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Old Jun 12, 2012 | 10:37 PM
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Okay all you boost guru's I have a couple of questions for you.

I'm a few days away from having some extra cash.

AND it's time for my FRC to get BOOSTED !

I can get either an A&A setup or a Procharger setup for about the same price, give or take $50 bucks.

My questions to you guys are:

Would either superchargers be a good choice ?

What's the cost of a turbo setup ?

How does a maggie stack up to a Novi type setup ?

Should consider a set of modded 317 heads (bigger valves, ported) vs a set of modded 243's (bigger valves, ported) ?

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Originally Posted by Sinister-one
Okay all you boost guru's I have a couple of questions for you.

I'm a few days away from having some extra cash.

AND it's time for my FRC to get BOOSTED !

I can get either an A&A setup or a Procharger setup for about the same price, give or take $50 bucks.

My questions to you guys are:

Would either superchargers be a good choice ?

What's the cost of a turbo setup ?

How does a maggie stack up to a Novi type setup ?

Should consider a set of modded 317 heads (bigger valves, ported) vs a set of modded 243's (bigger valves, ported) ?

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Old Jun 12, 2012 | 10:48 PM
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wow... that helps....
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Old Jun 12, 2012 | 10:51 PM
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if you want problems and disappointment, go turbo..if you want reliability and more power then you can handle..go A and A.. pretty much plain and simple.
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Old Jun 12, 2012 | 10:53 PM
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Originally Posted by Sinister-one
wow... that helps....
What? Directing to the section of the forum, where virtually everyone that frequents said section is FI......yeah, sorry for that.
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Old Jun 12, 2012 | 10:59 PM
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Originally Posted by lucky131969
What? Directing to the section of the forum, where virtually everyone that frequents said section is FI......yeah, sorry for that.
Come on bud..... looking through thread after thread doesn't answer the questions I asked.... be reasonable.
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Old Jun 12, 2012 | 11:01 PM
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Originally Posted by joshtownsend
if you want problems and disappointment, go turbo..if you want reliability and more power then you can handle..go A and A.. pretty much plain and simple.
Okay so turbo's could possibly be out of the picture. What about the "heads" part of my questions ?
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Check this link
http://ls1tech.com/forums/forced-ind...induction.html
A lot to think about, my car is a lot of fun, but I really enjoy a nice H/C setup also

Bobby
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Originally Posted by BobbyG123
Check this link
http://ls1tech.com/forums/forced-ind...induction.html
A lot to think about, my car is a lot of fun, but I really enjoy a nice H/C setup also

Bobby
So was that for turbo's of superchargers ?? He kept saying "turbos/sc"... So a S/C setup is going to cast me $11K when its all said and done ??
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I just wanted to inform you on what the cost can be, I thought he had some good points that one may overlook on the install of a S/C
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Old Jun 13, 2012 | 12:50 AM
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Originally Posted by BobbyG123
I just wanted to inform you on what the cost can be, I thought he had some good points that one may overlook on the install of a S/C
Yes, the thread did have did have some very good points. Most of the things he mentioned I already have except for a new clutch, some 317 heads....
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