Supercharged VQ37 goes BOOM!

[audtatious]

Fresh carnage. Larger pic and info at the link.



http://www.infinitig37.com/SCVQ-blowup.html

Glad I have not boosted yet

[terrycs]

Ouch!

[audtatious]

Yeah. It's a

[joe603]

Yikes! That was my fear of going FI with my coupe. I'd never hear the end of it...

[gwoods]

you have to pay if your gonna play.....

Part of the fun of owning a modded car is dealing with repairs.... I HAD a 12 second 4door Hemi Ram before the G. It was soo much fun when I wasn't working on it.

[audtatious]

Pretty much. I've been kicking around the idea of getting boost but keep deciding not to as the car is my DD and I drive long distances with it more often than not. At this point I'm just going to beef up everything from a N/A perspective until I finally buy me a weekend "toy".

[LuckyLuke]

The link redirects to the main page...

[Tim30250]

Fresh carnage. Larger pic and info at the link.



http://www.infinitig37.com/SCVQ-blowup.html

Glad I have not boosted yet

You don't have to be afraid of boost, you just have to do it right. I've successfully added FI to a Mustang GT I used to own, and a couple years ago I installed a supercharger kit on my BMW. The only secret is not being in a hurry to do it. It's important to wait for a reputable company to PROPERLY design and build a kit, and frankly, I let others test them out for a couple years to make sure they are reliable. It's also important to be prudent and not push the engine past reasonable boost levels. I ran 8lbs on my 9:1 compression Mustang, and I currently run 6.5 lbs on my 10.5:1 BMW. I know the G37 motor is 11:1 so I'd only be comfortable at about 5-6lbs. If someone engineers such a kit, and it goes a couple years without causing anyone catastrophic engine failure, I will gladly purchase that kit and post up another successful FI story.

If anyone is interested, below is a link to the complete writeup I gave after I installed the supercharger kit on the BMW...

http://forum.e46fanatics.com/showthread ... highlight=

[terrycs]

Pretty much. I've been kicking around the idea of getting boost but keep deciding not to as the car is my DD and I drive long distances with it more often than not. At this point I'm just going to beef up everything from a N/A perspective until I finally buy me a weekend "toy".

I guess I don't worry as much. The life of the motor has more to do with the way the car is driven ... how often is it in boost and at what pressure. I have about 30K+ boosted miles on my DD with no issues.

[Fezzik]

I dont really worry. I've seen these engines take a beating stock and keep on tickin(working)

[audtatious]

Seems your kit has less issues.

I need to see what's going on with this issue, been a bit since I've had an update.