smokesricers

Will a stock 89 5.0 handle a supercharger? Maybe around 10 pounds of boost or so, and if you have it done what would you recommend?

vfast

well I think 5-6 psi would be better handled with a stock 5.0..intercooled 10 psi

silver91gt

the most I would go is 5-6psi.
10 psi wont last long on a stock motor.

Pure5.0

If you go with 10 psi you will probably blow quite a few gaskets. The small chargers would probably handle well.

My question is in addition. If a small charger is installed, say 5-6 psi, would a larger fuel pump, injectors (#24), and regulator be required?

92BOOSTED

If you decide to go with around 6psi then your alright with the motor , but you should get 30# injectors and at least a 190lph pump.
Dont forget to get an adjustable regulator.
Your car should run better than you'd expect.

Rye

grabbem88

he can run 8psi all day long.....it should atleast...never know when it goes boom????......how much psi with a 9.7
compression ratio????forged bottem end by the way.

94Cbra

8psi is the industry standard for stock 5.0 engines. You could run 10 psi with the proper tune no problem as well, but thats about as far as your gonna want to go.. Its all about the tune, boost doesnt kill, detonation does.

I'm assuming your looking into centrifugal S/C's. If you want to run 10 PSI the best thing to do would be to pick up your choice of centrifugal S/C and run it at the standard entry level 8 PSI. All you have to do is add an AFM Power pipe and youll see at least 10psi. The AFM pipe simply allows the S/C to be more efficient by acting as an unrestricted inlet pipe.

91hatchgt

My neighbor (who has raced all his life 40+ years) bought an 88 GT off of an old lady with about 127k miles on it... He drove it for a few years doing the basicp Heads (GT-40X) cam (E303) and Intake (Edelbrock Performer) combination.. After about 190K miles, he decided to add a blower to the mix. He added a Powerdyne 8PSI blower with the stock bottom end from 190k - 220k miles!! No problems.. With that set-up, the car ran 13.0 at 114MPH on street tires. Pretty impressive for 220,000 miles!

Quik

holy mph batman!!!!!!!!!! that car needs to get off the line alot better and it will see 11s with ease^^^^^^^^

91hatchgt

LOL Yeah I know... But now he has gone to a COMPLETELY different combo.. He has now a built 331 with the biggest ABC ford cam, and he's going to a C-4 as we speak...