Looking for pics of how it looks and how hard was the install if you done it your self

 

Although Powerdyne superchargers are cheap (as what I believe lead your interest to them) they are very cheap in quality. Many people I have talked to say the bearings go, power improvement is not improved at all, etc. And example is they say they have a Ceramic coating bearing, however only a small portion is ceramic coated and it's a part that doesn't need a coating at all. It's price is cheap upfront, but they make their money off of you in the long run from repairs. Trust me on this one.
Philip S.

 

That is good to know. Does any one have a befor and after dyno that would convince me not to buy it?

 

A blower has so many variables to consider. If you are looking for cheap, you are looking for trouble. What are you thinking you can get the Powerdyne for?? I know they have to be sent back every so many thousand miles to be serviced. Thats means down time, shipping, and service cost ($400 or so). TByrne has good deals on better centrifugal chargers that will get you in the door quicker for a reasonable amount of money. Nitrous is cheap and effective.

 

I bought one back in '96 for the 95 Mustang my wife was driving at the time. It self destructed one week out of warranty and they would not even cover part of it. I ended up putting new bearings in it myself. The ceramic stuff people are talking about is not a "coating" it is the actual ***** in the ball bearings-they are a proprietary design and the manufacturer of them only sells to Powerdyne and Powerdyne wont sell to you. I rebuilt it with regular parts store sealed bearings and it lasted a couple months longer than it did stock that time. Somewhere back around 1998 seems like, they had an internal re-design and I ended up buying a new updated compressor. Never had any more probs after that. The key to a successful Powerdyne is pullying it to make enough boost and then getting your fueling right. It heats the air very little so it can be setup to perform nicely. I had that Stang running 7.9 1/8th mile on a bone stock motor- I mean completly stock except for the spark plugs. It went 10.30 off the showroom so it can make some serious power.

So do you go for a Powerdyne or not.......? I would say it just depends on your goals and how much custom work you are willing to do to make it perform really well.

 

powerdyne is the kmart brand of superchargers


dont waste ya money.

 

I was just looking for some thing more than stock, I mean it will better than stock right? Not looking for super low et's just the sound and to beable to say I got blower under the hood.

 

One other thing, is there any difference in the 99-02 kit that would not let it work on a 03?

 

It's the goodwill of sc's!

Would'nt make more than 2-3 lbs of boost from the get go on my 97 truck, and that was after ya got it up to 3500 rpms. No set up for good belt tensioning, and after getting a smaller belt to make 6 lbs of boost, it burned the bearings up after a 1/4 mile drive around the block.

I sent it back and recieved it back 2 weeks later, still only able to make 4 lbs of boost, and a several hundred $ to show for it.

Not worth the $2500 it cost. You'd be $ ahead to spend the $2500 on a cam, exhaust, and pcm tuning, and be $ ahead, not to mention go faster!

 

Here are some pics of a powerdyne install on my SS