[Build Thread] -- Journey to 700+ WHP [Supercharger]

[cupcakez]

Originally Posted by FPenvy

ummm yeaaaaaaaaa you spent so much on the engine to supercharge it?

smart money would be on some turbos. you could be well into 4 figure HP numbers with the engine build and some big boy snails and have 0 of the headaches. especially considering the stage 3 build they offer is rated for over 1000whp.

Of course I know that lol.
I went supercharger based on me staying a stock engine.
Then I blew a rod.
And I'm in california.
I did not know anyone at the time that could get me to pass smog when I purchased the supercharger kit.
In fact i knew nobody at all in the car scene.

So with those things considered, I needed to stay carb legal hence why I bought that carb SC kit with the intention that I'll have the same block lol.

But things took a change for the worse and I lost that engine, n bought this one on a whim when I had already planned to upgrade the engine as the very last thing instead of forcefully do it up front due to broken stock block.

I was told the stage IV handles up to 1000rwhp not stage 3 from IPP.

And cuz I'm a dirty automatic kid, I'm unfortunately stuck with a weak *** transmission, lol.

So yeah. I totally get what ur saying though.
If I knew ahead of time I wouldnt need to worry about smog then I'd of definitely gone turbos

[FPenvy]

Originally Posted by cupcakez

Of course I know that lol.
I went supercharger based on me staying a stock engine.
Then I blew a rod.
And I'm in california.
I did not know anyone at the time that could get me to pass smog when I purchased the supercharger kit.
In fact i knew nobody at all in the car scene.

So with those things considered, I needed to stay carb legal hence why I bought that carb SC kit with the intention that I'll have the same block lol.

But things took a change for the worse and I lost that engine, n bought this one on a whim when I had already planned to upgrade the engine as the very last thing instead of forcefully do it up front due to broken stock block.

I was told the stage IV handles up to 1000rwhp not stage 3 from IPP.

And cuz I'm a dirty automatic kid, I'm unfortunately stuck with a weak *** transmission, lol.

So yeah. I totally get what ur saying though.
If I knew ahead of time I wouldnt need to worry about smog then I'd of definitely gone turbos

all i hear is dumb excuses.

cali blows just move. you got terrible laws, smog, fires, earthquakes, and millions of homeless. i find "but the weather is perfect" to be a line anymore.

also, Level10 makes a 1000whp capable tranny.

the stage 3 short block handles up to 1000whp per their website.

i live in PA with strict vehicle emission laws. i have not had cats on my Z for 8 years without issue. not hard to "know a guy" who knows they aint there but doesnt care. especially when FI makes amazing products that dont throw a CEL.

i have solutions to any excuse you can give lol

[Whjaxn17]

Originally Posted by FPenvy

all i hear is dumb excuses.

cali blows just move. you got terrible laws, smog, fires, earthquakes, and millions of homeless. i find "but the weather is perfect" to be a line anymore.

also, Level10 makes a 1000whp capable tranny.

the stage 3 short block handles up to 1000whp per their website.

i live in PA with strict vehicle emission laws. i have not had cats on my Z for 8 years without issue. not hard to "know a guy" who knows they aint there but doesnt care. especially when FI makes amazing products that dont throw a CEL.

i have solutions to any excuse you can give lol

Except I seem to recall seeing several reports that Level 10 parts/trans builds haven't been holding up. Otherwise,

[FPenvy]

Originally Posted by Whjaxn17

Except I seem to recall seeing several reports that Level 10 parts/trans builds haven't been holding up. Otherwise,

better than nothing when it's the only option.

[Whjaxn17]

Originally Posted by FPenvy

better than nothing when it's the only option.

or grow up and 6MT swap it.

[FPenvy]

Originally Posted by Whjaxn17

or grow up and 6MT swap it.

oh lord

[Rusty]

Originally Posted by Whjaxn17

or grow up and 6MT swap it.

Real men use 3 pedals. Soyboys use 2.

[Zingston]

Originally Posted by Rusty

Real men use 3 pedals. Soyboys use 2.

