Anyone know what a new sc goes for?

 

I've seen them at the dealer for $1600 and on ebay for a lot less. If it is going bad, check out the post about porting it. It looks like they rebuild them and do a port and polish for $895.

https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...0-hp-gain.html

 

Hey Jeff,

Call Hubie at ABF. He might have a take off or have a customers who has one they are looking to unload.

Longboard

 

$2219 for a new supercharger, $1671 for a remanufactured one.

 

The Powetrain section has a list of SC refurb sources if you go that route.

 

I had mine rebuilt by stiegemier, (bad waterpump drive) cost about $600 plus shipping both ways. Very happy with the results, been roughly 10k miles after the rebuild and still sounds/feels great. They can also do a port and polish for an additional cost. Overall it was a very smooth transaction and their turnaround rate was amazing, fixed and shipped out the same day it was received.

 

Wow! Both to the turnaround time, and to the water pump drive rebuild - so just want to confirm - you had ground up gears on the WP side and stiegemier REPLACED them as part of the rebuild? That would be fantastic news...

 

Yeah my waterpump gears were ground up very badily. Stiegemier replaced the gears as part of the rebuild. They inspect the whole supercharger and replace things as needed. In my case, however, the only thing wrong was the waterpump drive. They replaced all the oil, sealed it back up and sent it out.

I did the removal and installation at a gas station where a friend of mine works and they had very limited space, so the car had to be in and out quickly. I overnighted the supercharger to stiegemier and had it overnighted back (which got rather pricey). They called me when the supercharger arrived and called after they inspected it. They had the parts in stock, fixed the w/p gears, and sent it out same day.

 

That is truly fantastic news... as the 1st gen MCS's age, there will be a high demand for this service... thank goodness a source of the WP drive gears finally materialized. Thanks for the posts! Makes me a little less paranoid... maybe I won't buy a spare SC to put on the shelf, after all...

 

There is a new supercharger listed in the marketplace for $900.00.

 

and if you wait till august the tvs 900 will be out which can be bought from jan as a bolt-on that would be ~ the same cost.

 

I got mine off of ebay for $350 - only had a few miles on it. Got it when the JCW conversion was the big thing at the dealers.

Nik

 

on ebay currently are...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/2002-...Q5fAccessories

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/MINI-...Q5fAccessories

 

Hey xsmini, did you replace your blower or are you on the original? Man, you certainly put some miles on your MCS!

 

While it's good news that WP gears are now available, it's still much cheaper to just get a used unit with good WP gears, unless you're wed to having the original SC. Swap fluid and you're good to go, no?

 

I'm betting that the number of failures will be greater than available number of good used units soon....

 

I just replaced it a couple weeks ago at ~ 192,000 miles. It was starting to make some noise, nothing that bad, but I like to be safe. There was still some oil in both ends - not much......but some. I have been running a 15% pulley since about 30k, so it went way beyond what its life span was.

Its great news that they can now be rebuild - may have to do that w/ the old one. (sometime in the next 150k miles )

Nik

 

I contacted Jan about the TVS a few weeks ago. His response indicated most of my current mods would have to be removed if I went with the TVS. Sure doesn't sound like a "bolt on" mod to me.

 

Care to specify - - I have a 15% pulley, the RMW cam and header, I intend to do the RMW head at some point this year. The head and cam should be compatible with the TVS - however what do you need to remove?

 

My questions for Jan:

Hi Jan,
Do you have an idea on the cost of the TVS? I'm knee deep in upgrades and the TVS may influence where I go from here.
Currently on MCS: Milltek header/cat, Mangaflow cat back exhaust, GRS intercooler, Alt CAI ver 2, 16% M7 pulley, 380cc JCW injectors.
Adding: Thumper head, RMW cam.

Will the 380cc injectors be overworked after adding head and cam? Will the TVS require larger injectors? After all engine upgrades are done, I plan on getting the holy grail of tunes (drum roll please) the JAN TUNE!

Jan's response:

It all depends on what you are looking for. If you want 300whp much of what you have will have to come back off. 550cc injectors will be needed along with other parts for the TVS kit. This car will have turbo power without all of the lag associated with 300whp in a turbo car

as for 380cc injectors it depends upon how much power the car makes with those parts

Since I have a lot invested in my mods, I really wasn't interested in what I would have to replace.

Kevin

 

The things I think you'd have to take off is the pulley, the intercooler, and injectors. Did Jan specify which parts?

 

When you put on a TVS the superchager comes off that your replacing. Thus the pulley comes along with it.

 

No he didn't, and I didn't ask. With what I've spent on Fizzgig so far, I just didn't want to know.
Contact Jan for details.

Kevin

 

Question to Jan....

Coming from a bone stock '05 MCS, if I ever wanted to add a Rotrex supercharger, what other mods will I be required to perform or what would you recommend to do as part of adding a Rotrex?


Thanks!

 

-anxious to see that unit!
good info about stiegemier.
This is a nice info filled thread!