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Still a baby, around 500 miles so far, not bad when you consider I only got the car back middle of last week though I guess!
Any excuse to drive it works for me! Lol.
Best of luck, you’re in great hands with Rafi and Simon though.
Nice bro, yea u gotta break the supercharger in. Mine is still a baby as well, she'll be back to normal soon. I have no worries, Rafi and Simon will take care of me I've known those guys for a few years. Thanks for the well wishes Pete, much appreciated
Nice bro, yea u gotta break the supercharger in. Mine is still a baby as well, she'll be back to normal soon. I have no worries, Rafi and Simon will take care of me I've known those guys for a few years. Thanks for the well wishes Pete, much appreciated
Hey, sorry to see this.
Not a great install it would seem, but good that you've found it now before any real damage has been done I guess. No doubt they guys will have you up and running again in rude health pretty soon!
You don't actually hear much from the supercharger though? I get the odd whoosh from the BOV's, but actual whine from the blower is non-existent.........?!
Not complaining mind, actually prefer the stealthy approach!
Makes the surprise even more enjoyable when you can pass some seriously exotic cars with relative ease!!
You don't actually hear much from the supercharger though? I get the odd whoosh from the BOV's, but actual whine from the blower is non-existent.........?!
Not complaining mind, actually prefer the stealthy approach!
Makes the surprise even more enjoyable when you can pass some seriously exotic cars with relative ease!!
These is a noise from the SC at idle when the car is quieter... but when you go full throttle the sound of the exhaust usually overwhelms anything you hear from the SC, except from the BOV's.
Rafi
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Not a great install it would seem, but good that you've found it now before any real damage has been done I guess. No doubt they guys will have you up and running again in rude health pretty soon!
Hope you get back on the road soon my friend.
All the best.
Pete
Thanks again Pete I really appreciate it. Just waiting for the transport to come pick the car up so I can ship the car to Rafi. I'll keep u posted bro
Raj admire your patience in doin this DYI to the community. Any issue with regards to alignment of your pulleys? Im done with my install,but had an issue with the alignment, i did the laser alignment on the crankshaft and the lower ribbed pulley only, cant access the top pulleys with the gates laser tool, i think the thermostat manifold blocking the laser alingment tool. Any inputs from the community before i teardown the supercharger again. Here some pics of the issue:
The belt jump out from the blower pulley and crankshaft.
Leo
did you ever found out the issue? I have an rcf with my belt jumping out, thanks
My car went into limp mode just last week as well. I noticed that the SC belt was getting eaten up or rubbing against something below behind the radiator. It's really hard to see from the top. It looks like from the top that the SC belt is rubbing on the second T Silicone tubing from the throttle body,
the same tubing is also connected to the blow off valve as well and runs below. The assumption here is that it may have sliced a slit or hole in the tubing thus losing pressure. I'm taking it to the shop tomorrow because I have to remove the skid plate to see underneath to confirm this is the issue. When the car went into limp mode, of course the check engine light, traction control lights came on as well. Luckily I was down the street from my house so I ended up pushing the car which was a little over a 1/4 mile, thankfully a police officer escorted me with his lights on, but didn't get out to help push lol.
Got home connected the OBD to pull the codes, then my lithium ion battery died smh, got a ride to the auto parts store got a lithium ion charger and charged the battery to 100%. I was skeptical to turn the car over, but I figured let me just turn the ignition on without putting my foot on the brake and cranking the car up... Mind u once the battery died and I charged it then cranked the car with my foot off the brake the nav said software downloading...The ECU reset itself thus taking the car out of limp mode so I figured let me turn it over to see if 1.) It will start up -or- 2.) If the check engine light and traction control lights would come on again. Lo and behold she cranked up, no check engine light no traction control light, connected OBD and it showed 0 codes. While this seemed like a breakthrough it was a blessing and a curse at the same time. Now I would never know what codes threw when the car went into limp mode, so the only thing I have to go off off is the SC belt rubbing on the tubing and the belt being eaten up. I've noticed small amounts of belt shreds in my engine bay near the pulley since the install, but there was no visible damage to the belt at that time. I think Jason the installer did not align the pulley correctly and ran the belt entirely too close to the tubing... I know the SC kit is a tight fit, but the belt should never be that close to where its rubbing on the tubing.
Rafi is working along side me because he stands behind his products and he's a great engineer and friend. He sent me out a new belt and the second T silicone tubing so I'm hoping that it's an easy fix. I'm taking it to the shop tomorrow and Rafi is going to walk my tech through the process. Hard to sleep... I'll keep u guys posted.
Some parts of the SC belt is worse This is hard to distinguish, but thats the second T silicone tubing which is runs from the throttle body and BOV and runs down behind the radiator
going through the same issue, did you figure out what was the problem
11-27-17, 10:20 PM
