I think I have seen this discussion before. I have had plenty of go fast cars in my life. built to sound great or run fast. I wan to do some mods to the stang and its either cams, headers, hi flow cats, tuner or spend the money on a blower. was thinking that nobody would know I had a blower unless I passed them going a hundred mph. of course a set of cams would always sound cool. I have no need to run at 140mph but might consider road racing. what ya'll think. I ride a 2003 Harley Deuce and its not fast but It has the sound and cool factor.

 

It all comes down to personal preferences. I am going cams/LT's because I want the old muscle car sound and that will give me a little performance also.

Ford has some ported heads, with frpp cams, and high flow intake that can over 400hp at the flywheel.

 

since you don't need the blower, go with a nice set of cams. detroit rockers, hot rods
or BBR stage 1's.

 

Blower!

 

Taking money out of the equation, I totally understand your dilemma. And the Harley is a good example. I have a 2002 lowrider that I have built up. 95" 120hp/120tq. For a 95" Harley, those aren't bad numbers. Part of that performance gain is due to Supertrapp 2 into 1 pipes. Love the punch I get from them but I really miss the Vance & Hines sounds. Wife hates the Supertrapp sound even more than I do. I'll probably put the V&H back on.

For the mustang, price is an issue for me so the decision is easier. Cams will be my next mod.

 

True, which is why I would be curious to see what kind of numbers it would put out on the curve, I dont remember seeing a dyno sheet in the article I read.

 

unfortunately with this set up ur rpms to horse power is about 6500 rpms for the 400 hp. So really if ur not racing when will u ever hit 6500 rpms. not to mention magazines have some tricks up there sleeve such as making the car lighter as im sure they do not mention that. So those numbers are a bit manipulated without telling the public how they actually got the 400 hp

 

to answer the op i would do both but if i had to choose probably cams as that was the order i went. cams then im getting blown tomorrow

 

Aside from the fact that you will make MUCH more power with a blower. You will also keep your drivability where you will loose a bit going with a cam (obviously gets worse the more agressive cam you go with)

Add a roots style SC and keep your foot out of it, your not loosing any drivability and very little fuel economy.

 

Blower !!! it has an awesome cool factor !!! if you get a Vortech people will hear that sucker whistling ! or if you get whipple or similar you get a sweet whine very early in the rpm range and oh yeah ....lets not forget the wow factor of POWER !!!!