Which is the best supercharger for a corvette?
Which is the best supercharger for a corvette?
Paxton and Vortech make their kits, while A&A Supercharging makes their own supercharger kit using a Vortech head unit. East Coast Supercharging (ECS) uses a Paxton head unit to create their own kit also. All work well, with their pluses and minuses.
Which is better ECS or supercharger kit?
ECS kits come with a restrictor plate and a smaller supercharger drive pulley, so they make more boost in the low end, and thus more low end torque. That is the main practical difference you’d see driving one of their cars and one with a different centrifugal blower.
Is the Vortech supercharger the same as the Paxton?
Vortech and Paxton are owned by the same company and the supercharger internals are the same; impellers and efficiency curves are identical between corresponding units (Novi 1500 and Vortech T-Trim, for instance). Paxton and Vortech make their kits, while A&A Supercharging makes their own supercharger kit using a Vortech head unit.
Which is better east coast supercharger or ProCharger?
East Coast Supercharging (ECS) uses a Paxton head unit to create their own kit also. All work well, with their pluses and minuses. Procharger kits have a tendency to overheat because of some design oversights regarding intercooler placement. There are a lot of posts on that along with some proposed fixes.
What are the names of the superchargers in a corvette?
Centrifugal: There are 3 superchargers: Paxton, Procharger and Vortech. Vortech and Paxton are owned by the same company and the supercharger internals are the same; impellers and efficiency curves are identical between corresponding units (Novi 1500 and Vortech T-Trim, for instance).
Where can I buy a Vortech supercharger system?
We are the Vortech Authorized Manufacturer of supercharger systems for late model Corvettes. Our proprietary supercharger head units are built specifically for us by Vortech Engineering and are available only from A&A or one of our 200 plus dealers in the US and Europe.
ECS kits come with a restrictor plate and a smaller supercharger drive pulley, so they make more boost in the low end, and thus more low end torque. That is the main practical difference you’d see driving one of their cars and one with a different centrifugal blower.
East Coast Supercharging (ECS) uses a Paxton head unit to create their own kit also. All work well, with their pluses and minuses. Procharger kits have a tendency to overheat because of some design oversights regarding intercooler placement. There are a lot of posts on that along with some proposed fixes.