Oh, so NOW I'm a 'SOY BOY'??!! da fuq???

[FPenvy]

Originally Posted by Rusty

Real men use 3 pedals. Soyboys use 2.

my 2 pedals beats your 3 pedals though

[cupcakez]

Originally Posted by Whjaxn17

or grow up and 6MT swap it.

sorry i will never grow up. im a kid from neverland.
i will turn my 370z into a manual.
i mainly want to do 1/4 mile passes and automatics are faster than manuals in general for that from most of the research and forums i've read from various places.

[cupcakez]

Originally Posted by FPenvy

all i hear is dumb excuses.

cali blows just move. you got terrible laws, smog, fires, earthquakes, and millions of homeless. i find "but the weather is perfect" to be a line anymore.

also, Level10 makes a 1000whp capable tranny.

the stage 3 short block handles up to 1000whp per their website.

i live in PA with strict vehicle emission laws. i have not had cats on my Z for 8 years without issue. not hard to "know a guy" who knows they aint there but doesnt care. especially when FI makes amazing products that dont throw a CEL.

i have solutions to any excuse you can give lol

excuses or not you can believe what you want lol. what i said was what happened and what is. sure i am using excuses to not learn manual, but i like my auto so ima stick with it. ppl gona hate on that but whatever. im still happy with it lol. i will just upgrade the trans with a fully RJM built one or something down the road when the time comes.

im not going to move out just because of a car reason -.- that's dumb for my situation currently lol. i love california and i dont think ill ever move out of it.

you may have solutions but it doesn't mean they will be plausible and logical solutions for my living situation at the moment :P

yes im too lazy and dont want to learn manual, so what. boo hoo. lol.
yes california sucks in that it has terrible fires and laws that are terrible for people who like to modifiy their cars. oh well. at the time i didn't have anyone to help pass smog for me so i was taking the safe route, anything wrong with that? xD

i tried to make do with what i knew at the time. but of course nobody would understand that because they weren't me so that's understandable.

Also. The stage 3 handles up to 850 rwhp as per their website.
The stage 4 has a typo on it in which i asked kyle about and even told him and mentioned it to him and he was like it was a typo and he will fix it but it seems like he never fully fixed it.

The stage 4 still says "stage 3..." on it but the RWHP numbers are changed.
If you look at the actual stage 3 link it says it handles up to 850 RWHP and when you swap to stage 4 link it says 850 - 1000 rwhp. lol

and cuz i have a closed deck short block from RJM it is definitely able to handle 30+ psi which im never going to make use of but hey its good to know lol

[redondoaveb]

Originally Posted by FPenvy

all i hear is dumb excuses.

cali blows just move. you got terrible laws, smog, fires, earthquakes, and millions of homeless. i find "but the weather is perfect" to be a line anymore.

also, Level10 makes a 1000whp capable tranny.

the stage 3 short block handles up to 1000whp per their website.

i live in PA with strict vehicle emission laws. i have not had cats on my Z for 8 years without issue. not hard to "know a guy" who knows they aint there but doesnt care. especially when FI makes amazing products that dont throw a CEL.

i have solutions to any excuse you can give lol

California sucks because it's run by a bunch of liberal f'cks. Same reason for the homelessness. Where I live we're virtually smog free. Haven't had an earthquake affect my area in the 62 years I've been here. Our smog laws are the most strict in the nation but it's easy to get around that. Fires haven't affected my area at all. I can drive my car year round.

We don't have tornados, which probably kill more people in a year than in the history of earthquakes in California. 22% or 1 in 4.5 people live in poverty in Pittsburgh.

See, both of our states are shitholes but I can drive my car year round in my shithole lol.

[Rusty]

I'm glad I don't pay your taxes.

[cupcakez]

Originally Posted by Rusty

I'm glad I don't pay your taxes.

doesn't Canada have even worse taxes than california? haha

[redondoaveb]

Originally Posted by cupcakez

doesn't Canada have even worse taxes than california? haha

Gotta pay for that free heathcare. Guess it's not so free after all