Ion Supercharger Discussion

[Signals]

Originally Posted by Jim Lewis

That's cool - after painting my valve cover and spark plug band, and adding a few other colorful goodies, I was seriously thinking about removing the SC and painting it or having the case powder coated....

Looks like it would be easy enough to do.

Note: The Eaton engineers gave a strong caution about removing the snout from the main body. The entire snout is filled with a very specific type of synthetic supercharger oil. It also contains a very specific amount of this oil. If either of these are not done correctly, the supercharger could overheat and cause a fire. It gets hot!

[Jim Lewis]

Cool - perhaps an easier way would be to prep the SC on the car and just removed what I need to and mask the rest....and shoot it on the car.

[cavingman]

you know, i bet i replaced one of those SC's. We had a redline last fall with a siezed blower. replaced it and peeked inside the old one, tons of scuffing and stuff from some sort of debris inside the SC.

[D3XXFR]

I wish my super charger was chrome

[Signals]

Originally Posted by cavingman

you know, i bet i replaced one of those SC's. We had a redline last fall with a siezed blower. replaced it and peeked inside the old one, tons of scuffing and stuff from some sort of debris inside the SC.

Could be. The one in the pictures was the only one that was seized. The others were replaced by dealerships because the customer complained about a noise. That's what the Eaton engineers came to investigate. They claim there is no noise. Who knows? I thought they were supposed to make noise. I like it!

[cavingman]

yea the siezed one was nasty. soon as the car started making boost it would shut off. no blower = starving engine lol

[Blue N Boosted]

Those are awesome pics....the powdercoat would be beautiful to see!!

[tha sikest]

yea i know

[max_boost]

Would powder coat or paint cause the supercharger to not disipate the heat as fast?

[Nero]

I was supriesed to see just how simple the SC really is. I thought there would be more to it. Thanks for posting the pics!