[bottlefed1]

I have seen lots of posts about ProCharger gear boxs, pitched belts etc. I am curious just how much problems you can expect on a ProCharger F3 when you start to run serious boost and rpm's with the inevitable problems like tire shake and peddling?

It seems with things like 5-1 gear mutiplication and high impeller speed that anything that suddenly changes the blower speed would be putting a hell of a strain on things. I am not trying to bash ProCharger ( I hope to use one and know all race car parts are prone to failure) at all just trying to get a resonable expectation of cost of ownership after purchase.

Thanks in advance for the input.

Richard Gavle

 

[manyponies]

Have put them through every kind of abuse that can be imagined and they held up fine. Nothing in unbrakeable however. Once I made a crank support that allowed NO movement and blower bracket stiffners, belt life increased dramatically.

 

[MIKE G]

the key to having no problems is making sure everything is mounted true and straight. Its well worth the money to pay someone to make sure everything is setup correct. I ran a f-3r with a belt for 2 years and could run one belt for the whole year

 

[mtpturbo]

the key to having no problems is making sure everything is mounted true and straight. Its well worth the money to pay someone to make sure everything is setup correct. I ran a f-3r with a belt for 2 years and could run one belt for the whole year

I agree 100%.

-Chris

 

[mpk1996]

doesn't matter if the gear mult is in the gearbox or elsewhere. if the blower speed is 60000, its 60000. still a strain when you pedal it. like the others have said, get it aligned and make sure its braced very well

 

[bottlefed1]

I had a paxton on a stage 3 426 wedge in a street/strip demon back in 1980, it had an internal ball bearing friction drive to give multiplication to the impeller. I used to pray to that thing every morning before I ran it

Richard Gavle