Why is powerdyne so much cheaper?

[95stocker]

Is there a huge difference between the powerdyne sealed belt drive system and a vortech, etc... The powerdyne seems too cheap to be true. Does anyone own or have experience with powerdyne? Is it a quality product?

I met a guy this past weekend with a purple 95 with a powerdyne and completely stock everything (except the fuel system). Even stock computer. He put up 331 hp on the dyno. He's running a max of about 11 pounds he said. This is what got me interested in the first place.

 

[95stocker]

After reading up on Powerdyne, Vortech, Procharger, and Paxton I think I'm sold on Procharger. They seem to offer the best warranty and quality product. I'm sure someone disagrees so let me know what you think

 

[NotQuik]

powerdyne is not a great product from what i've seen others deal with

 

[Venom351R]

After reading up on Powerdyne, Vortech, Procharger, and Paxton I think I'm sold on Procharger. They seem to offer the best warranty and quality product. I'm sure someone disagrees so let me know what you think

Procharger head units are known to leak, they said they have fixed the prob but I still hear of a few people here and there having problems. The warranty on Paxton superchargers is equal to Prochargers....3 yrs.

PS: the quality on most powerdynes is nothing to be desired.

 

[JJ95GTID]

I have heard both good and bad on all superchargers. Both centrifical and twinscrew and on all brands. So, its all a matter of what you are willing to deal with. Powerdyne has bearing issues but sells bearing kits that are easy to install if you ever need to. They also are the most maintance free. They are inexpensive $2100.00 for a brand new 6psi kit. They really nice for mostly stock motors and are quiet. Need more boost, just buy the smaller pulleys to get more boost to a point. But, if you want more than say 10psi then go to a different brand or type.

 

[Imyourzero]

Skip the ProCharger, or at least don't get one that's self-contained. They do still have issues with the seals despite the popular belief that those issues have subsided. There is a guy on the 4.6 forum with a fairly new ProCharger and even he admits having trouble with his seals.

I'd go Vortech or Paxton. Vortech if you want an easy, reliable bolt-on...Paxton if you want to make more power. Of course, if you wanted to make massive power with a Vortech you could always go with a T-Trim.

 

[BlueDevil95]

powerdynes lack the power potential the other brands do. every supercharger brand has horror stories, but i like vortech or paxton, who are actually the same company now.

 

[stang_gt_1994]

Turbo?

 

[BlueDevil95]

Turbo?

if you have the money and enjoy tuning your car all the time. street driven turbo mustangs are rare for a reason. but they run their a$$es off when they're tuned..........

 

[stang_gt_1994]

Tuning? Ever heard of stand alone? What about turbomustangs.com? Maybe you should learn some info before you speak.

 

[maypo59]

Street driven turbos are not rare at all. not a whole lot of 5.0's out there with them, but that doesn't make them rare. Turbo's are a proven tech that is used all around the world, with great results. Go to europe and almost every boosted car has a turbo. And they don't have issues, and 10 million ricers can't all be wrong. Nor 10 million truckers, who expect their rigs to go a million miles between tune ups. Blowers are more common on american V-8's because thats the norm for us, not better, not worse, just what we use most.

Now that said, I have had both turbo's and blowers in various mustangs, and they both have pros and cons. and in the end, 14# of boost is 14#, no matter how you got there.

 

[stang_gt_1994]

Go blower = 14* boost @ redline(exluding KB) Go turbo = max boost at 3000 RPM-3500 RPM(if matching turbo right to motor). Now lets think about how many more cars come with turbos on them then car that come with blowers on them. I guess turbos are the bad guys?

 

[BlueDevil95]

settle down, i NEVER said turbo's are bad, but are you going to tell me for a car that is going to be driven everyday and must pass emissions, the turbo and a stand alone is the way to go? i'm not new to mustangs, maybe you should look into things a little more before flaming somebody. if you don't like my opinion, ignore me.

 

[stang_gt_1994]

Well you did say you have to tune turbo cars all the time. That seems like your saying they are bad. I was just letting him know what is out thare. You could build your own JY turbo kit for under $2000 and save yourself the money.

 

[BlueDevil95]

hey, no problem. *hands beer to stang gt 1994*

 

[stang_gt_1994]

As long as it is Miller light. LOL

 

[95stocker]

thanks for the posts.

So I've come to the conclusion that my solid options are vortech, paxton, or turbocharged.

I've looked into entire turbocharged systems, and it seems as though it is way too much money in the long run for me. I know you can build your own kit for about 1500, but I'm not into rigging things up. I don't have the money for a new computer or custom headers/downpipe/etc...right now. For my first power adder I want to keep it simple. I'm thinking maybe 8-10 pounds of supercharged boost.

 

[cb18201]

the car i want to buy has a vortech V-1, it sound so nice, i love the whine, its such a beautiful sound

 

[HRT11]

well i had a powerdyne
ran 11.6 in a 93 lx with a stock motor,right down to the stock maf
on 9 lbs. of boost
not bad i would say

 

[Adrenalin]

I'm not disagreeing with HRT11 that powerdynes can make power, however "A" guy I know had one and it spent more time on the UPS truck going back and forth getting repaired and replaced then he had it on his car. That is of course just one example and a bad example can be given in every application.

Turbos generally are more expensive and not everyone has the know-how to piece one together. I also don't think many if anyone, would disagree that turbos can make a ton of horsepower very efficiently if done correctly. As far as turbos on street mustangs being rare, I would agree 100%. You could probably count 5+- people off the top of your head that run a turbo or twin turbos on the street but in comparison to superchargered or even NOS cars and mostly NA cars they are very much rare. In most cases if you order a NOS system it can be there next day, a supercharger about a week or two and a turbo I have heard even up to a few months.

My advice on what to get would be, you know your situation better then anyone and you know generally
you get what you pay for, I would say simply, get what you feel comfortable with, take care of it and make the best of it.