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Old Aug 26, 2006 | 08:56 PM
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Has anybody had any regrets after supercharging?
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Old Aug 26, 2006 | 08:59 PM
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cant stop smiling.
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Is this one of those trick questions?? Anyway, as soon as I push that start button, my only regret is "Why did I wait so long".
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Old Aug 26, 2006 | 09:09 PM
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I say a little prayer for my tires before each drive
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Old Aug 26, 2006 | 09:14 PM
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How many miles have you supercharged guys racked up on these engines? How much boost are you running?
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Old Aug 26, 2006 | 09:15 PM
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2,100 miles so far. 5.5 psi (550 rwhp)
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Old Aug 26, 2006 | 09:41 PM
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Originally Posted by saplumr
Is this one of those trick questions?? Anyway, as soon as I push that start button, my only regret is "Why did I wait so long".

have about 500 miles on mine and z06boz, can't stop smiling. Opened it up just a little and wow,
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Old Aug 27, 2006 | 11:14 AM
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No regrets here!!! Although, the quest for power can get costly, but it's all in good fun...thus far, 7500 miles.
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1000 miles on the car, 200 miles on the blower.

Worth every penny!

Regrets: that I couldn't afford LPE's 1000+ HP F/I package.
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Old Aug 27, 2006 | 06:59 PM
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I agree!!
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Absoutely None ! While my Corvette is still stock. My supercharged 5.0 was my daily driver for 14 years with a paxton and then a vortech.
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Old Aug 28, 2006 | 11:38 PM
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My only regret is not having stickier tires before the blower install! I have 15K miles with my Maggie and loved every mile! Can't imagine my c6 with out it. My buddies stock c6 gets left as if standing still. It’s amazing.-----
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I have 1500 mi with the blower so far. Procharger with 527 RWHP. From 2800 rpm and up it is a beast. This is my 3td C6 and I don't know why I did not do this earlier.
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