Kitcat Posted August 4, 2011 Share Posted August 4, 2011 (edited) At Texas Motorworks, US Birkin dealer. Among other things, they are putting final touches on a supercharger option for their Duratec. Cost will be $1.4 for Duratec, $5.6K extra (approx) for supercharger, installed. Will make 300 hp on pump gas. First one is installed and they are working out the kinks. The base car has IRS, LSD, 4 pot front brakes, wide track suspension, many other goodies. A turnkey w/superchgd Duratec engine is abt $45k. Not too shabby. Edited August 4, 2011 by Kitcat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackal Posted August 4, 2011 Share Posted August 4, 2011 I have been emailing Dick a little bit in the last while as well. When finished with the Duratech supercharger, they plan on one for the Zetec also. I figure the delay will give me time to get used to the power/weight in the Birkin with the NA Zetec, before going looney with the supercharger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitcat Posted August 4, 2011 Author Share Posted August 4, 2011 They will also build a naturally aspirated Duratec for abt $7K that makes 260 hp on pump gas but 280-300hp on 100 octane fuel. As he pointed out, if that engine goes it's another $7K. If the supercharged engine goes, just buy another low-buck Duratec and transfer the supercharger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheDingo8MyBaby Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 Any word on how much weight the supercharger adds? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danilo Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 Been 'fooling' with turbos on my pore old Saabs since '84. In truth I ..Have.. bungled a lot of setups over the past 25+ years..but have also learned along the way that a LOT of Boost claims are simply BS. Be Absolutely sure that what you are buying .. actually.. delivers what the Brochure Babble claims... before.. handing over your hard borrowed $$. There's More than a lot of unsubstantiated claims tossed about.. Caveat Emptor genuinely applies. Just My 2 cents :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitcat Posted August 5, 2011 Author Share Posted August 5, 2011 As to weight of the supercharger set up, Dick seemed surprised and said, no, they hadn't weighed it but he "guestimated" 30 lbs. Danillo, agreed. So many inflated claims are laid down for various hop-up tricks, not to mention OEM set ups. All you have to do is look at the 220 hp claim for Caterham's Zetec and the 145 hp actual results when dyno'd. I think a key to the supercharger will be reliability, noise, effect on handling, and accessibility of the power. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestTexasS2K Posted August 6, 2011 Share Posted August 6, 2011 I love superchargers. Bottom line they add fun. Reliability shouldn't be an issue if you don't go crazy with boost keep it under 7-9 psi. Not all superchargers perform the same. Any idea which one Dick Brink is using? I vote Rotrex hands down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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