Beefcake Vortech/Paxton
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Beefcake Vortech/Paxton
I am about to order one of these and just cant make up my mind which on. Its either the beefcake special vortech or paxton. Help me decide before I pull my hair out!
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End goal?
Plan on putting a motor in the car?
If you are cool with 600 wheel and no plans of cranking it up I would go Vortech, the pitch helps you a little down low.
If you are cool with 600 and understand one day a bottom end will go in then go Paxton, as it cane out flow.
If you have no plans of making 600+ or putting a motor in the car and do mostly street driving a TVS may be an even better option.
Plan on putting a motor in the car?
If you are cool with 600 wheel and no plans of cranking it up I would go Vortech, the pitch helps you a little down low.
If you are cool with 600 and understand one day a bottom end will go in then go Paxton, as it cane out flow.
If you have no plans of making 600+ or putting a motor in the car and do mostly street driving a TVS may be an even better option.
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Joined: September 20, 2012
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From: Thibodaux, La
End goal?
Plan on putting a motor in the car?
If you are cool with 600 wheel and no plans of cranking it up I would go Vortech, the pitch helps you a little down low.
If you are cool with 600 and understand one day a bottom end will go in then go Paxton, as it cane out flow.
If you have no plans of making 600+ or putting a motor in the car and do mostly street driving a TVS may be an even better option.
Plan on putting a motor in the car?
If you are cool with 600 wheel and no plans of cranking it up I would go Vortech, the pitch helps you a little down low.
If you are cool with 600 and understand one day a bottom end will go in then go Paxton, as it cane out flow.
If you have no plans of making 600+ or putting a motor in the car and do mostly street driving a TVS may be an even better option.
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End goal?
Plan on putting a motor in the car?
If you are cool with 600 wheel and no plans of cranking it up I would go Vortech, the pitch helps you a little down low.
If you are cool with 600 and understand one day a bottom end will go in then go Paxton, as it cane out flow.
If you have no plans of making 600+ or putting a motor in the car and do mostly street driving a TVS may be an even better option.
Plan on putting a motor in the car?
If you are cool with 600 wheel and no plans of cranking it up I would go Vortech, the pitch helps you a little down low.
If you are cool with 600 and understand one day a bottom end will go in then go Paxton, as it cane out flow.
If you have no plans of making 600+ or putting a motor in the car and do mostly street driving a TVS may be an even better option.
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I thought the Paxton Novi 2200 and Vortech V3 Si-trim were the same head unit (same company, different "brands"). I had a Vortech V2 S-trim in my '07 GT and it was simply a Paxton Novi 1200. Did the two brands differentiate their head units somehow?
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Paxton can make a bit more HP in the end than the Vortech. OP, I shot you a pm. We match Beef's "special" pricing
Everyone pretty much has to sell that kit at the same price. We also have our own tuner so we can be your one stop shop!
Everyone pretty much has to sell that kit at the same price. We also have our own tuner so we can be your one stop shop!
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I already have the tuner. I just can't decide if I will be getting into the motor in the future.
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Vortec is a great unit. Paxton makes great power but I would probably use Paxton on a race car over a street car. Vortec units last a very long time and still make great power. My vote is go with Vortec and stay away from Procharger.
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The twin screw blowers are great but some applications the snail blowers are a better option. Way too much low end torque is hard to control. If I were to buy a newer GT, it would probably have a big Vortec blower in it.
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Paxton really puts out some air. The blower unit just doesn't have the track record of lasting that long and they like to blow up motors. Vortec units last a very long time and still produce very well. Procharger just doesn't produce. The inter cooler is a big sale tactic for procharger but they just don't get the job done.
The twin screw blowers are great but some applications the snail blowers are a better option. Way too much low end torque is hard to control. If I were to buy a newer GT, it would probably have a big Vortec blower in it.
The twin screw blowers are great but some applications the snail blowers are a better option. Way too much low end torque is hard to control. If I were to buy a newer GT, it would probably have a big Vortec blower in it.
I agree.... first hand experience
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I really enjoyed the Vortech V2 S-trim I had in my '07 GT. Very reliable and very good performance for a great price. That was a daily driver that made many passes at the dragstrip for several years and it is still going strong for the guy that bought the car from me 6 years after the blower went on.
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The Vortech is a great unit(I think I may go Vortech) but the wheel gives up some high power numbers, but does a little better down low.
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Someone else may correct me here, but from all the research I've done the answer is no. The research I've done basically all says that you're going to lose some torque on the low end and the HP gains you'll see, which aren't huge, will only be seen above stock redline which means you'd have to retune to adjust redline. You'd have to retune anyway to see any significant improvement with the new intake manifold anyway from what I've read. But unless you're racing this thing on a road course and you're constantly revving above 6k, you're not getting anything out of it. It does look cool though. So I guess if you're ok with the compromises of it all, you'd have a cool looking intake manifold under the hood. Can't deny that it looks awesome.
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Well...Looks like I will be ordering one of these Monday along with a set of BBK headers. I am still on the fence between Paxton/Vortech. Hopefully I can decide by then.