[Jeffrey Broten]

So I have been reading up on the ProCharger and I had a questions.

Do you keep everything stock when you install it? Not trying to blow anything. So this sketches me out.

Thanks

 

[wcole1659]

They make a direct bolt on kit to the stock parts but a big importance is that you upgrade your fuel kit. Most the factory set up can handle the power they will make with the prochargers as pulley run systems can't make a lot of power on V6 and 4 cylinders but not upgrading you fuel system and even ignition system can be a huge down fall and cause a lot of problems.


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[FiK]

If you're running the default Procharger pulley to ~450bhp, the stock fuel system is known to be able to carry it. If you start pushing up on power, the injectors will absolutely need upgrading and the pump is supposed to be good to 550-600 easy.

 

[capt chaos]

you have 2 kits to choose from....tuner or complete
it depends on what you want to do with the car and what you currently have. if you have a PCM tuner, then it will be a waste to get a complete kit as it comes with everything plus injectors and PCM tuner.
i purchased the tuner kit and was able to put down 447 HP at around 8psi. car is handling it just fine.
I do have to warn you, this maybe a bolt on kit, but you will have to do ALOT of test fitting with the piping and couplers. Took me FOREVER to get the best setup.
Make sure you inventory everything the kit comes with, turns out the belt the gave me was the wrong size....

 

[Jeffrey Broten]

So if I buy the complete kit should I upgrade the fuel system and injectors just to be safe?

I don't race so this is for a daily driver just for fun.

 

[RodgerJerney]

If there was a top quality shop with in 5 hours of me, that would do the complete install and tune, for a halfway reasonable price, I'd go for it. But I don't have the guts to do is ProCharger install by myself.

 

[Jeffrey Broten]

Yeah me either haha

There are a few good shops around the KC area

 

[rangerdoc]

What shops are you considering? Looking at doing this as well.

 

[capt chaos]

So if I buy the complete kit should I upgrade the fuel system and injectors just to be safe?

I don't race so this is for a daily driver just for fun.

complete comes with everything needed to get the kit installed and car up and running.

 

[blown3.7]

its a lot cheaper to buy the tuner kit... i just had my car towed to the dyno to get it tuned

 

[RodgerJerney]

Is it still cheaper by the time you pay a tow truck?

I did a search. There is a place in Indy that looks reputable. I don't know if that's good or that's bad. Lol

I think the Shortys and Borlas will do it for me, for at least another year.

It's good to know I have options.

 

[Jeffrey Broten]

What shops are you considering? Looking at doing this as well.

I was looking at maybe KC Customs. Still not sure on how much they would charge for an installation though. They never replied to my e-mail.

They have experience installing Superchargers.

Other than them I haven't found anyone else.

 

[matthewr87]

I was looking at maybe KC Customs. Still not sure on how much they would charge for an installation though. They never replied to my e-mail.

They have experience installing Superchargers.

Other than them I haven't found anyone else.

This is my opinion, but any business that doesn't respond to emails is probably not worth associating with in this day and age.

 

[capt chaos]

here's what you should.....
find shops that have experience with dyno'ing mustangs and working on them
go to the shop....look at their operations, are they a clean organize shop or a bunch of friends running a garage that truely dont know what running a business is like. second find out what kind of experience they have, do they work with SCT for tuning, what kind of support will they give you AFTER the car is tuned.
i only say this because i have had the worst experience possible with my procharger install. what should have took me a weekend to install took over 60hrs to complete. plus the dyno shop i went to has the worst customer service possible. the tuner basically tuned the car for MAX power, but not drivability. so now the car pulls hard, but barely idles, dies randomly, extremely rich, fan is on all the time, and has a very unpredictable power band. i took the car back to get assistance and will not get any. so now i'm forced to find another shop...which i have (MPT tuning) and am currently in the process of datalogging the car through them.
so if you are going to have a shop do the work for you all i can say is....really do your homework

 

[blown3.7]

Is it still cheaper by the time you pay a tow truck?

I did a search. There is a place in Indy that looks reputable. I don't know if that's good or that's bad. Lol

I think the Shortys and Borlas will do it for me, for at least another year.

It's good to know I have options.

assuming you already have a tuner... yes it cost me $60 to get towed to a shop and i payed 4300 for my tuner kit, vs paying 5000 for the complete kit and getting the tuner with base procharger tune which you would have to get dyno tuned anyway

 

[RodgerJerney]

$60 is cheap. I'd have thought it'd be more than that. But I've never had anything towed.

Hey Blown, ar what rpm does the boost kick in? I've heard 3000. Is it possible to have it kick in sooner?

 

[blown3.7]

$60 is cheap. I'd have thought it'd be more than that. But I've never had anything towed.

Hey Blown, ar what rpm does the boost kick in? I've heard 3000. Is it possible to have it kick in sooner?

with the procharger im making boost at like 3k but it's minimal... you make the most boost higher up in the rpm band 6000+

 

[FiK]

Pulleys will allow the Procharger to develop boost earlier, but it has to be vented off in one form or another. Wasted boost. And can only go so far, there's a diminishing efficiency %age that falls off rapidly at some point.

 

[blown3.7]

just a heads up for anyone who plans on pullying there procharger... procharger puts a plastic cap over the stock pully nut if it is pulled off the warrenty of the head unit is voided..