REAL gains from Vortech on a 96-98? Anyone have numbers?

[MyEarsHurt]

Well, its official, I am in the market for a supercharger and I am on the fence between the procharger w/intercooler and the vortech. I am leaning procharger (just because you dont have to tap the oil pan) but I would like to get some solid numbers. Vortechs website says that 96-98 GT's see 75 HP and Steeda claims that its 95 HP! I am guessing that vortech would know there own numbers....but why would steeda have 95 HP on their site? Anyone with any real numbers or good/bad opinions on the vortech or procharger kit, please post. Anything would be appreciated, its a pretty big purchase.

 

[damien2003gt]

if you buy from steeda it cmes with there tune. it will net you the extra horsepower fancy boy!

 

[MyEarsHurt]

Ok....I had planned on getting a tune from detroit speedworks (livernois motorsport) for like $400, I wouldnt need that if I got the kit from steeda? The kit thats like $3150? I thought that the tune from steeda only came with the kit that was like over $4k?

 

[MyEarsHurt]

One more question, just saw this over at cfm.... http://mustang.c-f-m.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=1324

How come their kit is only $2500? And all the other places are selling them for $3k or more? What do they mean when they say "tuner kit?"

 

[Stork_]

Dude, I live right down the street from Steeda, do your self a favor don't buy your S/C from them and certainly don't buy their crap tune. But do what you want, I know alot of people who have been burned/ripped off by them.

 

[mrvax]

I haven't seen it in a while but I did take notice about 2 years ago before I did the headswap. Most Vortech kits placed on a bolt-on 96-98GT resulted in a 275/280rwhp car. The heads/cam/intake holds the car back. Why not look into the Kenny-Bell S/C. It makes a lot of power in the lower rpm range.

 

[MyEarsHurt]

I would but the KB is so expensive. I am willing to spend $3500, but not $5000.

 

[Modular2v]

get a PI motor and put the blower on that..that way you will see more in the range of 350rwhp instead of 290rwhp.

 

[green_fow_six]

For the money you plan on spending for the supercharger, why don't you instead pick up a slightly used 99 and up PI engine for under $2000 add some cams and bolt ons. This way you would be spending less and have the PI heads and intake for a REAL supercharger upgrade in the future. Just something to think about.

 

[MyEarsHurt]

I was thinking that this winters project would be a blower, and next winters project will be a pi intake, PP heads and a set of cams. Thats the game plan....but if it seems out of order, someone let me know.

 

[Mel96GT]

I've been looking into superchargers myself and I think a "tuner" kit is for people that have non-factory mods on their car and will do their own tuning. Otherwise, if your car is stock you just use the tune that comes with the S/C. Good luck, let us know haw it goes.

 

[DoubleONegative]

No matter what blower you get or where you get it (ie steeda) make sure you get it dyno tuned. I can't stress this enough DYNO TUNE DYNO TUNE DYNO TUNE....IT'S ALL IN THE TUNE!!!!!!

When i had my 97 GT i was going to get a ATI but i decided to get an 01 Cobra instead. More food for thought my 01 dynoed 276RWHP stock or about what most blown 96-98s make.

 

[MyEarsHurt]

Thanks for the suggestion, but I cant sell my car man, I gotta keep this one for a while. In retrospect, I probably should have done more research and just bought a cobra from the start...oh well.

So a tuner kit, more or less, just means that there may be some parts that I still need to buy for the kit? From what I can tell on that c-f-m site, it doesnt come with any kind of fuel upgrade. So I would still need to get injectors, fuel pump, and a tune from somewhere? That sound right?

 

[MyEarsHurt]

bump, got some responses but no numbers!

 

[98GTVortech]

I see 330 to the wheels. I Just installed my LT's and midpipe without a tune so i am hoping for another 15 horses. My car is a beast i handle a good amount of cars. What i did was found a cheap S/C on ebay like 1200 had it refurbished and dyno tuned by a near by shop for under 2500. Good luck and if i can i'll try to take a picture of my dyno sheet and post it.

 

[xseler8]

No matter what blower you get or where you get it (ie steeda) make sure you get it dyno tuned. I can't stress this enough DYNO TUNE DYNO TUNE DYNO TUNE....IT'S ALL IN THE TUNE!!!!!!

When i had my 97 GT i was going to get a ATI but i decided to get an 01 Cobra instead. More food for thought my 01 dynoed 276RWHP stock or about what most blown 96-98s make.

Agreed! I came close to getting a mail order tune and GLAD I didn't. Talk to your tuner before you buy anything and ask him which components he likes to work with.