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Old May 15, 2008 | 01:04 PM
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Sorry no help here, I am from the South East, Maybe contact a local performance shop, sometimes they have demo cars.

I know if you got to Brenspeed, they have demo cars they will take you out in with the S/C.
Old May 15, 2008 | 01:43 PM
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c'mon up to Northern Illinois and you can test my car with twin-screw....
Old May 15, 2008 | 05:14 PM
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now that right THERE /\, THAT is a genuine mustang enthusiast!

Good job, Z...makin the rest of us proud.

oh, if you have the cash, then why not SC? you can read here from dozens of SCers what their feelings are.
Old May 18, 2008 | 08:30 PM
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The gears will make the car more enjoyable as a DD and make it more alive with the little amount
of mods you have done to the car but is NOTHING compared to the horrendous numbers
FI will put down lol.

For me personally,I think FI will be fun for about the first few months but in the long run I'd actually
rather live with a lightly bolted on GT with gears/TC,I am easily amused lol.

Also because I have little self control and a heavy foot..it would be nothing but troubleZZzz...
Old May 18, 2008 | 09:21 PM
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Both of course!

I started out with a CAI/Tune, Shifter, 4.10s, and an aluminum DS. When you go to 4.10s it feels like the difference between stock and the CAI/Tune all over again. All-in-all I would say I dropped .5-.6 with this combo. Then I experimented with a 100 shot Zex kit. Fun!

When I got my Saleen one of the most impressive things about it is the performance from a roll. It is a rocket ship. Passing on a 2 lane happens so fast it's over almost before you start.

I average about 22mpg on the highway, 13.5 in the city. The car is very docile as long as you keep you foot out of it.
Old May 26, 2008 | 10:24 PM
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Supercharger. More power the better! lol
Old Jun 3, 2008 | 09:52 PM
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Default RE: supercharger or gears

kind of comparing apples to mixed greens? Drastic difference between the two IMO..... I would do the gears first (4.10) and let us know if you like them. (you should) It will give a nice feel at WOT and if not happy get the S/C..... limit the boost to single digits and it can be used as a DD too.


EDIT: and a S/C will not make it rev faster unless you get on it..... you are not in boost all the time (unless you want to be)
Old Jun 24, 2008 | 07:36 PM
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Kenne Bell says they tested their supercharged cars with different gear ratios and found no gains. The only thing gears did for their supercharged cars was eat up more gas. Do one or the other but not both.
Old Jun 24, 2008 | 07:54 PM
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I did the gears first and then supercharger but if I were to do it again I would do the supercharger first and then see if you want gears. The power gain with the supercharger is so much you may feel differently on the gear ratio to go with afterwards.
Old Jun 24, 2008 | 08:24 PM
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$500 or $6,000?? With money out of the question SC all the way.



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