I've had the car for almost a month now and have had the opporutnity to drive the car nearly 2k miles...and guess what, I love this car!

While I've yet to get the car on a dyno, I can tell you that it's substantially more powerful than in stock state (one would hope, right?). There's been lots of speculation regarding the actual gains that a supercharger provides versus a car with bolt ons, while I can't speak towards gains from a supercharger only install I do believe that before anybody should even consider a supercharger, they should have the supporting mods.

Anyhow, I digress.

JHM's lightweight flywheel and crank pulley allow the car to rev freely, this is especially important with the supercharger since you don't really get into the boost until you're around 3k RPMs. Under 3k, the car is completely and totally civilized; once you get past 3k the car just wants to take off. The car pulls quickly up through redline, I'm sure the JHM headers are helping up top.

That brings me to braking: what good is going fast if you can't stop? Boy, can this car stop! We did a few 85mph to 20mph stops back to back...I'm not sure if getting up to 85 was more fun that slowing down! High speed braking requires minimal pedal pressure and the feedback is very linear.

Overall, both myself and those who have driven the car are pleasantly suprised with the overall package.. The car can be daily driven to work and taken to the track on the weekends. Anyhow, regardless if you're driving or a passenger some form of giggling is guaranteed to ensue.

Here's a quick video of my friend and his first time in the hot seat. More to come!

Our first step was to remove the OEM intake manifold, this is a good time to do your valve cover gaskets if yours are leaking. This process is straight forward. If there's enough room under the hood when everything is said and done, I am still very interested in adding JHM intake spacers (which were removed for the blower installation).

Typically, if you have a later build S4 you can simply put the vehicle in service position to install the new VF tensioner and idler pulleys; unfortunately, I had literally the first run of S4 motors which lacks some mounting points, and as a result we had to remove the entire front end in order to drill and tap the block.

After we drilled and tapped the block we were able to attach the additional pulleys.

Each VF comes with a liquid intercooler and a new, more compact power steering cooler. Note the location of the intercooler: below the front bumper support; the PES intercooler sits behind the bumper support. By replacing the power steering cooler we'll need to bleed the system when we're done; this is a good time to clean the filter in the power steering reservoir. VF supplies one use time clamps for the new power steering hoses.

And finally, a quick video!

VF has reported 496 HP and /434 ft/lbs.