Vortech or Procharger??

The Vortech unit is a direct bolt on where as the Procharger is not. Both will make great power. Cost will come into play as the Procharger is more coin. Intercooling though great is a cool option except it's not necessary on these types of blowers. Vortech's are reliable and serviceable. Never dealt with Procharger's service program so I'm unsure. KB is option as well if found for decent money.

Let me also say that buying a blower is the easy part. The supporting hardware is the issue (at least a cost issue). The fuel system and ignition system MUST be upgraded. Now after all this you will need a tuning device or custom burned chip. So now you went from $2200 (estimated) for just the blower to adding another $1200-$1500 (estimated) for injectors, fuel pump, adjustable fuel reg., MAF, MSD box, plug wires, plugs, etc. That doesn't include installation. See my point.

for what you are looking to do, i would go with the vortech. costs less and its easier to install. you can't up the boost as much as you can later with the procharger before you run into detonation issues, but other than that. procharger is nice, but costly and more involved.

VibrantRedGT said:

Now after all this you will need a tuning device or custom burned chip.

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This is a must. IMO when you add boost you should be sitting on a dyno with a tuner pulling timing and a wide band monitoring the air/fuel the first time you get on it and see boost. If it goes lean and detonates your first impression may be a bad one if you see a big cloud of smoke due to a head gasket or worse. So as VibrantRedGT stated, supporting hardware and tuning is essential not only for a happy life, but for maximum performance.

You can put 6-8 lbs on a stock motor with the T-rex pump and FMU they give you. Probably gonna be alright as long as you have the BTM set up correctly, but every set up is different and no two will tune exactly the same. And doing it the Vortech way will surely not yeild as pleasing results as doing how most do. I error on the side of caution, hence the reason I personally don't see boost until it's on the dyno and being monitored closely. Personally I would suggest you run 8-10 lbs of boost and put a walbro 255lph intank pump, 36lb injectors with matching MAF and head for the tuner to get it dialed in for a nice safe street tune. Turn around and sell the Vortech FMU and T rex on ebay to recoupe some cash since you won't need them. I'm not a fan of FMU's and 80-100 psi of fuel pressure. Also with a custom tune you can sell the BTM that comes in the kit as well since timing will be delt with via the chip.

If it is mainly a strip car I would go procharger. If you are just looking for tons of fun on the street, go with the vortec.