I m curious if this is going to cause problems in the vortech application.
Ceramic bearings for vortech t trim.
I may do it this summer for precautionary reasons.
Has anyone ever come across a how to for replacing the seals and bearings in a vortech s c.
Prices include 40 domestic return shipping add 60 for express international shipping 225 00 machine scroll to larger trim profile from a s si etc.
All vortech v1 v2 v3 v7 and trd superchargers.
Vortech mentioned something about a t trim upgrade with a better bearing maybe 55 000 rpms but it seemed like the juice wasn t worth the squeeze.
If going to a ceramic bearing and sticking with the same oiling as it currently has will give me the opportunity to really push this blower then i ll have to really consider it.
The thrust from the helical cut v2 is my concern.
Head unit was upgraded recently with high speed ceramic bearings upgraded high speed seal and a billet impeller from 928 motorsports almost 1200.
The car made 16lbs of boost through a stroked bored motor ported and polished heads supercharger cams and a paxton air to air.
The best of everything.
Last time i checked there wasn t any play that i could see in the input shaft but i wouldn t mind changing then out anyway.
This is my vortech v5 blower on my tc with custom made ceramic bearings.
The seals and low speed bearings are pretty cheap.
I ve got about 35000 40000 miles on it now.
1095 a b s sq or si to si or t trim conversion with 8 8 billet impeller bearings and seals.
The 928 motorsports high speed ceramic bearings.
Im selling the rebuild kits currently for all vortech v5 compressors.
Premium high speed rebuild kit for vortech superchargers.
Selling my vortech s trim ccw kit off of my 03 mach 1 99 01 cobra.
The 928 motorsports high speed ceramic bearings.
Trim up to t trim.
A pair of our top of the line ceramic 72 000 rpm bearings for your impeller our better than stock mechanical face seal a set of new hss input shaft bearings and an input shaft seal too.
We have found the right combination of ceramic ball bearings hhs bearings races and high temp phenolic bearings cages to allow safe increases in rpm s compared to stock vortech impeller bearings.
I have the numbers for a v7 somewhere i will see of i can find them.
I was able to find a set of high speed ceramic bearings that meet all the specs but have a 25 cut.