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Old 06-15-2007, 06:57 PM
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Default Trying to buy 5.0l Mustang (need advice)

well basicly im looking to buy an older car with cheap parts that i can work on, but also drive around. i want a mustang because of the good prices on parts, and i've specificly been looking at a supercharger. i have 5 grand to spend on buying one, any idea of what year/number of miles i should be looking for?

any help finding an inexpensive supercharger would be nice also.
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Old 06-15-2007, 07:17 PM
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89-92 is your best bet, they are all mass air and have forged pistons which you will need to supercharge, if over 100k it will probably need a rebuild for a superchaerger
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Old 06-15-2007, 09:38 PM
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forget the supercharger!

go for a 4-eye!!! 4 eye FTMFW!!!! get an '85 (carbed) or find an '86 that was converted to carb (like what I am doing right now) and get yourself a paxton carb supercharger if you really want one. but 4-eyes rock!!
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Old 06-15-2007, 09:54 PM
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89-92 is your best bet, they are all mass air and have forged pistons which you will need to supercharge, if over 100k it will probably need a rebuild for a superchaerger
There's absolutely nothing wrong with hypereutectic pistons. 100K miles is nothing either. As long as the compression test results are good, I wouldn't hesitate to put a supercharger on a 150K mile engine.
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Old 06-16-2007, 04:45 AM
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89-92 is your best bet, they are all mass air and have forged pistons which you will need to supercharge, if over 100k it will probably need a rebuild for a superchaerger
There's absolutely nothing wrong with hypereutectic pistons. 100K miles is nothing either. As long as the compression test results are good, I wouldn't hesitate to put a supercharger on a 150K mile engine.
haha, buddy put a vortech on his 89 with 168k on it.. Stock engine went 12.9's @ 106 with that vortech until it his 208k miles (it was his DD) and then he threw a 331 in it...
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Old 07-02-2007, 10:46 PM
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i woulnt put a super charger on a 100000 plus motor, im not going to install my SC ontill i get my new engine, if i did put it on now ,id only do it to blow the engine up , but i figure maybe ill get a few bucks for it, i have 140000 on mine
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Old 07-03-2007, 12:01 AM
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lol, 5.0s are robust engines, if you want quick gains on a stock engine, a supercharger is the way to go, its ALL in the TUNE,
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Well I believe I have hypereutectic pistons, Its supposed to be a 93 engine, pistons are notched but I am not sure what I have, heres a pic
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