supercharger power output
supercharger power output
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diesel

Original Poster:

70 posts

277 months

Thursday 1st December 2005
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the supercharger kit by 9meister, is the power quoted at the wheels bhp (350 ish) or flywheel?

verysideways

10,268 posts

299 months

Thursday 1st December 2005
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968, 993, or 996?

james s

1,620 posts

272 months

Thursday 1st December 2005
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Flywheel I guess, it certainly didn't feel like 350 at the wheels

Drive before you buy - It does all it says it does but it also changes the character of the engine - you need to be happy with this before you plunge in. I took mine off, not becuase it didn't work, just because I didn't particularly like it.

Colin was v helpful - even thought I was undoing all his hard work.

Paul968

179 posts

271 months

Thursday 1st December 2005
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Which car James? And can you explain what it was that you didn't like about the change?

thx

Paul

james s

1,620 posts

272 months

Thursday 1st December 2005
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993 C4s

Certainly gives you more torque low down and the engine feels more lively above 5k, but I always felt the throttle response was dulled off so some extent. Its quite hard to explain really, it just didn't feel that fast, though I'm sure it was. Interestingly the guy who had it before me felt the same and actually timed the car Vs other 993s. It was quite a bit quicker point to point.

I prefer it without it on because I love he character of 911s and i changes this I sold my 968 to get the 993. Given unlimited funds I would love to supercharge a 968 - that would be fantastic.

I could have sold the kit 10 times over!

diesel

Original Poster:

70 posts

277 months

Thursday 1st December 2005
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james, how bigger job was it to take off the supercharger? if i get my 993 supercharged id like to do trackdays without the charger cos of the heat issues that colin told me about

tony.t

927 posts

283 months

Thursday 1st December 2005
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9M quote about £800 to install one so it'll be a 5 minute job (only joking Colin)

ninemeister

1,146 posts

285 months

Thursday 1st December 2005
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... or about half the price of a new crown in Wigan.

james s

1,620 posts

272 months

Friday 2nd December 2005
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or half an hour of a plumbers time.

It was an engine out job so I'm not sure its realitic to take it off for track days.