There was definetly an increase in the SOTP meter, however, I was still having issues with my bypass valve. Now that I have everything worked out and retuned, I made 46 rwhp and 42 lbs-ft. more with the powerpipe and smaller pulley. I paid about $120 for supplies and filter to make mine, but there are a few companies out there that sell them for around $250.
I'd love the instant torque of a KB but like others, have $ to consider and also just got a new polished plenum/tb that I don't want to take back out. Plus the guys at the performance shop I go to are experts with Procharger installation and Predator tuning (which I already have) so that's a perfect situation. I'm hoping to get a P1-SC put on sometime next spring.
You think I'd need to replace my K&N FIPK using a Procharger, or could I keep it on?
thanks for the input guys, i am going to iraq for the second time, in october, i think i am gonna go with the KB when i get back after a year in the desert, i seen that KB went from the 1.7 to the 2.1, has anyone experienced the difference between the two?
I have the 2.1. KB says the power output is the same at 9psi which is what I am running. I think there is more there if you want get real radical though. I have never had mine on a dyno to verify that though.
At the same psi they will produce the same hp. The only thing is the 2.1 will not have to spin as fast to make the same psi. If you take a pulley off of a 1.7 and it produces 10psi put the same pulley on the 2.1 it would make more boost like 12psi.
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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
As to answer the question to why the eaton blowers whine more than the kb blowers, in kb literature it says they cut the gears differently on the blower scrolls to create less whine, also the kb scrolls differ a bit in how they are designed as to the eaton/other roots blowers, its all there on the kennebell website,
I perfer the kb to the centrifugal myself.
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1997 thunderbird 4.6sohc 14.2@ 97 mph -75hp wet nitrous, 4.10 gears and eaton posi unit, cold air, custom manifold back catless exhaust, diablo sport chip(changed rev settings, timing, and trans pressures, etc.), msd 8.8 wires, msd digital window switch, ngk tr-6 plugs, drilled and slotted rotors. and 1200 watt alpine sound system, wideband dataloging o2.
-89 5.0 LX convertible, future project car
-2001 dodge ram 2500 cummins diesel, 5speed, 4x4.
Also the impellers in the KB are screw shaped. The Eaton has a 3 lobe design where there is quite a bit more meshing between the 2 different impellers.
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Sometimes I think that government fits that old-fashioned definition of a baby: An alimentary canal with an appetite at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other.
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I'm too lazy to put that much work into a motor for a street car mark. I want power the easy way, boost. Once I get to building the motor for my 83, I'll start getting nice and greasy, grimy and covered in metal shavings.
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Sometimes I think that government fits that old-fashioned definition of a baby: An alimentary canal with an appetite at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other.
- Ronald Reagan
I'm too lazy to put that much work into a motor for a street car mark. I want power the easy way, boost. Once I get to building the motor for my 83, I'll start getting nice and greasy, grimy and covered in metal shavings.
LOL, i was just kidding.
Metal shavings? You planning on some spun bearings
Nope, ported heads. Maybe shavings isn't the greatest word, but you get the idea.
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Sometimes I think that government fits that old-fashioned definition of a baby: An alimentary canal with an appetite at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other.
- Ronald Reagan
The power instantly outta the roots type blowers are way nicer then the delay i saw from my procharger on my gt. Just my opinion but i would go KB over procharger.
I have a 06 gt with a procharger and now wish i would have put on the KB, it takes forever for the boost to build in the procharger and it's crazy loud when idling. however it drives like stock. Sometimes you can't have your cake and eat it.
i'm saving up for the kb s/c power gains in all rpms not just when it hits boost in high rpms
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1998 GT, Steeda Short Shifter, PI Intake, 180 Thermostat, ACCEL 8.5mm Race Wires, BBK C/C Plates, KYB Full Suspension, FRPP C-Springs, Ford Racing 3.73 gears, BBK off road x pipe, flowmaster 2 chamber mufflers dumped before the axle, MIL eliminators, black beauty headlights, 13% window tint double layered
