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Old Mar 6, 2009 | 09:07 PM
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Dose anyone know how long one will Last. I know a guy with an stock blower on a Bonneville SSEi that has 150thousand on it. But it could be he just lucked up and got a good one.
So anyone know how lone one will hold up?
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Old Mar 6, 2009 | 09:32 PM
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very good question
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Old Mar 6, 2009 | 10:11 PM
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150k...
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Old Mar 6, 2009 | 10:46 PM
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lol....is this like the tootsie-pop commercial?

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Old Mar 7, 2009 | 12:51 AM
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Originally Posted by trever1t
lol....is this like the tootsie-pop commercial?

I'd lick it
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Old Mar 7, 2009 | 06:15 AM
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Originally Posted by BlownChevy
150k...
and what usually goes bad at those miles?
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Old Mar 7, 2009 | 07:21 AM
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I am at 75K. I had it off at...uhm...maybe 60K? It looked fine besides a few scars on the coating. The freaking oil seems to take care of it...makes it ugly but protoects it at the same time I guess.

I would imagine bearings, rotor coatings, bypass valve is what is most important to change. Besides dirty, mine is fine I bet.
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Old Mar 7, 2009 | 09:16 AM
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I was running a 97 Grand Prix GTP with a mail order tune.Stock pulley.I upgraded the belt pullies from plastic to steel,that's it.Sold it at 240,000 KM.
I changed the oil in the blower twice.

Never had an issue with the drivetrain(blower,engine,transmission)
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Old Mar 8, 2009 | 04:17 AM
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By the looks of the ads in here lately, I'd say the typical life of a Magnacharger is 3 owners.

And, as somebody has already mentioned, that's the same amount of licks it takes to get to the center of a tootsie roll pop.
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Old Mar 8, 2009 | 11:23 AM
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It'll last until you save up funds for a TVS
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