hey, im new to this forum, im from new jersey just thought id say whats up


dont know if anyone knows about www.gtpro.com, its a pretty sweet site for 3kgt owners if ur intrested in parts

i plan on buying the supercharger kit they have for the N/A DOHC pretty soon (knight supercharger)

anyone know bout it, heard anything bout it, experiance it?

 

The Knight supercharger?!! Do you mean the Knight Electric Supercharger?!!
Not a lot of people have heard about his kits...well, not anything good. The cons outway the pros. The electric s/c will convert any light or heavy vehicle to an overweight ogre. So what if you can gain another 50-100hp, you will gain the weight associated with the need for batteries to keep it going.
Just a heads up bud. No I don't have experience with it, only common sense
Tried and true is the best way to go, IMO. Boosting an N/A motor nets more pros than cons in the long run and you won't gain any additional battery + supercharger weight, just one 17-25+ lbs turbo.

That's just my .02, you can get it if you like, but unless Knight has made some serious upgrading within the last two years, I still wouldn't touch it with your car.

 

Yea man I have heard bad stuff about it too although i think RIPPS is worse from what i hear lol. Just turbo...you will save yourself much headache, time and most important...money.

 

i dont think its electric, i mean its a 4,000 dollar kit, check the site out www.gtpro.com

just look up 3000gt, and go to the menu for special non turbo 3/s parts and go to the bottom

doesnt look like its electric, its got the belts,all the attachments, gauges and what not, idk take a look, almost positive its real lol

 

GT-pro's come a long away in the past few years. Damn havnt seen the site in couple years. And doing a tt convertion would make you happier i think...or buying a vr-4. Think of it this way 100hp for 4-5 grand....NOT WORTH IT!...**** with the price of that and the car combined you could of bought an awd tt 3/s

 

Knight does offer an electric super charger, along with an Eaton super charger. I don't think the electric one uses additional batteries, but uses a capacitor type charge for power. It's only good for short bursts then the capacitor needs recharged. I've only heard of a few people have any luck with the eaton super charger and even then they would have had more gains doing a TT conversion.

Edit: He must have changed his ESC supercharger as it now does require extra (2) batteries. thomas knight products (use the drop down menus to find the ESC.)

Again, I have heard few good things about his products.

 

davidmitsurock, it says at 5 psi it makes around 100 extra horses, im not to sure bout the whole supercharger thing, but can u up the psi on a supercharger? or do u just change the pully?

 

i believe you can add more boost...boost controller....i dont know shti about superchargers....turbo just seems more logical

 

To get more boost with a supercharger you need to run a different pulley kit(somewhat expensive) to get the turbine to spin faster. Like doing any underdriving will screw with your supercharger. Plus that "100hp" is 1) Inflated... the real net gain at the engine is prob somewhere in the 50-70hp range. 2) When you count in drive train loss, you are looking at maybe 30-40 at the wheels. That's a good gain but not for $4100 bucks. There is just no way that 5 1/2 psi can net you 100hp at the wheels. Just go with the turbo setup man. You will seriously be happier for it.