Thinking of buying a supercharger. Which one is the best. I hear paxton mounts on the intake manifold and sounds amazing. I would prefer one that links onto the intake manifold. Please help with which one is the rest to run safely on a stock motor and websites i can find these packages on.

 

ecs or a&a, do some researching youll see

 

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Thats one of the BEST right there

 

ecs all the way 4 sure. Look at there intercooler its fu@kin big as hell. And they were one of the best shops iv ever talked 2.

 

Left Coast = A&A Corvette Specialties
Right Coast = East Coast Supercharging

You can find them both on the sidebar on the left side of your screen.

 

Thats a good idea Mike.. We can just split the country in half.. What do you think Andy.. you get the left and I get the right.. After a year we can switch sides like a football game.. I could use some Ca. weather sometimes..

 

So who's winning?

 

You should be thinking in terms of how you want to drive the car and how far you want to take things in the future. Is it a daily driver? Are you going to drag race the car much? These questions are relevent to your ultimate decision.

The Magnacharger (roots blower) is better off the line and has a very good power band, but is more limited in future upgrade potential and will require a new higher profile hood.

The ATI & Vortech are centrifical superchargers. The low end torque is not quite as good, but they are more upgradeable and offer more high RPM power. I have the Vortech, but the ATI Kit has been developed much further at this time.

What a lot of us really want is a twin screw supercharger, but since nobody is currently making one for the C5 the three choices above are your best bet to investigate.

You might also consider a Twin Turbo. These days many are not that much more then a good supercharger set up.

I am certainly no mechanic, but I found 2 books very interesting if you really want to understand the choices and the pros and cons of each you may consider reading them.

1) Supercharged by Corky Bell
2) Mamimum Boost by Corky Bell

I didn't understand everything in the books, but it sure gave me a better lay man's understanding of all the choices above.

Whatever you do Choose carefully because if you don't buy what you really want you will regret it later and end up spending more to do it right the second time.

P.S- OC Mike that new paint job and hood are looking sweet

 

If you want a roots style blower on a C5 your only option is the MagnaCharger If you are looking for 380-440 rwhp the MagnaCharger is a great option. If, on the other hand, you want 500 or more rwhp then I would go with a ProCharger setup from ECS or A&A.

The MagnaCharger runs $8-10K installed including the mandatory replacement hood ( assuming you don't want to cut your stock hood ).

Cheers,

Mark