Good afternoon everyone, I am looking at an AP2 with a Speed of Science / Paxton Novi Supercharger installed. In terms of reliability what should I expect? I am unfamiliar with the process and thinking this would be a nice foray into the supercharger area of S2Ks. Any help would be greatly appreciated, thank you!

 

Maybe you should just call me and ask

 

There are some decent threads when you Google it with s2ki in the search since the topic has been beaten in pretty hard especially the SOS vs. Kraftwerks threads.

TLDR; SOS/Paxton is the most reliable kit with members here getting 50-100k+ miles. Easy maintenance mostly just belt tensioning/replacement as needed and motor oil change. And most of the reliability depends on the tune with any of the boost options. I'm sure more will chime in. IMO, the SOS/Paxton was WAY quieter than the Kraftwerks/Rotrex due to the belts.

 

100K. I overtightened my belt for at least 30K which killed my Novi1000 blower bearings.

I updated to a Novi1200 blower, installed but with the belt off, so running NA. I'll throw the belt on, road tune it this week and start the clock again. We shall now find out how long the 1200 unit will last for me. I will no longer run small pulleys and overtighten it so hopefully it lasts for the life of the car .

 

Seems like the setup is rather bulletproof on lower boost from what I see here and what I have found elsewhere. No need to build the motor either which was a pleasant surprise.