It is the number one kit with he most Honda support, but that doesnt mean there arent kits that are just as reliable these days, its just been around the longest and seems to be the most plentiful, if you want good suport and or if your looking to go used then likely Comptech will be the best choice. For these reasons it was for me. I was never planning to go more then 425whp anyway.

 

If you must go Supercharged (I Prefere Turbo's), then I would use the non aftecooled Vortech kit with the FMIC from Ultimate Racing. The new kit are self contained and very reliable, just don't expect much unless you use the KPro of AEM to tune. My feeling is that they shoot themselves in the foot with by using an FMU. Everybody gives Greddy Sh&# but at least they provided injectors and a piggy back.

 

All options are fine....good tune and you are good to go. Your expectations can be met by any of them.

 

No, they voided any powertrain section of the warranty. IF the dealer was willing to overlook the SC install they could defraud AHM and claim the car was un-modified. Or the Dealer that installed the Comptech kit took responsibility for the powertrain section of the warranty and didn't make a warranty claim with AHM, but repaired the car for there customer.

The same can be said of any SC or Turbo kit, not just a Comptech.

The grey area is some independent Honda dealers were Comptech dealers, who told the customer the car was under warranty because they installed it.

Anything that adds 100+ whp and can cause a powertrain failure is not covered by Honda's warranty.


Yes, I'm a dealer tech who gets to deal with warranty claims daily.

 

SO then for turbo go with a base greddy?

 

sot/sxm roots blower hands down. power everywhere, smiles from ear to ear. my car tears ass and i am at 9.5psi. i should be near 370whp. right now, if not more. i love my kit, becuase even every day stop and go driving i have way more power then a centrifugal blower will ever have. just click my 8psi dyno, then compare to a dynoject centrifugal blowr dyno, and then revel in the low/midrange power and equal peak power!

 

low/mid power is for lazy shifters. You never see those rpms in a racing situation.

Besides roots and reliability is like an oxymoron

 

unless it's a track car you're in the "lazy shifter" range 99% of the time though it's nice to not have to downshift to accelerate

 

[QUOTE=candymanjl,Apr 8 2009, 07:20 PM] unless it's a track car you're in the "lazy shifter" range 99% of the time though

 

How is roots less reliable? More parasitic? Wouldn't you have to drive the car hard all the time to get less reliability?

Erik