91350rs

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I would like it to rev to 6500 without any problem and be as reliable as it is now