A&A....procharger preferences???
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Lots of discussion on this in the Forced Induction forum. Go have a look there. Bottom line for me is that all of these systems are really good but have their individual nuances that may or may not matter to you.
Procharger comes with tune and tuner and precut radiator shroud for intercooler mounting, and no need to move ABS module or remove crank pulley. But... they specify only the vertical intercooler for 2015 and later models. This may be fine for drag racers and the occasional highway pull but it sits in front of and blocks a lot of the radiator and will likely be unsuitable for track days and other hard use due to heat. At least one member with a later model ordered a horizontal intercooler and they shipped the vertical as specified for the later models. Seems some of the vendors' ordering pages allow ordering the horizontal for later years but the Procharger main site clearly says that 2015 and later only get vertical and they ship that.
A&A and ECS: both great kits and service with horizontal intercoolers (may require moving or removal of secondary heat exchanger on later models). A&A comes with a nice new balancer (that requires removal of your OEM pulley). But... with both have to move the ABS module which requires bending the hard lines. This is either no problem or a major problem depending on who you talk to. I know of at least one member here that had some serious issues with that. Also some logistics involved in getting a base tune and you need your own tuning device... or are willing to go find a shop to do a custom tune. Also requires the installer to cut the hole for the intercooler in the radiator shroud, which may be easier or harder than replacing it with a precut piece, depending on who you talk to.
Procharger comes with tune and tuner and precut radiator shroud for intercooler mounting, and no need to move ABS module or remove crank pulley. But... they specify only the vertical intercooler for 2015 and later models. This may be fine for drag racers and the occasional highway pull but it sits in front of and blocks a lot of the radiator and will likely be unsuitable for track days and other hard use due to heat. At least one member with a later model ordered a horizontal intercooler and they shipped the vertical as specified for the later models. Seems some of the vendors' ordering pages allow ordering the horizontal for later years but the Procharger main site clearly says that 2015 and later only get vertical and they ship that.
A&A and ECS: both great kits and service with horizontal intercoolers (may require moving or removal of secondary heat exchanger on later models). A&A comes with a nice new balancer (that requires removal of your OEM pulley). But... with both have to move the ABS module which requires bending the hard lines. This is either no problem or a major problem depending on who you talk to. I know of at least one member here that had some serious issues with that. Also some logistics involved in getting a base tune and you need your own tuning device... or are willing to go find a shop to do a custom tune. Also requires the installer to cut the hole for the intercooler in the radiator shroud, which may be easier or harder than replacing it with a precut piece, depending on who you talk to.
[QUOTE=raylo;1597641894]Also, I did not really look into the roots types too much since the centris make more sense to me. But I did take a quick glance at the Magnuson install manual thinking it might be easier install than the centris... but and it was like 55 pages. Yikes. I assume the Edelbrock and Z06 conversion would be similar, lots of plumbing for the air/water intercoolers. BTW, the FI forum is here: https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...n-nitrous-173/
Thank you! It takes us minutes too. Someone suggested making a video, I will definitely work on it (thank you for the suggestion) as this is such an easy task. They are being moved such a small distance, we do not even have to bleed them afterwards.
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