Interesting setup...how does it go? Is as quick/or quicker than a WRX?
... how longs a piece of string? what rex? stock?
straight up im going to say its going to be quicker....... way quicker haha
is that your car? ive heard about this before on rsliberty forums a while back someone talking about custom SC a ej25.. and being told it had been done before!
got any more pics? how have you ran the belt for it? super interested its pretty cool!
Ok stock Rex of the same vintage, happy now?
I would be interested to know how much power it makes vs. stock turbo motor? Also whats the cost of fitting the s/c vs turbo engine conversion?
Pretty sure it's NA.
Nice
where's the kit from/what'd it cost you?
on power: the actual peak power is virtually the same as a wrx (160kw vs 165-170 on mine), however unlike on a wrx where it peaks at just under 6000 and then heads south, on this thing the harder you spin it the more boost you get. so the power peaks at about 5500... and then stays on.
168KW:300NM is my03 wrx
mine is about 170kw and 360nm of torque. the torque difference is quite large
however, those figures are without some of my basic little mods. i've smashed out my 2nd cat and gotten an STI exhaust from the cat back, so i'm making a little more over "stock" with SC kit. also have installed a lightweight pulley kit which makes a surprising difference. got a slightly smaller pulley (59 vs 61mm) going on soon as well so i'll be making even more power.
my car is also dramatically lighter than a wrx, i've pulled many a KG out of it (i'd guess there is over 100kg difference between them and that's being conservative. it's probably more like 140 once i weigh it all up) and i also don't have the shit heavy turbo manifold the wrx does so the front:rear balance is better to boot.
the kit is made by a company called "raptor superchargers" which are based in mackay. they make 350z, falcon, commodore, etc kits too. the site is simply
www.raptorsuperchargers.com.au
tim (the owner) couldn't be a better guy to deal with. goes right out of his way to do anything you need him to. called me probably over a dozen times both before & during installation as well as on first startup and a couple days later to check in, as well as giving me some updated pointers on the kit and little tricks/tips etc (like throttle calibration before loading the map etc). the before, during & after sales service of this guy is unbelievable.
the cost vs a turbo engine conversion is about the same... but sticking a turbo motor in is a MASSIVE pain in the ass. a completely different wiring harness has to be installed and literally every single wire in the car needs to be spliced. you also need the turbo manifold and with it a new front swaybar as well. you then need to run the coolant/oil lines to the turbo and i think the radiators are bigger on the WRX's too. oh and did i mention the PITA top mount intercooler? this thing matches it for power WITHOUT one.
with this thing you've got 24 wires to do. that's it. you can knock the entire install over in an arvo, and you're left with an engine that is a 2.5 with 10:1 compression vs a 2.0 with 9.0:1 compression, and a linear boost curve. long story short, it's about 50x nicer to drive to work etc day to day.
