What should I go for? An all motor engine with all forge light pistions, rods, crank, stage 2 heads, and comp. cams making about 450 hp to the crank.
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A normal soch 4.6L supercharged with only forge pistons and rings. and a psi about 6 to 10lbs.
Honestly it's whatever you want some people like the load roar of N/A engine others like the whine of a supercharger, but personally dude the supercharger is gonna be your best bang for the buck.
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1997 Ford Mustang GT... More than enough power to smoke any ricer. FORD= Fast On Race Day
1998 Chevy Monte Carlo LS... Still enough power to smoke any ricer.
I would go with the supercharger, due to the fact that more power awaits in a smaller pulley, but, in doing so, later on your might as well get new cams to take full advantage of more boost, as well as a port and polish job, and lowering your compression ratio by getting new pistons, which means it would make more sense to go ahead and replace the whole rotating assembly. But if your just keeping boost to a min., then getting a supercharger would be a cheaper route.
If i was you i would build a mean engine now...then later on throw a super on...makes no sense to me to just throw a super charger on any stock car....plus n/a engines are more reliable...alot of the dudes i know w/ super's on there car is always in the shop for something.
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1996 Gt 5spd.
pi conversion heads ported, comp cams, 24lbs injectors, pro-m mass air meter, bbk cold air, livewires, screamin deamon coils, bbk lowering springs, pro 5.0 shifter, mac lower and upper control arms, kyb front and rear shocks/struts, centerforce dual friction clutch, frp shorty headers, upper plenum ported, frp 70mm throttle body, frp 3:73 gears, straight pipes, 17x9 front by 17x10.5 rear cobra r's 310hp and 315foot pounds of torque!
If i was you i would build a mean engine now...then later on throw a super on...makes no sense to me to just throw a super charger on any stock car....plus n/a engines are more reliable...alot of the dudes i know w/ super's on there car is always in the shop for something.
By stock car I meant stock bottem end..you always see guys do this then drop there bottem ends.
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1996 Gt 5spd.
pi conversion heads ported, comp cams, 24lbs injectors, pro-m mass air meter, bbk cold air, livewires, screamin deamon coils, bbk lowering springs, pro 5.0 shifter, mac lower and upper control arms, kyb front and rear shocks/struts, centerforce dual friction clutch, frp shorty headers, upper plenum ported, frp 70mm throttle body, frp 3:73 gears, straight pipes, 17x9 front by 17x10.5 rear cobra r's 310hp and 315foot pounds of torque!
Like said above I would build a good engine now. Because you will end up probably needing a new tranmission later on and everything too. Plus you can always throw some nitrous to it since it will already be forged. Plus like said before putting a S/C on a stock engine is a gamble. Some last some blow early.
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1998 GT Saleen replica
New forged internals w/cobra crank, TEA CNC ported heads w/ comp cams XE270AH, AccuFab throttlebody and plenum, Spec III clutch, TKO 600 trans, aluminum drive shaft, 3:73 gears, BBK long tube headers, 255lpm intank fuel pump, Dyno tuned, Polished Procharger D-1sc 12psi, 3 core intercooler. SVO hood and 18in Budnik wheels w/toyo tires. Caster/Camber plates BBK lowering springs. Car web page
Comp cams XE262AH,T-45 with tri-ax shifter for sale
Im running 10psi on my stock bottom end and its driven with no problems. Like everyone else said, it depends on what you want. Me, i wanted instant boost and a scream from a supercharger, so i got one and im saving for forged internals anyways. The blower now just holds me over until i have it built, then just change the pulley to add boost. Life is too short not to have a supercharged mustang, so go ahead and do it now. Just get a safe tune and have it put on right and it will be fine.
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-04 Mustang GT-Intercooled Kenne bell 2.1L supercharged @10psi, C&L cold air intake, mass air flow, Sumitt racing 75mm throttle body, Magnaflow catback with Bassani X-pipe, chip and dyno tuned, 3:73 gears, B&M short shifter, FMS lowering springs and UPR caster camber plates, UPR upper/lower control arms, UPR subframe connectors. Kumho 275 up front/Kumho XS 315 in rear. Currently 420RWHP/435lbtq
-Daily Driver 04 Toyota Tacoma PreRunner, Blacked out, TRD suspension, K&N filter.
get a S/C not dont look back, a lot of poeple on here are make'n 400 plus HP at the wheels with stock bottom ends, i drive mine every day and it drives like a dream. i just got mine dyno tuned and made 401 hp and 405 tq at the wheels with just 8.5 lbs of boost. non intercooled. so a S/C on a stock bottom end is not the end of the world.