Mostly stock 91 LX + bonus from work = supercharger?

[LarsD]

I got a small bonus from work today and was considering throwing it at the 5.0. I was thinking about the Vortech SC trim kit since they have a rebate going on. I know that the recommended route is H/C/I then a SC later on, however I don't feel like yanking the engine, and I did the H/C/I thing on my old 89 and was never impressed with the performance. That plus I want some boost steers me towards the Vortech. I would eventually do the H/C/I later on for the full effect. What do you guys think? Waste of time?

Thanks

 

[BlownFiveLiter]

Definitely not a waste of time, if you ask me. With the supercharger alone, you'll be above HCI numbers with ease. Granted with a centrifugal supercharger the numbers will peak higher than they would if you did the HCI, but you could easily run a mid-low 12 second ET with a SC and gears.

 

[Beasty306GT]

go turbo

 

[Boostedpimp]

can't go wrong with adding a supercharger.... allot less work then yanking the whole top end off in my opinion

 

[LarsD]

Definitely not a waste of time, if you ask me. With the supercharger alone, you'll be above HCI numbers with ease. Granted with a centrifugal supercharger the numbers will peak higher than they would if you did the HCI, but you could easily run a mid-low 12 second ET with a SC and gears.

Cool. Car has exhaust (no cats, smog), 3.55's, CAI, and a shifter. So its pretty basic.

go turbo

Looking at the ease of a kit.

can't go wrong with adding a supercharger.... allot less work then yanking the whole top end off in my opinion

That's one of the reasons I wanted a SC instead of H/C/I. I don't want the car to have a lot of down time.

Eventually I want to build a blown 347, and I figure the SC is the hardest part to buy since it is one big lump where as with an engine build you can generally buy the parts one by one.

 

[7upstang91]

sorry i would have to say go with Heads and cam and tune! i had a s/c on my other stang stock motor with just 6 psi and blew out both head gaskets the first month. wont do that agian.

 

[matador91]

Go with Anderson ford motorsports kit. There 10% off right now

 

[bentley429]

Get a stage 1 B&G turbo kit.

 

[rob_]

back in the day i would have went straight to a blower had i had the funds. lot of good used deals also.

problem with the sc trim is its missing alot of pieces when you want to up the boost like bypass and 8 rib, etc....