Stock setup w/ a supercharger
09-05-2006, 11:44 AM
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RE: Stock setup w/ a supercharger
ORIGINAL: amoosenamedhank
I'm pretty disappointed with my car.
I'm pretty disappointed with my car.
09-05-2006, 11:46 AM
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RE: Stock setup w/ a supercharger
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I don't understand the $9,000 comment....
At any rate, yes, I am aware of the mongoose kit, and know who Tim Barth is and am familiar with MPH. What I meant was, it's all in the tune. You said something about a s/c setup being catastrophic and I was simply meaning that with a good tune, a s/c is not harmful at all.
ORIGINAL: mikev08826
Yeah, $9,000 later...
No dude, that's the crazy part. The mongoose doens't need a tune. It comes pre tuned by this dude named Tim who has I guess tuned over 2000 mustangs. F'n crazy I know.
Yeah, $9,000 later...
No dude, that's the crazy part. The mongoose doens't need a tune. It comes pre tuned by this dude named Tim who has I guess tuned over 2000 mustangs. F'n crazy I know.
At any rate, yes, I am aware of the mongoose kit, and know who Tim Barth is and am familiar with MPH. What I meant was, it's all in the tune. You said something about a s/c setup being catastrophic and I was simply meaning that with a good tune, a s/c is not harmful at all.
09-05-2006, 11:51 AM
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RE: Stock setup w/ a supercharger
personally i wouldnt put any kind of boost on my engine with out putting a new bottom end in it first, that way when u go give ur car hell u dont have to worry about blowing a piston into ur oil pan lol
09-05-2006, 11:52 AM
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RE: Stock setup w/ a supercharger
personally i wouldnt put any kind of boost on my engine with out putting a new bottom end in it first, that way when u go give ur car hell u dont have to worry about blowing a piston into ur oil pan lol
09-05-2006, 11:54 AM
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RE: Stock setup w/ a supercharger
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i cannot wait til this thing is on my car. its all gonna be happening over winter break i think...i seriously cannot wait. i think its gonna be worth every penny. im just a little worried about traction. and by a little...i mean a lot.
i cannot wait til this thing is on my car. its all gonna be happening over winter break i think...i seriously cannot wait. i think its gonna be worth every penny. im just a little worried about traction. and by a little...i mean a lot.
09-05-2006, 11:58 AM
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RE: Stock setup w/ a supercharger
ORIGINAL: mikev08826
Yeah, that's kind of what I figured. Sounds good though i bet. Did you have to send the heads & cams in on a core charge?
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I'm pretty disappointed with my car.
I'm pretty disappointed with my car.
09-05-2006, 12:23 PM
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RE: Stock setup w/ a supercharger
The heads for my 2000 run $2000 with a core charge of $300. So if you want to keep your heads it costs you $300, which is probably worth it in the long run. That way you can return it to stock & sell the heads.
09-05-2006, 12:40 PM
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RE: Stock setup w/ a supercharger
Oh i getcha. Where were you looking at getting your head work done? My opinion still is to get into boost as fast as possible. I don't agree that you should boost at all until the bottom end is built. Your weakest link is your rods and those are going to be good till about 450hp. Especially if you don't have any supporting mods I don't think your going to have that problem yet. It's not a bad idea to search around for a used kit and use the saved money for some supporting mods. Just be carefully when purchasing something like that used. I have a friend that bought a used supercharger from someone and like 2-3months later the rotors blew up and took out the case.
09-05-2006, 12:59 PM
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RE: Stock setup w/ a supercharger
My friend who posts over Stangnet (ambo) just added the Mongoose kit to his basically stock 00 GT and now has a fun and reliable 350rwhp... now he will add the little bolt ons as needed. Adding the supercharger first will actually save you money in the long run since you won't be tempted to buy parts you will have to sell later like pulleys etc...
09-05-2006, 01:07 PM
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RE: Stock setup w/ a supercharger
Not to hijack the thread but I really could not agree more with droptoppony. The SHM book is a must for anyone who has any interest in 4.6!!! I seriously couldn't tell you the difference between my a$$ and a hole in the ground when it came to 4.6 before I bought that book.