Ronny

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http://www.torqstorm.com/#!

Anyone know of them? In CHP magazine in ads. Self contained.

anesthes

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Either chinese (they were on ebay for a while, cheap) or scorpion units.

-- Joe

scholtmj

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Looks like they are made in town. Might have to stop by! Website doesn't show any F-body applications though.

tequilaboy

Looks interesting. Assume its based on an XB-1a design, but self contained.

If it will work with my bracket (angle) I'd like to test one against my BD-11a (w-billet impeller).

Assuming it has the XB-1a's 3.45:1 step up ratio and if it can live at 50,000+ rpm it may have some potential.

I'll try and get in touch with them to see if we can work something out.

anesthes

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I thought Todd (superchargersonline) was selling scorpion (XB-1A) head units?

I saw an ad a while back.

I was thinking of an aftermarket billet curved impeller for my P1SC.

-- Joe

Ronny

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I presume they would sell just the body/head? How difficult would it be to fab up a bracket out of flat aluminum sheet? I have a source to obtain the alumninum wholesale cut to size and by soninlaw is a certified welder. Somewhere here might be a rough scematic to start with? I have a Gen 1 small block(84Vette).

antoine

I think it maybe a good kit/head unit I just emailed them and ask if they are making a f body kit and how much.

antoine

Email from them. Antoine,

We do have a small block Chevy kit, but we don’t know if it will fit in the 88 Camaro.

The kit comes with brackets, spacers, bolts, crank pulley, belt, and head unit. This kit is not specific to a certain car or truck. The cost of the kit is $2950.00. We do sell tubes,silicone elbows, and clamps etc. Just not in this kit because there are so many variations.

If you would like to buy just a head unit they are $2000.00 for satin and black anodized. $2500.00 for a polished head unit.

You would also need to buy this thru one of our dealers. I attached a list of dealers.

Thank you for your interest in TorqStorm Superchargers.

NemeSS-TyranT

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I bought a brand new procharger d1sc head unit for 2800$ shipped. Polished with pulley.
Prochargers are proven units. Prolly make more sense to buy something quality like procharger. Never even heard of tq storm?

anesthes

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Ouch. I paid $1500 for my whole p1sc kit

Anyway, it doesn't take a rocker science to couple a turbo compressor to a transmission, so frankly I'm surprised more companies haven't started making superchargers. Their is a ton of chinese turbos on ebay, aftermarket impellers of every shape and size, curve/blade angle, etc.

-- Joe

project89

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they do but they arent designed for the larger engines, theres a few chinese ones being sold but are only good for 350-400 hp, give it another year and i bet we wil see much larger chinese versions


hell i even though about trying to machine my own step up drive and modifying a turbo to make a supercharger just for ***** n giggles i just have to many projects right now

NemeSS-TyranT

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Theres enough science to where procharger dominates in hp,reliability and racing
Thats a good deal for a used kit. Still though, i got no problem paying for new.
usually a 50/50 on used parts. Ive never used chinese turbos. I stick to turbonetics.
After i had one fail. Tnetics warrantied it no hassle. Made me customer for life.

anesthes

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I own a procharger, so let's get that out of the way.

Now, as far as dominates, that's plain horse poop. There is really only two things of concern here:

1) Airflow vs power to turn the blower
2) Heat at given airflow/boost points

Procharger, especially the straight cut impellers have some of the worst numbers in both.

I bought a procharger because it was available and cheap. I've had other brands in the past, on many engine combos, so I've got reasonable data to back up what I'm saying, and test data is available on the net for peer review.

What might be a reasonable claim is, people with prochargers have gone faster. Not because they have a procharger, but a better overall race car.

-- Joe

Street Lethal

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Ya think...?

BBC w/Procharger 136mm, over 3000-HP on a Drag Radial...