Camaro5 Chevy Camaro Forum / Camaro ZL1, SS and V6 Forums - Camaro5.com

Camaro5 Chevy Camaro Forum / Camaro ZL1, SS and V6 Forums - Camaro5.com (https://www.camaro5.com/forums/index.php)
-   Forced Induction - V8 (https://www.camaro5.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=74)
-   -   Bigger LSA snout?? (https://www.camaro5.com/forums/showthread.php?t=596120)

Scotty D 08-14-2021 03:55 PM

Bigger LSA snout??
 
Has anybody seen on Ebay
A compony called wcytechs001
They offer a bigger snout for the LSA supercharger !
Has anybody dealt with them at all??
And is it any good ? Thanks

RealQuick 08-16-2021 06:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Scotty D (Post 11054854)
Has anybody seen on Ebay
A compony called wcytechs001
They offer a bigger snout for the LSA supercharger !
Has anybody dealt with them at all??
And is it any good ? Thanks

I have seen them too and was curious.

dru21281 08-16-2021 07:29 AM

Installed one of these and while spinning the pulley by hand felt slight resistance but nothing crazy. Next day decided to spin it some more by hand and started hearing some strange crackling sounds. Started getting worried a bit, after a while the sound got louder with one final loud cracking sound.

Had to pull the snout and found out the shaft broke/fractured right where it exits the snout/bearing before the isolator attachment. Pics below, total waste of money! Will be using my OEM snouthttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...862b51d89b.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...695671223e.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...2d23b5e697.jpg

Sent from my Pixel 2 XL using Tapatalk

Scotty D 08-16-2021 08:01 AM

Hmmmm so it was a shaft failure … Besides that how was fit and finish?? Because the shaft failure really doesn’t bother me you could always put OEM one in its place!! Tell me this
If the shaft didnt fail you think it wouldve been worth it ??

tartagliazl1 08-16-2021 11:43 AM

I put a best offer bid on one, i got a decline on it and i noticed that he raised all the prices on them by $50. He must be getting a lot of interest. He even took away the best offer tab.

dru21281 08-16-2021 02:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Scotty D (Post 11055493)
Hmmmm so it was a shaft failure … Besides that how was fit and finish?? Because the shaft failure really doesn’t bother me you could always put OEM one in its place!! Tell me this
If the shaft didnt fail you think it wouldve been worth it ??

I'm not exactly sure as to why the shaft broke, especially with only turning the pulley by hand slowly... It could be an alignment problem, but I only felt slight resistance in a couple spots while spinning it.

I was thinking about installing the stock shaft I have, but need to purchase pulley hub and shaft removal tools($200+) and I don't have a press.
It does look nice for the money although there were some minor issues. One bypass plate screw missing and 3 isolator prongs missing (seller did end up sending them both). Evap wouldn't bolt down so had to dremel the flat edge down further where it mounts. Bypass plate wouldn't accept 2nd screw, had to enlarge holes in plate. Couldn't use 2 lower locating dowels, and still had to remove(raise) SC manifold to install snout even without middle lower bolt as it wouldn't push past valley plate+water pump.

Sent from my Pixel 2 XL using Tapatalk

Scotty D 08-16-2021 03:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dru21281 (Post 11055726)
I'm not exactly sure as to why the shaft broke, especially with only turning the pulley by hand slowly... It could be an alignment problem, but I only felt slight resistance in a couple spots while spinning it.

I was thinking about installing the stock shaft I have, but need to purchase pulley hub and shaft removal tools($200+) and I don't have a press.
It does look nice for the money although there were some minor issues. One bypass plate screw missing and 3 isolator prongs missing (seller did end up sending them both). Evap wouldn't bolt down so had to dremel the flat edge down further where it mounts. Bypass plate wouldn't accept 2nd screw, had to enlarge holes in plate. Couldn't use 2 lower locating dowels, and still had to remove(raise) SC manifold to install snout even without middle lower bolt as it wouldn't push past valley plate+water pump.

Sent from my Pixel 2 XL using Tapatalk

Hmmm that sucks sorry bro

Scotty D 08-16-2021 03:47 PM

Theres a painted black one for $342
Which isn’t really bad at all !!
Then he has some with throttle bodies
102,105 & 108 sizes
The comdo with a 108 is $522.50 shipped
I’m thinking about is very tempting

tartagliazl1 08-16-2021 04:55 PM

With the review dru left it’s a hard pass for me. Not worth the hassle.

RobZL1 08-21-2021 08:24 PM

I agree. I almost pulled the trigger on one of these things for the heck of it, but after seeing dru's posts on cts-v and now here, I've decided to weld up and port the crap out of my stocker. Sorry for your misfortune, dru, but thanks for the feedback to save the rest of us a lot of headaches!!


All times are GMT -5. The time now is 11:09 AM.

Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.9 Beta 4
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions, Inc.