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Old Jun 23, 2004
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well, i got bored and emailed comtech because they seemed like they are the kind of company that may be interested in being the 1st to make a supercharger for our cars... but no luck this time, heres the email i sent and their reply.

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am a 7th gen (2001-2004) Honda Civic owner, and I know that there are very limited possibilities for forced induction on this particular vehicle. I also know that the civic is a pretty common car. I am hoping that maybe your Research and development department may be interested in just looking into the possibility of making a supercharger kit for this car. There has been a lot of hope in the 7th generation civic crowd that someone would make a reasonably priced supercharger and or turbocharger (i know that your main specialty is superchargers). But anyway, I'm not trying to ramble on, but i do know that there is a large group of civic owners that would be interested if you decided to look into the matter. www.7thgencivic.com is the website, and htere forum section is where you may want do a little looking around. ( i suggest searching the word "supercharger" on the forum search). Thank you for even opening this email to listen to a potential customer. - Alex Narconis, 2003 Honda Civic Lx

----Their reply (very quick reply by the way)---

At this time have no plans to produce a supercharger kit for the 01-04 Civic. We have tried different parts on the car and found that the cost was going to be to great for the minimal horsepower we see. So at this time we are manly focusing on the 04> TL, RSX, CIVIC SI, TSX, and 03> Accord. Please let me know if you have any other questions.

Rob Maraglio
Comptech USA
888-626-6783


SO, i guess yet agin no superchargers for us for a while, or maybe indefinitely.

Oh well. it was worth a shot.

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its old news that we cant get a supercharger, but it was just kind of a "what the hell" email.
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Keep trying!!! Lol... I mean, a lot of manufacturers produced stuff for the D16 after its production run.

If they did make a supercharger kit I know I would buy it because no one has anything out yet. Well, I'm just going to wait untill someone does make something...

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old news. the way our engine bay is laid out, it will be a lot of modification to get a centrifugal supercharger in there. as far as the roots-type, i wouldn't bother with it.
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old news. the way our engine bay is laid out, it will be a lot of modification to get a centrifugal supercharger in there. as far as the roots-type, i wouldn't bother with it.
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For a centrifugal SC, if you got rid of A/C or power steering and made a custom bracket to mount SC, it could work, right? Maybe use VAFC or SAFC for fuel management at low boost, and maybe even an intercooler.
That would be cool. Wish I had skillz and/or money.
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you'd need to relocate a couple fluid tanks, also. not that big a deal, but it's a pain in the butt anyway.
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is there anyone else we can email about making a supercharger for our cars what do you guys think i mean i will email everyday if i have too i just need to no who to email.
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e-mail jackson racing next, they may be interested.
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ive already emailed them just this week and they said they have no plans of making one for our cars anyone else know of someone.
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e-mail jackson racing next, they may be interested.
welcome to 2 years ago. they originally had plans to supercharge the 7thgen, but discontinued it.
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so who else should we turn to try and get us a supercharger can anybody think of someone. what even about a smaller co. you know like dezod motorsports and them. just someone who deals in superchargers.
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Ati !!! (home of the procharger)
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Has any1 talked to Vortech? I'm going to email them to see what they say.
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what is ati's website. so i can email them
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I think it's http://www.procharger.com.
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ok guys i have emailed dezod, jackson racing,and no go. procharger doesnt have an email address that i saw and i think vortech said theres no room for their centrifugal supercharger. so i thought about this what if we all emailed jackson racing over and over again and bombed them with emails and see if theyll cave in and say ok well do it. what do you guys think, i mean with all the people that want one we could convince them if we got enough emails.
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http://www.procharger.com/suggest.shtml

thats their suggestion page for anyone that cares
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cool i'll email them. and i also emailed blitz still waiting on response
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I would think that Vortech and Jackson are possible but who knows.
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Originally Posted by auto84
well, i got bored and emailed comtech because they seemed like they are the kind of company that may be interested in being the 1st to make a supercharger for our cars... but no luck this time, heres the email i sent and their reply.

-----Original Message-----

am a 7th gen (2001-2004) Honda Civic owner, and I know that there are very limited possibilities for forced induction on this particular vehicle. I also know that the civic is a pretty common car. I am hoping that maybe your Research and development department may be interested in just looking into the possibility of making a supercharger kit for this car. There has been a lot of hope in the 7th generation civic crowd that someone would make a reasonably priced supercharger and or turbocharger (i know that your main specialty is superchargers). But anyway, I'm not trying to ramble on, but i do know that there is a large group of civic owners that would be interested if you decided to look into the matter. www.7thgencivic.com is the website, and htere forum section is where you may want do a little looking around. ( i suggest searching the word "supercharger" on the forum search). Thank you for even opening this email to listen to a potential customer. - Alex Narconis, 2003 Honda Civic Lx

----Their reply (very quick reply by the way)---

At this time have no plans to produce a supercharger kit for the 01-04 Civic. We have tried different parts on the car and found that the cost was going to be to great for the minimal horsepower we see. So at this time we are manly focusing on the 04> TL, RSX, CIVIC SI, TSX, and 03> Accord. Please let me know if you have any other questions.

Rob Maraglio
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SO, i guess yet agin no superchargers for us for a while, or maybe indefinitely.

Oh well. it was worth a shot.


Looks like I'm on that list.
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jerk. lol
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so anyways what about the email bomb to jackson racing what does everyone think about that
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Can anyone tell me the difference btw SuperCharger & Turbo ?
(difference in HP)
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Turbo's have the ability to make more HP then a SC because they are not parasitic on the engine. SC do not have the same amount lag associated with a turbo, so the power can be made faster, but you arent going to be making as much power as a turbo could.
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so anyways what about the email bomb to jackson racing
What if we write one email and we all sign it.
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lets do it man how we gonna all sign it how about we make a thread for everyone that wants to have a supercharger and then once everyone posts on it and says they want one well get someone to send it to them. and put all our screen names on it and then see what they say.
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no offense but it would take probably like 500 people honestly, cash in hand ready to buy a kit for them to even think about it seriousle. i just emailed comptech as a "what the hell" kind of thing. i think that with our throttlebody and intake manifold being set up the way that it is, is whats really keeping them away from the d17, but hey, im down for the thread/bomb/dealio
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