H/C/I vs. Supercharging
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Black95GTS
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The s/c will give you more power, but I'm doing an HCI right now for the following reasons:
1 - My engine turned 100K, needs some freshening anyway.
2 - Its easier to do an HCI then a power adder then the other way around, and I plan on doing both eventually.
3 - It will be a good learning experience as I'm somewhat of a rookie and doing it all myself will help me out big time.
4 - I thnk it will be more satisfying to go fast on a combo i researched and designed rather then a bolting on a s/c in a weekend.
5 - Lopey cam > s/c whine.
adam
1 - My engine turned 100K, needs some freshening anyway.
2 - Its easier to do an HCI then a power adder then the other way around, and I plan on doing both eventually.
3 - It will be a good learning experience as I'm somewhat of a rookie and doing it all myself will help me out big time.
4 - I thnk it will be more satisfying to go fast on a combo i researched and designed rather then a bolting on a s/c in a weekend.
5 - Lopey cam > s/c whine.
adam
95COBRA241
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I agree with Black95GTS. Do the H/C/I then when more $ are available add a s/c to optimize that combo.
FlyBy763
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Steeda90GT said:
Sorry to drift off topic...How much power does your combo make? Its very similar to mine...
nmcgrawj
Advanced Member
Steeda90GT said:
That can be done with H/C/I.
I think its up to you on which you like. I myself love the whine of a blower... and even more the sound of a turbo on a v-8. BUT, when it comes down to my car i prefer N/A power. Lopey cam + high compression + a lot of CUBES =
And right now i dont have as much time to tinker with the car with school and work. So yea it does take longer to build a motor h/c/i wise, but its much easier to tune it and maintain it IMO. Dont get me wrong though...down the line i will have a blown/turbo'd car
BlueOvalStangGT
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A blower can be installed in a day and would be much easier/cheaper then h/c/i to install. Then start spanking N/A cars all day. My car with stock h/c went 114.5 on a hot day and it was the only day ive ever brought it to the track. Imagine what it could have done with a tune and cold air.
FIrst..You have an AODE
With that said, If you are not too mechanically skilled (like me) and you want some quick power..go S/C.
Just remember it costs more than a kit, with the little extras you need (gauges, tune, fuel pump, injectors-if you dont want the FMU-).
I have the S/C, but I want more....Looking back, I should have built the good combo first, but then again, I wouldnt have been so quick all along.
RC
With that said, If you are not too mechanically skilled (like me) and you want some quick power..go S/C.
Just remember it costs more than a kit, with the little extras you need (gauges, tune, fuel pump, injectors-if you dont want the FMU-).
I have the S/C, but I want more....Looking back, I should have built the good combo first, but then again, I wouldnt have been so quick all along.
RC
green95gt
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, but do the H/C/I first it will make it easier later.
'95svtcobra
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I agree with what most others have been saying. I had plans for both so I did H/C first (I just kept my cobra intake) because I had 100,000 miles on the car and it fresehens it up plus.. It is easier to add the blower on after the heads cam intake rather than taking all that blower mess off later to put on the H/C/I. As far as power goes on just one or the other you will make substantialy more with just the blower rather than just H/C/I
Zero Signal
Active Member
From someone who did an HCI recently (me), I would say go with a SC kit. For me, I like NA power and the challenge of completely rebuilding the top end of my engine. But if you are looking to do both eventually, the you will have to do the bottem end too. And frankly if would be far easier to do the top end while you do the bottem end. Plus, going SC first will help guide your top and bottem end choices.
Not to mention, you might just find you have enough power with a SC alone, and opt out of further mods down the road (hehe, not likely - you can never have too much power!!!).
Not to mention, you might just find you have enough power with a SC alone, and opt out of further mods down the road (hehe, not likely - you can never have too much power!!!).
nmcgrawj
Advanced Member
GRGT1994 said:
If i did want to go blower and i couldnt do the bottom end(if it had a lot of miles) at the same time, i would do the SC first then upgrade the heads and bottom end later down the line.
SWYZ721
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TripleBlack95
Member
After redoing the exhaust this summer, my next plan is to rebuild the engine - 128K and she deserves it - dropping a S/C on it and bragging is BS - I want to do it the right way. I want her pushing 300-350 without an adder to when I do do it it's making the power I want.
Granted I have NO CLUE what I'm going to do for the combo, but when the money comes, so will the research.
Granted I have NO CLUE what I'm going to do for the combo, but when the money comes, so will the research.
nmcgrawj
Advanced Member
SWYZ721 said:Just think of the supercharger whine
and the sexy, alluring rise of the boost gauge!
all i got to say to that is.............................
chop cha chop cha cha cha chopchopchopcha cha chop chopchoppa chop chop cha cha cha chop chopppity CHOP CHOP!
badingle said:
That's REALLY the trick...Look at how many S/C cars that Paul can beat.
If youre talking just "putting something together" really quickly, then the blower is it.
RC
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