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Originally Posted by Phowingt
I’m leaning towards the magnuson but was wondering if anyone that has one has taken the car on any long trips with it and if so did you have any trouble with heat?
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It’s a great choice. I have been away for a little bit and it’s fun to come back and watch the same keyboard warriors talking utter rubbish to defend their decisions. Clearly someone like Shizzy knows what he is talking about since he went through all the phases from mild to wild.
I can offer a couple things to consider since I have actually owned and modified cars with all: centri (Procharger and Vortech), TT and PD blowers (LT4 underway and Maggie).
When someone says anything about difficulty driving it simply means they haven’t owned a PD. I can promise you that my last Procharger was absolutely no easier on the street with street tires (it was very similar to where I am now). In fact, I would say it was worse because I thought I had traction off the line and then boost continued to build and lost traction...scary stuff. I switched the Procharged car to DR’s and it was much better. I now have to do the same thing on the Camaro (in the meantime, I have bumped the car back to about 740whp and when I have time I am going to bump it back to the 710whp range. I wanted to run at the track a few weeks ago and got rained out. I was planning to roll race on street tires.
At certain power levels every blower is simply too much for street tires. Ok. So you can ignore that because it’s a foolish discussion. Just accept, regardless of which choice you make if you add too much power, you need drag radials (just don’t get caught in the rain).
Since you are asking about the beginning of the journey, 550-600whp, you are good with any of the options. They will all be a blast. After owning all of them, I opted for another PD blower on my current project Vette too because simply put at the 550-600whp the PD IS MORE FUN for the way and the places I drive. Period. This is especially true if you spend most of your time cruising around town and from stop light to stop light...I would also add that at the lower power level, 550-600whp, I couldn’t tell any discernible difference in performance from a 40-50mph roll either from PD to Centri.
I say all of that to say this. I am not trying to persuade you one way or thei other.
My advice isn’t to choose one blower over another. It is to find the tuner you want to use and then discuss what you are trying to get out of the car and go with that recommendation. Damn keyboard ninjas on the forums will give all sorts of crazy advice and you are right, it can be overwhelming and confusing. More importantly, it will also often times be wrong.
Different tuners have different experiences and I would say expertise, so you are best to go with what they recommend. On that front, I can’t speak highly enough about Ted Jannetty. My experience with him has been first rate.
If you do decide to go Maggie. You will be able to get the Maggie 2300 and nothing else. Stock fuel, stock internals, no cam and no long tube headers...you can run 550-600whp and it will be a blast. When you want to go up from there...you have all kinds of options.
Looking forward to watching your journey.