John F. Russo
08-28-2019, 05:32 PM
I have come again to talk to the experts.
How can I get the correct shims installed in my car so that the belt will not get chewed up?
My brand new 2003 MM was modified by Kenny Brown with a Vortech supercharger that worked well for several years. Then I had it upgraded with a new Ford 5.3 liter engine and new supercharger installed by Dez Racing in Massachusetts. It worked well and produced 600 RWHP. But I had to replace the supercharger belt twice in one year. Another company in my industrial park said he knew how to improve the life. (He works with a number of foreign high performance vehicles.) So I said to him to try his idea.
So after driving the car for about a month the belt failed catastrophically (I almost lost my complete steering ability). He tried to align the pulleys and then gave up. Now my car was in a far worse condition than what I had before my new "problem solver" made his changes.
He called Vortech and they told him that the shims, pulleys etc. are supplied by others. They only sell superchargers. My new mechanic went to one of the "other companies" who sold these parts. They told him that he had to buy a whole new supercharger to get these parts from him. I already spent about $40,000 to get the entire upgrade already with a new supercharger!
I would go back to DEZ but there is another issue with DEZ that I will discuss later.
I need a new performance shop to solve this problem. I live very near to the Boston area and greatly appreciate names of other competent performance shops in hopefully a 50 to 75 mile radius of Boston.
So what to do? :help:
Thank you for reading my story.
Blue Waterman
How can I get the correct shims installed in my car so that the belt will not get chewed up?
My brand new 2003 MM was modified by Kenny Brown with a Vortech supercharger that worked well for several years. Then I had it upgraded with a new Ford 5.3 liter engine and new supercharger installed by Dez Racing in Massachusetts. It worked well and produced 600 RWHP. But I had to replace the supercharger belt twice in one year. Another company in my industrial park said he knew how to improve the life. (He works with a number of foreign high performance vehicles.) So I said to him to try his idea.
So after driving the car for about a month the belt failed catastrophically (I almost lost my complete steering ability). He tried to align the pulleys and then gave up. Now my car was in a far worse condition than what I had before my new "problem solver" made his changes.
He called Vortech and they told him that the shims, pulleys etc. are supplied by others. They only sell superchargers. My new mechanic went to one of the "other companies" who sold these parts. They told him that he had to buy a whole new supercharger to get these parts from him. I already spent about $40,000 to get the entire upgrade already with a new supercharger!
I would go back to DEZ but there is another issue with DEZ that I will discuss later.
I need a new performance shop to solve this problem. I live very near to the Boston area and greatly appreciate names of other competent performance shops in hopefully a 50 to 75 mile radius of Boston.
So what to do? :help:
Thank you for reading my story.
Blue Waterman