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The Vortech kit comes with a billet aluminum mounting bracket that holds the blower and all the drive pulleys for it. Since space is tight and the blower cannot be mounted very far to the front of the car and the blower drives from the rear, power must be taken from the crank. From the crank the power is transferred to a short intermediate shaft that goes through the mounting bracket. From the intermediate shaft the power goes to the blower transmission via a short belt on the rear side of the mounting bracket.
Since the blower is always coupled to the engine, at light throttle, closed throttle and at cruising speed, this bypass valve opens and dumps excessive air overboard. This reduces parasitic losses as the blower is basically freewheeling when the bypass valve is open. The Mass Airflow Meter is positioned after the valve so dumping excessive air does not mess things up, the MAF only reads what’s going into the engine.
When the throttle is opened and manifold vacuum drops, the bypass valve closes and the blower can now make boost. The valve is large and has minimal restriction so the blower will have minimal drag on the crank when it is not needed.
The kit comes with a large washable and reusable K&N filter. The filter clamps right on the blower inlet.
Since extra power makes more heat, we decided to upgrade our radiator with a Koyo racing radiator. The Koyo radiator has an all aluminum TIG welded construction which is much stronger than the plastic stock radiator and can run at higher pressure. The Koyo uses their new V core, a 36mm core designed for applications with minimal clearance. With the Vortech, clearance is very, very tight and we felt that this was one of the only performance radiators that would have a chance of fitting. The V core is very efficient despite being pretty thin and was over twice the thickness of the stock radiator.
Like all Koyos, this radiator has all the correct mounting locations for all of the stock stuff and easily drops right in. The stock fans and shrouds install easily. The filler neck is machined from solid stock including the tabs that retain the radiator cap for strength.
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This was the best G35 Supercharge article. I wish you had a YouTube video channel.
Out of curiosity. I have a 2003 G35 Auto. If I supercharged my car (as it’s an auto transmission), do you think that I would have any issues with the rev limiter?
We do have a you tube channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRP6Ct5PePdhHa7sot9G8iw
Your automatic will work with a supercharger.
I know this is a crazy question, but I have a 2001 Nissan Pathfinder with the same engine in it that I would love to give more power and a supercharger would be perfect as it would also help with the normal power loss of running a NA engine at altitude (I live in Colorado between 6000-9500 ft) would this kit work on a Pathfinder? Is it available? Do you know of anyone who could do this install? Thanks! Tim
Hi Tim,
Please contact me on whatsapp phone number +968 92228188 will discuss about the supercharer for pathfinder
I am looking to buy a 2013 Nissan Pathfinder with 3.5 V6. Is there a supercharger that will fit this model ?
I also have a 2014 Pathfinder and am curious about installing this kit.
I have a 2004 Infiniti g35 coupe 6sm. I have Jdm engine in it now. But my first engine got to 270 whp and it broke. So I’m surprised how much power that car is making. I was turbocharged before and this time I’m looking to go supercharger. I have stock internals and would like to replicate what you guys did. Can I get a list of all the items you guys used? How long will the car last with 400 whp?
Hola buenas soy de chile, necesito ayuda porfavor, tengo un 350z con un kit vortech v2 , necesito subir mas potencia, mi mecanico hace tuning osea sube potencia alos veiculos el tema que su sofware no reconose o no lee o pide algun codigo algo de la ecu que trae el kit vortech v2 necesito orientacion en ese tema esa ecu es para hacer repro o subir parametros, subir potencia ? Necesito porfavor respuesta alguien que me oriente en ese problema que tengo porfavor michas gracias
Hola, mi español es malo, por favor, comprenda. Es casi imposible ayudar con problemas de ajuste de forma remota. Para obtener más rendimiento, generalmente está limitado a lo que puede hacer por la fuerza del motor y el octanaje del combustible. El VQ no es un motor muy potente en stock, por lo que no recomendamos exceder lo recomendado por el fabricante.
Im trying to supercharge my altima 3.5 its very hard to find a kit for it it any links would be ton of help thanks guys…
Thanks for your time to put all of your work on here guys! Really does help to realise that these engines can be successfully tuned to good figures 🙂👍
I have an 08 E51 Elgrand, which I know is a detuned version of the engine you guys have tuned… I am looking to do the same to my engine, and details are quite far and few between here in the UK.
Any advice would be much appreciated 🙂👍
Planning to installe some added HP to my stock VQ35DE 03 Nissan Pathfinder. Can I ask for parts and product number also brands
Thank you for this very helpful post
Vortech is getting out of the kit market and more or less supplies superchargers to second-market kit makers. I would say google is your friend. If anyone makes a kit for older Pathfinders it would be Stillen I would guess.
With this work with a 07 altima 3.5
It is not made for that car, I would contact Stillen to see if they have a kit.
How much do you want, I have a 2003 g35 and I need a turbo kit