I see a great deal from an online company selling the complete Paxton NOVI 1200 package for $2,700. I remember from reading before that people steer away from Powerdyne. But what a about Paxton? This kit shows 420 HP.
Paxton makes a decent centrifugal system. Stay away from a non intercooled version though. Blowers typically cost about 1k extra with an intercooler. As far as centrifugal blowers go I prefer Procharger. They run about 20-40 degrees cooler than Paxton and Vortech because they use their own oil rather than sharing oil with the engine, but they still make great power and seem to be reliable systems.
I've been doing endless reading on the threads relating to superchargers on this forum. I see tons of info on Vortech's, KB's, and FRPP. I just didn't see much info on the Paxton. Is the non-intercooled Paxton bad or something?
It's not that th charger is bad, it's that heat soak causes the power gains to be less when non intercooled. Especially on street driven cars. Air charge through an intercooler is so much better that the little extra cost far outways going against having one. Paxton makes a great charger, but to get the most gain a intercooler is a must. I run a intercooled procharged set up, can't tell you how happy I am with the intercooler effects.
Carroll Shelby uses Paxton if that means anything to you. His website also sells them. And he has a package to convert a V6 to the Shelby CS6. It includes a Paxton.
The main thing with forced induction is you are compressing a large volume of air into the engine (and adding more fuel). When air is compressed it heats up substantially. The hotter it is, the more chance you have of detonation which is where the fuel and air are ignited before the spark plug even fires. This can destroy an engine. An intercooler will greatly lower that forced air charge temperature which will allow more advanced timing (more power) and you can run a smaller blower pulley which will make the blower spin faster (more power). If you notice the advertised HP rating of a Whipple blower, the intercooled version is rated at 475 rwhp and the non intercooled version is rated at something like 420 rwhp. It's just safer to have an intercooler and another benefit is bigger gains.
Ah, that clears up some of my questions. I appreciate the input. I now am loaded with more knowledge in which to continue my quest.
Like the jugs also! I put a paxton on my 93 GT and had no problems. It's been on the car for 4 years now.
hey bro, been searching through all post regarding paxton and i was curious how you like yours? i have a 93 lx 5.0 coupe and was wondering if our year is any different in install? are you running an intercooler?
They should be good, they have been around forever like **** roaches. I know they date back to at least the 50's if not longer, so they have had a lot of years in the business.
I just installed the Paxton HO kit 2 weeks ago and couldnt be happier. I also ran a non-intercooled one on my 90 GT for several years with no complaints. The new HO kit that I installed was the new SL series which is internally lubricated now. No more tapping of the oil pan. The new SL's seem to run cooler than the older moldel. I would still recommend the intercooled version especially after feeling the diffrence in the temps on the pipe before and after the intercooler. Before the interccoler the pipe will be pretty warm after the intercooler the pipe is air temp. This is after a spirited 12 mile run. In the long run it will cost you less to buy the intercooled version than adding it later.
