KB vs. Saleen Series IV
07-29-2008, 02:33 PM
#32
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RE: KB vs. Saleen Series IV
ORIGINAL: sstang
I see why in your signature..... OUCH!
Stay away from the Saleen. I mean as far away as possible. If you want to know why, PM me.
Speaking from the other side (from a guy that had a saleen blower that came installed in the car already).....I'd say that the consensusfrommost peopleseems to be to go with a KB or Whipple (as you can see from all the posts).
The saleen blower isn't a bad blower....it just depends on what your power requirements are. If you're looking to max out as much as humanly possible and keep adding to your car every year....then spend the money and get a KB or a whipple.
07-29-2008, 07:54 PM
#33
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RE: KB vs. Saleen Series IV
ORIGINAL: Jcelli04
i highkly doubt that putting a whipple for a 5.4 2v on our cars would be anywhere close to efficient. The 5.4 are wider than our 2valves, which is why you need adapter plates to use 4.62v stuff on a 5.4 2v. In order to make it fit you would have to make a custom intake that would restrict flow so much that you would't be able to make full use of the power.
Also if your goal is only 650 horsepower you could just get a KB 2.6 and call it a day. The bonus being you dont have to have someone fab up an "custom" intake that they put absolutley no reseach and design into. I'd be willing to bet this thing is more of a restriction than you could imagine.
i highkly doubt that putting a whipple for a 5.4 2v on our cars would be anywhere close to efficient. The 5.4 are wider than our 2valves, which is why you need adapter plates to use 4.62v stuff on a 5.4 2v. In order to make it fit you would have to make a custom intake that would restrict flow so much that you would't be able to make full use of the power.
Also if your goal is only 650 horsepower you could just get a KB 2.6 and call it a day. The bonus being you dont have to have someone fab up an "custom" intake that they put absolutley no reseach and design into. I'd be willing to bet this thing is more of a restriction than you could imagine.
I can assure you, along with everyone else here who knows how crappy the 2V heads are that the intake manifold won't be the restriction, no matter how poorly designed, all they have to do is outflow the heads, which isn't hard to do.
It's okay though, you can keep on thinking that you know more than I do about it, even though I have already spent close to $8,000 on this project
07-29-2008, 10:34 PM
#34
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RE: KB vs. Saleen Series IV
ORIGINAL: pcs
ive read alot of people on this post saying go with the kb, but how many of them have a kb? all of my buddies that run lightnings stay away from kb, poor quality compared to wipple. i know of 3 people who have had a kb fail due to poor lubrication that caused the bearings to fail.wipple's that have failed, zero and alot of the lightning forum guys all stay away from kb b/c they break. ford also chose to offer wipple and not kb in their racing catalog due to better engineering and testing from wipple, same rotors just a better finish.
-1 on the kb
ive read alot of people on this post saying go with the kb, but how many of them have a kb? all of my buddies that run lightnings stay away from kb, poor quality compared to wipple. i know of 3 people who have had a kb fail due to poor lubrication that caused the bearings to fail.wipple's that have failed, zero and alot of the lightning forum guys all stay away from kb b/c they break. ford also chose to offer wipple and not kb in their racing catalog due to better engineering and testing from wipple, same rotors just a better finish.
-1 on the kb
07-29-2008, 11:15 PM
#35
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RE: KB vs. Saleen Series IV
yeah alot more goes into what company ford goes with then just what s/c will work better. it has alot to do with who get the contract first. i would bet it has alot more to do with whipple giving them a cheaper price and the ability to mass produce then which one is better
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