Supercharger Miles
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Racer
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From: North Carolina
Supercharger Miles
I’m courious as to how many miles you have put on your C6 after installation and have you noticed any adverse effects of adding it.
So far I’m very happy mine and only wish that I had done it sooner
So far I’m very happy mine and only wish that I had done it sooner
Burning Brakes
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Blower installed at 6,000 miles. Current at 9,700 miles and at 750whp through an auto. Yes a garage queen but she’s loves boost!
if I would do it again, I would have stopped at 600whp. For multiple reasons - money, parts, reliability, etc
if I would do it again, I would have stopped at 600whp. For multiple reasons - money, parts, reliability, etc
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Racer
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From: North Carolina
What would you keep and what would you not have done?
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St. Jude Donor '10
Check with @SurfnSun He's got over 293,000 on his 2010 Callaway SC606 Corvette GS which has been bulletproof. 
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Callaway modified the magnuson superchargers they installed as part of their engineered package. As I understand, this was critical to longevity. Kinda seems true, based upon mileage above.
They also handled R&D plus sales/distribution for a time. 2007-2009, perhaps? That was in the CS2000 era, prior to TVS.
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St. Jude Donor '10
Callaway modified the magnuson superchargers they installed as part of their engineered package. As I understand, this was critical to longevity. Kinda seems true, based upon mileage above.
They also handled R&D plus sales/distribution for a time. 2007-2009, perhaps? That was in the CS2000 era, prior to TVS.
They also handled R&D plus sales/distribution for a time. 2007-2009, perhaps? That was in the CS2000 era, prior to TVS.
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Yeah, as stated its more than that. Ive known several guys with home/shop installed Magnachargers and they have not acted like my car. There are a handful of subtle changes that Callaway made to the supercharger and surrounding parts that have drastically elevated its reliability. Many would like to believe that Callaway bought an off-the-shelf blower and slapped it on the car with a larger than average price tag. That just isn't the case.
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St. Jude Donor '10
I put 74k trouble free miles on an MP112 Magnacharger in my 2002 Avalanche before I sold it. I never touched it (intercooler coolant change only) except to pulley it down. Not nearly as many miles as on yours, but I know several people with MP112/122/TVS Magnachargers with in excess of 100k miles without an issue.
I'm not saying their aren't other reliable builds out there. I've just seen as many or more that have issues as ones that don't. Likely an installation issue I suppose. No one has put 300k miles on yet but my car will be the first
.... actually I don't know of any supercharged car that has 200k miles on it with everything being original.
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I had A&A do my S/C install over a year and 8k miles ago. I've had zero issues with it so far. I wanted more power out of the stock LS3 but also wanted to keep it street/smog legal, so I'm "only" putting down 550RWHP.