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Originally Posted by Sparks67
Raj,
I talked to Brian, and currently you are the only one that had a leaky seal. I am replacing the seal, but it is more of headache to find out later. I am glad that you posted the thread about it. GM and all companies are making engineering changes to improve their products. Traditionally, companies charge to replace a defective product. I had to argue with GM for 2 weeks on my 2000 Silverado over a transmission that failed to get replaced. The best that GM could do is make me pay half of the cost of the transmission, but it came with warranty.
Ron, I didn't mention Magnacharger, as a supercharger alternative. Magnacharger was sold to another company in 2010. Currently, Magnacharger is down to 20 employees and they are having management problems. Here is my thread on LS1-Tech.com, http://ls1tech.com/forums/forced-ind...ercharger.html If you read post 15, Magnacharger's only interest was in new cars. I wouldn't recommend them as a company.
As for the new supercharger design from Harrop. I like to see the back of the supercharger, but it looks more cosmetic changes in the casing design. Really hard to tell from the videos. Most of the changes that I can see from the video and Harrop's site appears to be focused on the front of the supercharger.
Jeff |
Definitely better to have it changed now to be safe, it sucks to have it done after it's all put together. When I spoke to the guys at Harrop they acknowledged that the leaky rear seal was a problem and that is why they went to a different seal from what was originally sent in our units. I only came to know of the problem when I googled it -- there were more than a few occurrences in Australia but I was also told that it was only a problem for blowers that sat around for a long period of time.