I know all the power from the mustang is naturally aspirated. If I am correct, that means that it has a carberator and no fuel injector. I know if the mustang wasn't naturally aspirated, then I could get a lot more hp out of it. So I was wondering if there are kits to convert the car to a fuel injection system. Then I would get a ton more hp out of simple mods like exhaust, CAI, etc.
Matt, if you're talking about a 2005 it is fuel injected, as Stangers said... It would be very hard for a company to 'sell' a carburated car to EPA etc. these days... Plus the consumer regarding reliability, fuel economy, as you mentioned power etc. Not even the modern HEMI powered Dodge cars have carburators!
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So, what does naturally aspirated mean? A friend of mine said that because it's naturally aspirated, I won't get that much hp from any mods
naturally aspirated means it doesn't have a superchager or turbo. It means the air is sucked in by the piston not pushed by a compressor of some sort. It also means that there is a lot more you can do to add power to it. If it already had a blower on it and was still only getting 300hp I would say it has limited possibilities. BTW I have seen cold air kits with tuner that claim 30rwhp on the 05 fo 6-700 dollars and for 3-5000 dollars you can add a blower and add 100-200hp
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So, what does naturally aspirated mean? A friend of mine said that because it's naturally aspirated, I won't get that much hp from any mods
BTW most mainstream production cars are naturally aspirated. Not very many turbos or superchargers in passenger cars from the factory. Just a guess but I would say less than 1/10 percent of the cars sold in the US came with boost from the factory. Of course diesels are a different story. And the 1/10 percent is probably an overestimate.
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05 vert GT premium, any color you want as long as its black, 5spd, shaker 500, 18" Chrome Bullits wrapped with KDW2s 255/45 up front and 285/40s bringing up the rear, K&N CAI, Diablosport Predator 91 Octane tune, Pioneer AVIC-D3 w/Bluetooth XM IPOD, Hireman Flaming Pony, 8" antenna, Smoked lenses all around, Webelectric sequential turn signals, Redline hood struts, Hurst short throw shifter with T-handle, Bassani off-road x-pipe and axle-backs
Most cars on the market today are naturally aspirated. Tell your friend he's a dolt and doesn't know what he's talking about. Fuel injection or carburation has nothing to do with whether a car is naturally aspirated or not. As everyone else says, every car on the market that I know of is fuel injected these days (for improved power, driveability, emmissions and fule economy reasons over carburators). Both carburated and fuel injected cars are different ways of delivering fuel for combustion, not air (which is also needed for combustion). Fuel injection is much more precise in the way it delilvers fuel and is controlled by the on-board computer(s) of the engine. Carburators use gravity and vacuum to deliver fuel (not very precise by today's standards).
The only engines that are carburated these days are found in lawnmowers.
Turbos and superchargers force more air into the combustion mix to gain more power. They do it in a different manner from each other (which I won't get into here), but the concept is the same.
The only ones I'm aware of who are "blown" for '05 MY....
Chrysler 2.4L used in the Neon and PT Cruiser (turbo)
Subaru WRX (turbo)
Mitsubishi EVO (turbo)
Audi 2.6L (turbo)
VW 1.8L diesel (turbo)
Audi and VW 1.8L gasoline (turbo)
GM 3.8L V6 (supercharged)
I don't know if Ford is offering its 5.4L V8 supercharged as an available engine in any of it's vehicles this year.
There may be some that I'm forgetting, like the turbo diesels Mercedes uses.
Everything else is non-aspirated.
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New baby 2006 Mustang GT Premium, Black w/ red upgrade int., IUP, Flowmaster Axle Back Kit, shorty antenna, XCAL2, Alpine 9855 HU, (btw a synonym of premium is "First Class")
The only ones I'm aware of who are "blown" for '05 MY....
Chrysler 2.4L used in the Neon and PT Cruiser (turbo)
Subaru WRX (turbo)
Mitsubishi EVO (turbo)
Audi 2.6L (turbo)
VW 1.8L diesel (turbo)
Audi and VW 1.8L gasoline (turbo)
GM 3.8L V6 (supercharged)
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Most Volvos and SAABs have a turbo, the Volvo R-model bi-turbo (2.5L i5 with 300 HPs.) Some AMG Mercedes' (but that's maybe concidered AM...??)
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The 5.4 that was in the lightning and harleys were blown but just the last couple of years.
Also practically anything with a diesel is going to have a turbo.
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