The A&A Corvette Supercharger kit brings you dramatic
increases in power while not degrading everyday drivability or
highway gas mileage! The system utilizes a large blow off valve
that remains open at cruise and light throttle. This, essentially,
allows the supercharger to‚freewheel‚ under normal
conditions, reducing parasitic loss to less than that of an
alternator.
A naturally aspirated engine would require higher compression, a
very aggressive camshaft, high flow cylinder heads with heavy duty
valvetrain, exhaust headers with free flowing exhaust, larger
throttle body, high flow intake manifold, free flowing air filter
housing and duct, etc. Most of these parts are NOT emissions legal.
The price of these components alone is higher than a supercharger
system. The labor to install these is also much higher. Then there
are the inherent problems brought to the vehicle by such a build. A
large camshaft all but ruins everyday drivability AND gas mileage.
Driving in traffic becomes a very trying experience. A stick shift
car will buck and surge and an automatic car will be hard to hold
back because of the increased idle speed required. Low speed torque
is reduced with an aggressive camshaft which will require lower
differential gearing and a high speed stall torque converter
(automatic cars) to make up for it. This further degrades
drivability and gas mileage. With all the components required for a
high performance naturally aspirated car, the degradation in
drivability and gas mileage, the total inability of the vehicle to
pass emissions tests and the added expenditure, the vehicle would
STILL have up to 100HP less than a stock Corvette with one of our
standard systems bolted on.
Average increase TO THE REAR WHEELS is approximately 175 RWHP! No
other modification, in this price range, even comes close.
A&A SYSTEM ADVANTAGES OVER THE
COMPETITION
Superior Belt Drive System
- Belt wrap is the key to eliminating belt slip and our
proprietary bracket system offers more belt wrap than any other
system on the market.
- Our bracket is CNC machined from 5/8‚ high quality 6061
aluminum plate and fly cut on both sides to assure absolute
consistency in thickness. This is imperative for proper belt
alignment.
- Our brackets are constantly quality checked by assembling on
our mock up engine and checking alignment with a laser
aligner.
Superior Intercooler Design
- Our intercooler design has evolved, through constant testing,
into the most efficient intercooler system available for the C6
Corvette.
- Our intercoolers rely on superior air management of the
charge air as well as the external cooling airflow. Both are
equally important and are often overlooked by the competition. With
the limited space available in a Corvette, positioning of the
intercooler is critical.
- A large intercooler that is hidden behind the frame is not as
efficient as a smaller intercooler that is exposed to full frontal
airflow. Our intercooler is as large as any available but its
placement is the key to superior charge cooling. The entire core is
exposed to the cooling air stream.
- The top of the intercooler core is positioned right at the
bottom of the frame. It is mounted forward so as not to allow air
to flow over the top of the intercooler.
- We have side panels and a larger bottom panel that seals up
against the front fascia.
- This gives us a Ram Air effect through our intercooler. No
other manufacturer has spent as much time and resources on air flow
management as A&A.
- Looking through the grill opening on an A&A system will
reveal the difference between our system and all others. Nothing
but the core area of the intercooler is exposed to the incoming
rush of cold air. The intercooler face in encompassed by our sheet
metal enclosure and both tanks are completely hidden from
view.
- The area next to the intercooler is also closed in with
aluminum panels assuring that any air that is fed around the sides
of the intercooler is redirected back into the radiator. Again,
this is something no other manufacturer has incorporated into their
systems.
- Other designs allow the upper portion of the intercooler core
to be shrouded by the frame and allow air to travel over and around
the intercooler. When looking through the grill opening on other
systems, you see the lower tank and only a portion of the core.
This is horribly inefficient!
- The interior of our intercoolers differ from the competition
also. We utilize directional vanes in the lower tank to direct
charge air evenly across the intercooler core. This is an expensive
but very important addition
- Testing has shown that the incoming air charge will pack into
the side opposite the inlet, rendering the near side almost
useless.
- Testing with an infrared thermometer showed large temperature
differences at opposite ends of the intercooler. These special
internal vanes assure the charge air is forced into the near side
of the intercooler, increasing its cooling capacity
considerably.
Superior Engine Cooling
- Intercooler positioning is equally important in how it affects
engine cooling. Many supercharger systems are plagued by
overheating issues due to intercooler placement. Our intercooler is
placed much further forward than any other design. This allows the
fans to draw cooling air through the radiator and AC condenser
without being shrouded by the intercooler.
Aesthetics
- The A&A system is one of the best looking systems
around.
- Fit and finish is second to none. Our brackets, ductwork and
the supercharger, itself, are all show polished.
- Our top shroud fits perfectly and is powder coated satin black
to compliment the polished components.
- All the visible couplers are high quality silicone and our T
Band clamps are polished stainless steel.
- The entire system fits snuggly under your stock hood.
- Youll be proud to show off your engine compartment with your
A&A Supercharger system installed.
Top Quality Components
- We utilize only the highest quality components in our
systems.
- Vortech head units are used exclusively. (read
why we chose Vortech)
- Highly efficient, hand welded, air to air intercoolers.
- Large Vortech blowoff valve (Maxflow Race Valve)
- Aluminum charge tubing for lighter weight
- Silicone couplers
- Stainless steel clamps.
Notes
- The Tuner
kit will not have fuel injectors or boost a pump
included.
- 2006+ Z06 and 2008+ LS3 Z51 6-Speed Manual transmission cars
require a radiator upgrade. The new radiator will have provisions
for the external oil cooler
- ***Tuner*** Kits do not include fuel management or engine
management which must be provided by the installer for proper
engine operation. We have these items available.
- Download the instruction manual here!
(4.60MB)
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