Need to know how much my supercharger is worth...

[Sheaslayer]

Hey Everyone,

I recently bought a 1998 Civic EX Sedan 5-spd that came with a Jackson Racing Supercharger in it. I have the original receipt and it looks like the original owner had it installed professionally in 1998 from what I can tell.

Got this car in the beginning of October and put new front brakes and a CV shaft on it. The supercharger belt was squealing pretty badly, so I got that replaced. Then I noticed this grinding noise on the tranny that went along with the engine as you accelerated.

Got it looked at by a tranny specialist and they told me that all the bearings in my tranny are shot, so I either need a new one, or need to have mine rebuilt.

I posted this car on CL about a week ago and some guy offered to take my supercharger and swap it with stock parts, but he said I could only get between $600-$1000 for my charger. Although, the original receipt says it was worth $2,800 w/install.

I'm trying to weigh my options here. Any advice? What would you guys do? I could take that guy up on his offer, rebuild the tranny and keep the charger, or try to find a decent used tranny, which would be cheaper.

If I sell it, I want to get at least $3000 for it, since that's what I paid. Car only has 104,000 miles on it, body in great condition.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated! Thanks

 

[B16Ferio]

Hey Everyone,

I recently bought a 1998 Civic EX Sedan 5-spd that came with a Jackson Racing Supercharger in it. I have the original receipt and it looks like the original owner had it installed professionally in 1998 from what I can tell.

Got this car in the beginning of October and put new front brakes and a CV shaft on it. The supercharger belt was squealing pretty badly, so I got that replaced. Then I noticed this grinding noise on the tranny that went along with the engine as you accelerated.

Got it looked at by a tranny specialist and they told me that all the bearings in my tranny are shot, so I either need a new one, or need to have mine rebuilt.

I posted this car on CL about a week ago and some guy offered to take my supercharger and swap it with stock parts, but he said I could only get between $600-$1000 for my charger. Although, the original receipt says it was worth $2,800 w/install.

I'm trying to weigh my options here. Any advice? What would you guys do? I could take that guy up on his offer, rebuild the tranny and keep the charger, or try to find a decent used tranny, which would be cheaper.

If I sell it, I want to get at least $3000 for it, since that's what I paid. Car only has 104,000 miles on it, body in great condition.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated! Thanks

Keep the supercharger, rebuild the tranny, smoke ricers!!

 

[Sheaslayer]

Haha, awesome. I like the way you think! So, even though it's more expensive to have the tranny rebuilt, is that a better option?

 

[2slo4u]

it might have been worth $2800 in '98 but being used for more than 14 years I wouldn't even buy it used. Sell it for what you can, fix said problem, enjoy the great mpg. A supercharged D-series is not making much power anyway so you can upgrade a bit to a B-series swap if budget allows.

 

[Trekk]

If its working good its worth around $1,500. Magnuson builds the supercharger and unless things changed with the sale of the company, you can always send it to them to be rebuilt or refreshed. If someone is going to do the swap and give you stock parts 1k would be good deal. Hell if you were down this way I'd just buy the car from you lol. I have 2 d16 trans that have been collecting dust for years.

 

[cgpEJ6]

If its working good its worth around $1,500. Magnuson builds the supercharger and unless things changed with the sale of the company, you can always send it to them to be rebuilt or refreshed. If someone is going to do the swap and give you stock parts 1k would be good deal. Hell if you were down this way I'd just buy the car from you lol. I have 2 d16 trans that have been collecting dust for years.

Lately I've been seeing d-series superchargers go for about $800. $1500 might be more like it for a b-series but I just don't see anyone paying that for a used d-series jrsc.

 

[TigBitties]

b series go for around a grand, so this is probably worth a little less if it had low miles on it. being high milesage on it, its probably not worth all that much.


and you can buy d series used trans that are good for dirt cheap, people are always swapping different engines in. buy another trans

 

[Sheaslayer]

How much would you let one of your trannys go for??? Are they in good shape, miles?

 

[Sheaslayer]

Thanks guys for all the input. Gave me some more things to consider and good price estimates too. I need to figure out my game plan before the good ole' Wisconsin snow flies, which God only knows could be in an hour in this climate

 

[Sheaslayer]

If its working good its worth around $1,500. Magnuson builds the supercharger and unless things changed with the sale of the company, you can always send it to them to be rebuilt or refreshed. If someone is going to do the swap and give you stock parts 1k would be good deal. Hell if you were down this way I'd just buy the car from you lol. I have 2 d16 trans that have been collecting dust for years.

Trekk, how much would you let one of your trannys go for? Are they in good shape, miles?

 

[Trekk]

They have like 50k miles on them. I wouldn't ship one though it would be to much of a hassle and might cost a lot due to size and weight.