Well i was looking a a fellow SS/SC owner's car and his S/C is not gold like mine is is there any reason why its gold ooo i also dyno'd my car i have 263.5HP and 225.5TQ not too bad for only having the mods in my sig...

 

just change in the metal, many have that. so far no real reason for the change

and for the dyno, something must have been up with it. way too high, i mean higher then STD correction on a dynojet

 

your dyno #'s have been inflated

your prob closer to 220WHP with those mods...

 

I agree...and why a mechanical boost controller? Its a supercharged car...boost controlled by the size of the pulley...

 

yeah man..ive got a 2.9 pulley, K&N CAI and im not even that high...come 2 think of it..i need to dyno my car! I couldnt even guess what hp #'s im puttin down cuz i never dynoed it stock

 

a gold s/c??? i thought they were dull grey...

 

Yeah, mine has a gold tint to it too. I thought they were all like this until I saw someone else's. I have no idea myself why they could be different colors.

 

IMO i believe its just discoloration from the underhood temps and the heating of the charger itself...mine was kinda shiny grey when i got it, but now its starting to turn a goldish color...hope this helps.

 

Good luck finding a dyno jet in AZ, theres about a ZILLION mustang dynos though.

 

theres one in tempe, i forgot the name of the place. I went there with my 3rdgen group when i was going to UTI in phoenix, also UTI's campus has one in Avondale on the west end of phoenix... too bad they dont let you use it, not even if youre a student..

 

Mustang dynoes suck. I had my car dynoed on a mustang dyno, the guy kept stopping the test at like 5200 RPM and it was only putting 170 to the wheels with intake and exhaust.

The mock quarter mile also said 15.2 when I had run a 14.6 in real life (stock).

 

i would assume it is beginning to turn a goldish color beacuse of the heat, over heating the blower and spinning past its redline over a long period of time

When i first got my car it was light grey, mine is still grey, just not as bright of a grey because of the heat.....

 

http://www.dynojet.com/maps/autodynos/az.htm

as for overspinning, on a gen V blower, just under 16000rpm, and a stock pulley or 3.0 or 2.8...will not be passing that.

 

hmmm...you guys think the color change is just natural with "normal" wear, or could it be a sign of a car that isn't driven very nicely?

does it happen in the other GM cars with s/c'ers?

 

get some pics

 

Has anyone tried to use a pressure washer to clean them off?

 

mine is the silver color, with little gold areas....i think they will polish off. i have mothers powerball and aluminum polish..... i will try it and let you know. I saw the sc on an IRL a couple weeks ago and his was almost brown

 

Extreme Motorsports... thats the one i went to... of S. Smith rd in Tempe

 

Were they expencive?