View Poll Results: Have you had a SC engine failure?
Turbo failure
0
0%
Turbo no problems
9
9.38%
Centri failure
6
6.25%
Centri no problems
62
64.58%
PD failure
2
2.08%
PD no problems
22
22.92%
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 96. You may not vote on this poll
Supercharged engine failure Poll
Thread Starter
Burning Brakes
Joined: Apr 2007
Posts: 1,050
Likes: 2
From: New Bern NC
In the past month or so there have been some heated debates on SC engine failure. I thought I'd post a poll to collect some responses and data.
Larry
Larry
Last edited by lsbrodsky; Dec 31, 2010 at 11:04 AM. Reason: forgot poll
Thread Starter
Burning Brakes
Joined: Apr 2007
Posts: 1,050
Likes: 2
From: New Bern NC
I think you should just include BAP or any other kind of SC support system failure as just failure. I am more interested in a high level view of failure since some people are saying SC corvettes are doomed to fail.
Larry
Larry
Thread Starter
Burning Brakes
Joined: Apr 2007
Posts: 1,050
Likes: 2
From: New Bern NC
Not interested in anything scientific, just a broad brush. Of course it is logical that more power is going to reduce reliability, but let's just see how people are reporting failures or no problems. We all drive these cars differently and have done our mods in different ways. This is not going to prove or disprove anything. But it might be interesting.
Larry
Larry
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Pro
Joined: Sep 2008
Posts: 517
Likes: 0
From: Stratford CT
I figure you were driving the test car. After watching your video's of not only beating the snot out it. The abuse was horrific. Complete
attempted destruction in book. If it lasted 30k for you. It will last
forever for me.
As I don't just floor my car and let thing bounce off the rev-limiter in first gear for a couple hundred yards. One of the worse
driver exposition's I've seen. Then you wonder while rebuilding the thing and blamed the reliablity of the cast piston and the ring lands.
If you have trouble blowing engines. DON"T BLAME THE SUPERCHARGER
for self inflicted damage. The ones I have seen here are driver ERROR!
attempted destruction in book. If it lasted 30k for you. It will last
forever for me.
As I don't just floor my car and let thing bounce off the rev-limiter in first gear for a couple hundred yards. One of the worse
driver exposition's I've seen. Then you wonder while rebuilding the thing and blamed the reliablity of the cast piston and the ring lands.
If you have trouble blowing engines. DON"T BLAME THE SUPERCHARGER
for self inflicted damage. The ones I have seen here are driver ERROR!
Le Mans Master
Joined: Nov 2007
Posts: 6,412
Likes: 198
From: Wilkes-Barre Pa
Been supercharged for about 3yrs 5k miles without any trouble. This includes running to redline at least once every time I drive it and topping out in 4th many times.
I guess that comes out to about 3 minutes of full boost a year.
I guess that comes out to about 3 minutes of full boost a year.
Thread Starter
Burning Brakes
Joined: Apr 2007
Posts: 1,050
Likes: 2
From: New Bern NC
Some results?
Almost 600 views, 55 responses and 9% failures. This is not scientific and proves nothing except one could conclude that in the 600 people who viewed this thread, there are not gobs of supercharged engine failures.
Larry
Larry
Safety Car
Joined: Nov 2007
Posts: 4,537
Likes: 1,402
From: Bethesda MD
1) There NA and nitrous people in here looking to see what the results are.
2) There are S/C and Turbo participants viewing the updated poll results and comments and count as multiple views.
Race Director
Joined: Oct 2005
Posts: 14,555
Likes: 1,255
From: Saint Albans, WV
Multiple views only count as one. You can look at it multiple times and it doesn't change the count.
Pro
Joined: Sep 2008
Posts: 517
Likes: 0
From: Stratford CT
then you need to get R888s GODS OWN TIRES :P I cut a 1.71 60' with a full boltons car on them this last summer and they hold in the corners better then any other "streatable" tire Ive ever been on. i stratable because they are infact 100 tw road racing tires :P if you want to try b4 you buy I would be more then happy to let you take aride with me some time I'm in CT now
