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Originally Posted by jrs580

Ok here goes, I've had the car for 2 solid days now and I think I'm prepared to say whats good, bad and ugly about the Whipple supercharger kit.

BAD

1. Wait time for the parts, obviously.
2. Customer service seems to be responsive but not helpful at this point. I haven't needed anything important yet so we will have to wait for more data.
3. Once again, obvious things like gas mileage (down about 4 mpg, NOT due to zoom zoom foot, I ran the cruise over the same 25 mile stretch) and spinning tires at low speeds, etc.
4. My throttle controller is useless now, I ran it on city mode without the blower but now the car is way touchy with the controller, I turned it all the way off, and actually removed it (for sale), and it's perfect now.
5. Kiss traction control and launch control goodbye. It blows right though it. haven't played with the stabilitrac yet.

Could be BAD/GOOD

1. Exhaust is noticeably louder and more aggressive/ more rumbly. This is a GOOD thing for me because I personally thought the BORLA was a little rice like, however it is completely more like a NASCAR now. totally took the rice out of the exhaust note.
2. Shifts are noticeably harder. With that being said the shifts are not annoyingly firm, just noticeably. If it weren't for the shifts and the amazing power, you would never know that the car had a blower on it, which leads me to the good...

GOOD

1. Holy crap the power. 602 ft/lbs at the rear wheels to be exact.
2. Perfect drivability and NVH. I haven't noticed any noise other than a slight, very slight, whine inside the car. Zero vibrations and the car is certainly not harsh. I think it has a nice balance of harshness because who really wants a muscle car to be like a RR.
3. There is no "jump" when the internal boost valve closes and you start getting into the boost, it is a very smooth transition from vacuum to boost.
4. The look of the HUGE blower on top of the motor is awesome, second to none. it screams we mean business.
5. The shifts under full throttle is absolutely amazing now, as if they weren't before. Super quick.

Basically I absolutely love the car and the blower, I need to learn to drive it under 40 mph because it has so much torque it just blows the wheels right off. I tried to do a few launches but i think my fastest 0-60 was 4.6 haha, no better than before and certainly not repeatable.

How on earth could the Borla be rice like..


We got the 1st Atak system and nothing like a ricer at all.. Did notice the exhaust got louder with the blower installed.. now with headers its one of the loudest car I've heard under full throttle and with rev match on.. yes more like a Nascar for sure.