For a long time, the supercharger market has felt a bit settled. You had your usual suspects for TVS blowers and your usual suspects for centrifugals. Vortech shook that up by stepping back into the twin-screw ring at PRI 2025. They aren’t just dipping a toe in; they are launching a completely modernized 3.0-liter unit capable of supporting 800 to 1,000 horsepower.
The Lysholm Connection
To get why this unit is cool, you have to look at the pedigree. Vortech owns Lysholm, the brand that helped develop the factory blower for the 2005 Ford GT. That 3.3L blower was legendary for its efficiency. Vortech is tapping back into that DNA but fixing the restrictions of the past. The new 3.0-liter twin-screw design fixes the airflow bottlenecks seen in older generations. Specifically, they opened up the discharge port significantly. In a positive displacement blower, a restrictive discharge port creates heat and turbulence, killing power. By opening this up, they’ve made a blower that can spin harder while staying cooler.
Fitment And Philosophy
The biggest complaint with aftermarket screw blowers is usually the installation. Belts slip, brackets crack, or you have to cut up your hood liner. Vortech is tackling this by using the same engineering standards they use on their centrifugal kits. They want this to feel like an OEM part. They admitted to us that while rotor technology is pretty standard across the industry now, the difference is made in the packaging. If you can bolt this on without a headache and drive it across the country, that’s a winning formula.
LS First
The rollout plan is simple: follow the volume. The LS guys get the first kits because, well, people put LS engines in everything. But they are also looking at adapters for legacy customers. If you have an old Vortech screw blower on your car, you might be able to swap in this new 3.0L unit in the future. It’s exciting to see a company with this much history reinvesting in a platform everyone thought was dead.
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