X-Charger Q's
05-12-2011, 09:55 AM
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X-Charger Q's
Hello, I am looking to X-Charge my bone stock 2007 v6 and was looking for a little advice.
With the power that the supercharger will provide I am partially worried that my stock rear-end will not support the power for very long. Is it absolutely essential that I swap for an 8.8" Rear-end or is it possible that I can run it on the stock rear-end for awhile until I get the money to upgrade?
While on the subject of drive-train: While I don't think it's "necessary" to drop a larger transmission in to support the increase in horsepower, I'd like to get a general opinion on it as well.
Now, I had heard a couple people say on various sites about running forged internals when using a supercharger (Namely X-Charger). While I hope this is not the case, I don't have the know-how to rule it out officially. I thought that with it still burning just gas and air that internals wouldn't be a problem.
Seeing as this is my one and only car at the moment, I want to upgrade it's horsepower for a little fun here and there but nothing something that is going to suck the longevity out of the vehicle, because it is my daily driver.
Thanks again.
-Powerbolt
With the power that the supercharger will provide I am partially worried that my stock rear-end will not support the power for very long. Is it absolutely essential that I swap for an 8.8" Rear-end or is it possible that I can run it on the stock rear-end for awhile until I get the money to upgrade?
While on the subject of drive-train: While I don't think it's "necessary" to drop a larger transmission in to support the increase in horsepower, I'd like to get a general opinion on it as well.
Now, I had heard a couple people say on various sites about running forged internals when using a supercharger (Namely X-Charger). While I hope this is not the case, I don't have the know-how to rule it out officially. I thought that with it still burning just gas and air that internals wouldn't be a problem.
Seeing as this is my one and only car at the moment, I want to upgrade it's horsepower for a little fun here and there but nothing something that is going to suck the longevity out of the vehicle, because it is my daily driver.
Thanks again.
-Powerbolt
05-12-2011, 03:48 PM
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Stock rear end should be OK for a little while at least, as long as you're not hammering the throttle relentlessly.
Have you seen gas prices lately? With a blower your car is gonna swill gas way more than it is now,, PREMIUM grade gas at that
Have you seen gas prices lately? With a blower your car is gonna swill gas way more than it is now,, PREMIUM grade gas at that
05-12-2011, 03:52 PM
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This thread will get a lot more views and help if you post this again in the 2005-2011 V6 section...here: https://mustangforums.com/forum/v6-s...discussion-48/
05-12-2011, 06:53 PM
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-I'd recommend an 8.8 at some point, it's a very good upgrade. You'll be fine for a little bit as long as you're not beating on it though.
-Auto or manual trans? The manual T-5 leaves much to be desired, the 3650 in the V6 is similar to the one in the GTs, so it can handle some power.
-Forged internals are not necessary. A lot of people are running blowers on stock 4.0 motors
-There are a lot of people running X-Chargers with well over 100k miles. The 4.0 seems like it's a pretty stout motor
Check out the 4.0 section as suggested. You'll get more advice there
-Auto or manual trans? The manual T-5 leaves much to be desired, the 3650 in the V6 is similar to the one in the GTs, so it can handle some power.
-Forged internals are not necessary. A lot of people are running blowers on stock 4.0 motors
-There are a lot of people running X-Chargers with well over 100k miles. The 4.0 seems like it's a pretty stout motor
Check out the 4.0 section as suggested. You'll get more advice there
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