Hey guys, I'm going to be getting my car up to my wanted power level pretty soon. I've never been a 'piece by piece' kinda guy, and I want to plan everything before I buy, so I don't have to buy things twice. I have a few questions and concerns. I want to keep the shortblock stock, I'm just about to roll 96k, and the motor is extremely healthy. My goal for power is 400 at the wheels. I know I want to keep stock displacement, and don't want to use nitrous, so boost is my only option here. I've decided to go with a Vortech V3, to avoid running oil lines to and from the supercharger.
NOW! What I need to know from you wonderful folks at Stangnet, is how to hit 400 at the wheels. I've searched the forums, and found that, most Vortech owners, with bolt-ons can put down around 330 or so at the wheels. I plan on doing a mildly budget-built top-end, with a ported GT40 combo (would like to avoid P heads), custom grind cam from FTI more than likely, ditch the FMU and stuff that Vortech will send, and go with a full upgraded fuel system along with an MSD setup. Would the ported GT40 combo be enough to hit the 400 mark? If not, what would be a more accurate guess as to what it could get to?
Next question is gear. I know a lot of guys say 'don't fear the gear', and just get an insane gear for any application, but a lot of boosted cars prefer something closer to the 3.55 or even a 3.27. I was looking more along the lines of a 3.73, and was wondering if that'd be a good gear choice for my combo? The car will be ran on drag radials year round (thank you, Florida!), so traction won't be too hard to come by hopefully.
If anyone has any other suggestions, comments, or words of wisdom, please feel free to chime in! This project will not be finished for a year or two probably, so I have plenty of time to plan and get everything right before I go through with it.
NOW! What I need to know from you wonderful folks at Stangnet, is how to hit 400 at the wheels. I've searched the forums, and found that, most Vortech owners, with bolt-ons can put down around 330 or so at the wheels. I plan on doing a mildly budget-built top-end, with a ported GT40 combo (would like to avoid P heads), custom grind cam from FTI more than likely, ditch the FMU and stuff that Vortech will send, and go with a full upgraded fuel system along with an MSD setup. Would the ported GT40 combo be enough to hit the 400 mark? If not, what would be a more accurate guess as to what it could get to?
Next question is gear. I know a lot of guys say 'don't fear the gear', and just get an insane gear for any application, but a lot of boosted cars prefer something closer to the 3.55 or even a 3.27. I was looking more along the lines of a 3.73, and was wondering if that'd be a good gear choice for my combo? The car will be ran on drag radials year round (thank you, Florida!), so traction won't be too hard to come by hopefully.
If anyone has any other suggestions, comments, or words of wisdom, please feel free to chime in! This project will not be finished for a year or two probably, so I have plenty of time to plan and get everything right before I go through with it.
and boom 400+ hp lol...And its on a "safe tune" so to speak. I also run 3.73's and at the track wouldnt want anything else. With some no side wall nitto 315's i was able to get a 11.75 @ 122 
Trapping 120+ would DEFINITELY be nice... After doing some more local research, I'm definitely going GT40 heads/intake, and probably an E cam - possibly custom grind depending on finances... The guy who ports heads I was talking about has hit the 300 mark on GT40's, and his current daily driver makes 283rwhp on E7's ported and milled by him! 400 at the tires should be no problem with a setup ported by him, and proper tuning/fuel work added to it. I plan on doing this combo right, and not cutting corners. I think I'll end up with 3.73's. I plan on running year round on Mickey's, so traction should end up coming just fine.
