It was a weekend full of hot weather and hot cars at the Maple Grove Super Chevy event, July 18th-20th. ProCharger again brought the big rig to Pennsylvania to show off some of our meanest customer cars and to give away $3,000 in the ProCharger Bracket Challenge.

Several ProCharged customers showed up with their street machines for the car show and ended up making their way to the ProCharger display to show the onlookers how happy they are with their supercharged beasts. There were a few times at the ProCharger display area where it was actually a little difficult to walk around because there where so many ProCharged customer vehicles!

The action really got going on Saturday when we started the ProCharger Bracket Challenge, a bracket race only open to ProCharger equipped vehicles. The field ranged from a 7 second dragster to a GM truck that pulled a race trailer to the event! The action was great but the finals is where it really got interesting with a match up between Cory Seiverling in his Chevy crew cab street truck / tow rig and Paul Ferrucci in his eight second Malibu.  After running consistent 8.40’s all day Ferrucci ended up with the win, and proved the consistent predictable power of a ProCharger, when he ran an 8.391 quarter mile on an 8.390 dial-in! Seiverling took the runner-up prize of $1,000 and Ferrucci ended up with the $2,000 grand prize. Congratulations guys!

Spectator submitted videos of the ProCharger Bracket Challenge

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Wednesday July 16th, 7:00-8:00pm CST on the SPEED Channel

American Thunder TV is scheduled to air a ProCharged segment filmed at this year’s Myrtle Beach Bike Week.  Two ProCharger dealers and ProCharger’s own Sergio Shifman will be interviewed on the show.  ProCharger dealer Fat Baggers Inc. was installing our intercooled supercharger systems at the show, which created quite the buzz.  As soon as people found out you could ride in stock and ride home with 40-80 additional horsepower the FBI booth got pretty busy, and American Thunder was there to film the action.

Check it out tonight on SPEED.

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ProCharger is running a clearance sale on a select few items in the online store.  We have limited quantities and sizes of these special items so don’t wait, get yours today!  When they’re gone, they’re gone.  Click the links below to be directed to the sale items.

Black 1320 Men’s T-Shirt

Long-Sleeved Men’s T-Shirt

Pink Women’s T-Shirt

Grey Women’s T-Shirt

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Have you checked out the new look on the Racing News section of the ProCharger website?  If not, Click Here to see the supercharged accomplishments our racers have already achieved for 2008.  With 31 national championships in the last five years (11 in 2007 alone) and the top 80 centrifugal racers all powered by ProCharger, this year is shaping up to be just as exciting as the past.  Our resident race experts Jim Summers and Dave Werremeyer have been hard at work traveling and supporting the ProCharged racers at the track, check out what they have been up to!

ProCharger Racing News

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Now more than ever, rising fuel costs and the approaching CAFE restrictions have prompted automotive enthusiasts to think more about fuel economy along with horsepower.  There are many performance enhancements that can create big power but at the cost of fuel economy or drive-ability.  It’s no secret that ProCharger self-contained and intercooled supercharger systems not only produce the big power numbers we all crave, but under normal operating conditions, owners are seeing little to no degradation of fuel economy. On some vehicles, depending upon usage, the addition of a ProCharger will actually increase fuel economy.  If fuel mileage and big power are on your mind, you have to take a look at the car below.

The photo you see above is a 2007 Z06 Corvette built by Corvette Conspiracy in Cleavland, OH.  This car is running a ProCharger D-1SC intercooled supercharger at 8 psi of boost, along with a few other bolt-ons.  The car makes 656 RWHP and averages 32.5 highway MPG.  Nearly 700 RWHP and over 30 MPG! Corvette Conspiracy specializes in high-end Corvettes like this one and it was no surprise that they turned out such an interestingly powerful and economical beast.

We found more examples of big horsepower numbers with low fuel consumption on this year’s Hot Rod Power Tour. A Wyoming-based ProCharger customer drove his ‘06 Corvette with a D-1SC ProCharger feeding a built LS2 motor on the Power Tour. This car makes 578 RWHP and averages 32.8 highway MPG! Also on the Tour was ProCharger’s own carbureted Harley Davidson Street Glide. This bike runs an intercooled and self-contained ProCharger B-1 supercharger, makes 119 RWHP and averages 40.2 highway MPG.

