Roush 2001 Saleen Supercharger??

Matt's 03 GT · Nov 8, 2006

Hi guys.

I have an '03 gt and am looking at a Saleen supercharger off of an 01 saleen. The seller says it was replaced with a Series 2 supercharger. There is a bad bearing, but I have found a company that can rebuild Eaton supercharges (it is an eaton right? )

It comes with a bunch of new parts that the seller never swapped out when he upgraded.
Would I need new injectors with this?
Is this a bag of worms to install on my Daily driver?
Should I worry about the short block (35,000 miles)?

Thanks for all of your Saleen Knowledge.

Matt

Disco · Nov 8, 2006

dont worry about the block get a good tune. if its a 01 its a series 2. If you get it send it to magnum powers to get ported. Otherwise the s4 blower is awsome took me into the high 11's. oneqkgt@aol.com. you will need a focus pump and if you dont pulley it 36lb injectors should come with it if im not mistaken

Matt's 03 GT · Nov 8, 2006

Why would he buy the kit for a Series 2 from saleen to replace this one then?

Disco · Nov 8, 2006

not sure man did you see this blower yet or what. Unless your getting it cheap but used is used. let me know if you have questions man you can give me a shout.

Matt's 03 GT · Nov 8, 2006

Disco:

It is about $700.00 with the manifold, heat exchanger and all of the hardware. He is also giving a Chicane intake with this. (from what I can see in the pic's).

There is a local company that will rebuild it completely for $750... less if it is just a nose bearing.

What I can't figure is why someone would buy a $4,500 kit to replace a part that could be rebuilt for under a grand.

I am a sceptic at heart and something does not seem right... just too good of a deal.

Matt

Saleen87-65 · Nov 8, 2006

if the kit is missing anything at all, good luck finding it as saleen sells much of nothing for the older cars like this now, and even if they can get it, it'll take forever

marcus95 · Nov 8, 2006

If you are not toally familiar with these Eaton blowers then take a pass. What about the heat exchanger, resivoir, all of the lines, etc, etc. Bad bearing also.

If it smells like a can of worms and looks like one, it is. Don't risk you daily driver over an offer that sounds too good to be true because it is.

Just ny 2 cents.

Disco · Nov 9, 2006

Yea something does not seem right at all just walk away. I went through that crap too trying to buy something used and it was on for a week my mother drove the car and its only missing one bolt yea right. Call Haney motorsport up order a IV blower and enjoy the car. I have my complete body kit coming from them i cant wait. Now im going to look good going down the drag strip.

Matt's 03 GT · Nov 9, 2006

http://forums.stangnet.com/showthread.php?t=669510

Its on this site with a bunch of pic's. After seeing this, and knowing that I can get it rebuilt locally by a company that remanufactures Eaton's for $750.00 (maximum with a lifetime warranty), now what do you think?

It seems like I could have a saleen blower for my daily driver for under $2,000.00.

I am planning on supercharging and have been looking for a Ken-bell 1.7 or 2.1 used for a decent price... but then I saw this

Thoughts and feelings????

Matt

Saleen87-65 · Nov 9, 2006

I would not do it. If the $2k range is good for ya, check out the vortech tuner kits from coolblueperformance.com. They are a little more expensive, but its a far better blower, you can pick and choose other options for it. And you'll have all your parts for sure, and a vortech warranty. and 500rwhp would be easy

Disco · Nov 9, 2006

stick with the roots or twin screw you cant beat the torque or the looks. and you can go fast with them.

00s281sc368 · Nov 10, 2006

Matt's 03 GT said:
http://forums.stangnet.com/showthread.php?t=669510

Its on this site with a bunch of pic's. After seeing this, and knowing that I can get it rebuilt locally by a company that remanufactures Eaton's for $750.00 (maximum with a lifetime warranty), now what do you think?

It seems like I could have a saleen blower for my daily driver for under $2,000.00.

I am planning on supercharging and have been looking for a Ken-bell 1.7 or 2.1 used for a decent price... but then I saw this

Thoughts and feelings????

Matt

Just wait for a kenne-bell, otherwise get a vortech, ATi or novi2000.

I had the eaton before and it's like day and night with the kenne-bell. The eaton series 4 ain't better than previous series, I drove it too and than car still feels heavy like the one I had. They're now twin-screw too but not much difference with older roots...
The 1.7 KB is a different story...
Did I forget to mention I gained 150rwhp after the eaton-KB swapp and only 2 more psi ? ( 7 to 9)...

Disco · Nov 10, 2006

Bet my saleen IV in me would still beat you at the drag strip and probably on the street too. I own a dyno, stop everyone from worry about number and numbers. I never worried about them thats why i got the IV blower. Lets face it its one of the smaller blowers out there but it works just fine. Let me get my hands on a E car with the bigger blower, I would tune it and race it and show some numbers.

00s281sc368 · Nov 10, 2006

You can always dream...
Even the E car is not impressive with its 12psi of boost and bigger blower. All these saleen blower make the car feel heavy and slow.

Saleen87-65 · Nov 10, 2006

the series 4 and 5 are both screw types. whipple head units actually. They all have the gaps in the intercooler, they all need heat exchangers and reservoirs. Do that and the 4 and 5 cars will be more the fine...its us series 1 and 2 guys that have the issue

Matt's 03 GT · Nov 10, 2006

Thanks for all of the reply's. I think I will wait for a 2.1 Ken bell blower... any one have any hot leads on one???

My daily driver up untill about 2 months ago was a 2.5L Ranger, 5 speed (100 hp!) I was certain that 260 hp would be more than enough for now... but here I am trying to get to 350hp ... I guess I should allow room to grow since it seems I am addicted......

Thanks again,

Matt

Disco · Nov 10, 2006

My point is you dont need blowers and things that magazines and forums push because they dyno such high numbers. If saleen made the V kit yet for the 99-04 cars add a small pulley and tune and you will be at kb power. In a customers car i tune we said heck with porting heck with whipple and kb. Its a 03 cobra dynoed the lowest of them all and has full interior went 10.99 at 123mph. So you dont always need the highest hp on a dyno to run fast thats my point.

Matt's 03 GT · Nov 10, 2006

I have been looking up the Kenne Bell blowers and the truth is they are about 50 miles from my house, they have a proven track record and make a blower that will meet my needs. I was just trying to get a deal

I am not looking for the highest numbers... but the best driving car. I think I will enjoy the immediate boost and higher torque of these blowers rather than the centri's... just my oppinion!

Matt

wsbrigham · Nov 10, 2006

Superchargersonline has the Whipple for 3k.

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