Post #36
Another update. I just spoke to Rich (i think) who I believe is the owner of TTS and he was very helpful and has offered me a very good price given the circumstances. He says there have been a few failures on the Lynx kits (perhaps 5-6) and he wonders if the problem is overheating which is something they've seen in the states quite a bit. He hypothesised that the kit runs an inappropriate oil cooler and that this is causing failures. As my supercharger oil is now contaminated he said that I'd need to replace the cooler and should go for a larger one and perhaps look at adding an extra fan to keep things cool in traffic. Does anyone know the dimensions of the existing cooler?
One thing that might be advisable for existing owners is adding a temperature sensor into the system. The max inlet temperature is 80 degrees on these chargers so it might be worth wiring into the warning light.
Something else that I was asked to double check was the pulley sizes. Does anyone know the crank pulley / supercharger pulley sizes so we can double check they're not being over-revved?
I also asked about the warranty being voided if the throttle plate was installed before the 'charger. He was quite surprised by this as both the Lynx kit and some of their own Honda kits run this configuration. Apparently it's only an issue for the C15 range of 'chargers and a warranty though themselves would obviously not be voided.
Finally I feel that with some of this negative attention I should point out that he was very impressed with the Lynx kit.
rikky
Posted 23rd Oct 2013 at 11:09