Other cars we collected fuel mileage data on were ProCharger’s 2006 Dodge HEMI Charger and 2008 Mustang GT. The 5.7L Charger averaged 21.4 MPG on the tour. This car runs a self-contained and intercooled P-1SC-1 pushing 6psi of boost, the stock fuel economy is rated at 17 City/25 Hwy according to Edmunds. Our 2008 Mustang GT, which was at SEMA in 2007, has a P-1SC-1 ProCharger running 10psi of boost. This car realized a 72% horsepower gain with the addition of the ProCharger and is averaging  21.1 MPG! The factory rated MPG for a stock ‘08 Mustang GT is 15 City/22 Hwy.

Have an interesting story about the fuel mileage of your vehicle after installing a ProCharger?  Click the “Add Comment” link below and tell us about it.  Please include your contact information along with your experience because your car could be featured on this blog!

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July 25th-27th, the Minnesota State Fairgrounds in St. Paul will again play host to the Car Craft Summer Nationals.  With so many ProCharger owners already planning to attend we are going to join the fun, load up the 53′ Procharger race trailer and bring some of our baddest ProCharged toys to display, and show our support of the street machine and muscle car crowd at this event.

The event features over 4,000 street machines and muscle cars of all makes and models.  With 45,000 car enthusiasts in attendance, this is sure to be the highlight of your summer!  Make sure you check out the DynoMax Power to the Wheels Challenge, where you will see some of the baddest street cars at the event producing amazing horsepower numbers.  With four of last year’s top six finalists being ProCharged you are sure to see many more ProCharged vehicles on the dyno this year.

Click here to see other events ProCharger will be attending.

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ProCharger will be featured on episode 8 of the CMT Chopper Challenge!  Custom bike builder Alan Lee teamed up with ProCharger and others to build a killer supercharged and intercooled chopper for the show.  Want to see Alan Lee and ProCharger win the challenge?  Go to the CMT Chopper Challenge website and select episode 8 to vote for Lee’s bike.

The show airs Wednesday July 2nd, 8:30pm EST / 7:30pm CST.

Vote Now: CMT Chopper Challenge

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Challenger intercooled supercharger system coming soon!  The ProCharger engineering team is working hard on the new Challenger, leveraging the experience of three years of Hemi R&D and over a year of reliable power in the field with intercooled ProCharger systems for Hemi Rams and Chargers - the most experience of any supercharger manufacturer.  Don’t own a Challenger but wonder if we have a system for your Chrysler or Dodge vehicle?  Checkout the lineup behind the Challenger in the photo above…all of these Hemi vehicles are currently serving as  system development vehicles and are making some great power with our self-contained and intercooled ProCharger systems!

Check this blog often.  We are constantly posting ProCharged updates like this and if the ProCharger 500 RWHP SRT8 Charger system is any indication of what this Challenger is capable of, then we can’t wait to get this car strapped to the dyno!

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When we came across the ‘55 Chevy owned by Loren Harris of Blue Ridge Auto Body we had to find a place for this beauty on the ProCharger blog.  This car was found on a farm and taken to the shop where it was transformed into what you see today.  The engine is an all roller 540cid BBC based on a Merlin 3 race block fed by a self-contained ProCharger F-3R-131 pushing 20psi of boost.  That power runs through the Turbo 400 trans and then to a set of 15″ Hoosiers out back.  with heated leather seats, an interior from a new Cadillac, a full AutoMeter instrument cluster, 10 point cage, and a mini-tub this driver is sure to turn every head it passes.

The best part about this beast is that it makes 1447 horsepower and 1107 lb-ft of torque and is street driven!  The owner likes the fact that the car will idle at 900 rpm without any worry of overheating or charging problems.

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Friday July 11th marks the start of the three-day Hollister Motorcycle Rally in Hollister, CA and the ProCharger V-Twin crew will be there!  With our recognition at the Easyrider’s V-Twin Expo as the V-Twin Performance Product of the Year and all of the new products in development, it only makes sense that our crew come to the largest motorcycle marketplace in the west.

The 2007 Hollister Rally saw over 130,000 bikers traveling from as far away as France and Australia!  And this year is shaping up to be the largest yet.  The ProCharger rig will be stationed across from the park all three days of the rally.  The crew will have several ProCharged Harleys on display, including our supercharged and intercooled 200 RWHP Project Bagger, and will be ready to answer and questions you may have about supercharging your own bike.

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