For a 300 rwhp street car, is it best to go with a mild h/c/i combo or bolt up a centrifugal and call it a day? The price would probably be similar, but the feel of the car would be alot different.
The car will be a daily driver, and driven mostly on the street. Reliability, torquey powerband, drivability and decent gas mileage are top priority (by decent, i mean around 20 mpg with mixed driving)
I know the 5.0 is choked significantly by stock parts, so throwing a supercharger on there to force air through crap parts probably isnt too efficient. Also, how do the stock parts handle boost? My instinct would be to replace the stock heads with some quality aluminum ones, put on a better intake with a lower powerband, and maybe a b cam or similar (or just go with a trickflow topend kit)... but then i hear of guys bolting up a vortech on a stock engine and having no problems at all. Can anyone shed some light onto this situation? (sorry for another annoying vs. thread.. but opinions might be a little different depending on individual situations)
The car will be a daily driver, and driven mostly on the street. Reliability, torquey powerband, drivability and decent gas mileage are top priority (by decent, i mean around 20 mpg with mixed driving)
I know the 5.0 is choked significantly by stock parts, so throwing a supercharger on there to force air through crap parts probably isnt too efficient. Also, how do the stock parts handle boost? My instinct would be to replace the stock heads with some quality aluminum ones, put on a better intake with a lower powerband, and maybe a b cam or similar (or just go with a trickflow topend kit)... but then i hear of guys bolting up a vortech on a stock engine and having no problems at all. Can anyone shed some light onto this situation? (sorry for another annoying vs. thread.. but opinions might be a little different depending on individual situations)