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Supercharging my stock 5.0 Build in progress (PICS)

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t76stang1Day

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I'm going to be running a blow through intercooled setup on my car, and then once its built I'm bringing it over to Dez Racing to have it chipped and dyno tuned. Blower I'm running is a Powerdyne Bd11a, for those of you guys that are ready to tell me there junk, I already know about the internal belt failures, and fried bearings and what not. The one i got is rebuilt with the better bearings and competition belt from 928 Motorsports, so i should be alright with the 7-9psi I'll be making.

This build you say was done for a pretty decent budget, and also being done on a stock 5.0L. I've been buying parts here an there up till what I have know. I got a setup on my car for just about $1400, and I'll be in it about $1900 with a chip and tune. Not to bad if you ask me.

Setup:

Powerdyne BD11a Kit (upgraded bearings, competition belt, 2.93" pulley)
CX Racing Intercooler w/ 3" aluminum piping
Tial 50mm bov
Pro M blow through meter
42lb injectors
255 walbro fuel pump
BBK adj FPR
Vortech Ignition/Boost retard
Innovative LC1 wideband w/ DB gauge
Boost/vacuum and fuel pressure gauges


Old pics of the car





Brackets, and tensioner pulley are mounted on the car so there not pictured



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Intercooler and some brackets forming



Tial 50mm BOV



Pro M meter



42lb injectors



FPR



Vortech Boost retard




Innovative LC1 all wired up



Gauge retrofit where the switches used to be



Intercooler mounted



Cutting the engine back to make room

















Bumper needs some trimming















Bumper still needs some trimming to get it nice and snug. This weekend im gonna dig into the shed to find an extra spring loaded pulley tensioner. I hope to modify my blower bracket to take a spring loaded tensioner instead of using the powerdyne one so i have no belt slippage at all.

More to come. let me know what u guys think
 

hsean

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nice project
 

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Nice work man, love the pics.
 

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Cool cool!Did you make the pods to hold the gauges?Or buy them?What about your light switches and what not now?peace













john
 

Shaolin Crane

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yeah, how does your headlights, blinkers, hazards etc work? Thats all routed through those switches
 
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thanks for the complements guys. I made the pods myself, it probably cost me 20 bux in materials. as for the switches, i had the dash out because my heater core crapped out, so while it was out i extended all the wires for those switches and ran them up to where the ashtray goes. hopefully tomorrow i can start making a plate to replace the astray cover so i can move the switches over there.

Alittle pic so you can get the idea
 

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Shaolin Crane

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yeah, not gonna lie or sugar coat, but that looks like crap
 

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It's going to be fun to drive once you're done. Love the intercooler!

Shaolin Crane said:
yeah, not gonna lie or sugar coat, but that looks like crap
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If you can't say anything nice...
 

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Shaolin Crane said:
yeah, not gonna lie or sugar coat, but that looks like crap
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NikwoaC said:
It's going to be fun to drive once you're done. Love the intercooler!



If you can't say anything nice...
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Really Nik? Its me we're talking about
 

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Shaolin Crane said:
Really Nik? Its me we're talking about
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Haha, hey, a little sugar coating goes a long way.
 

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NikwoaC said:
Haha, hey, a little sugar coating goes a long way.
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hey hey, i said crap, not ****
Seems like 10x the amount more than i would give to someone else lol
 

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may I suggest one of these 1979-86 Mustang Ashtray Mount Nitrous Switch Panel by Nitrous Outlet at LRS - Same Day Shipping!

Will look better than the factory switches in the ash tray... IMO
 
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thats a clean panel man, thanks for the suggestion..i originally wanted to make a panel just like that with either push buttons or toggle switches..

i was only thinkin about using the stock switches still because they are a big switch, and my pops said that they could be hooked up to a relay somewhwre and that if i hooked em up to much smaller toggles that they could possibly get hot an maybe start a fire. my dad wasnt so sure on that but we were gonna play it safe..due any of u guys think smallerswitches like toggles or push buttons will get hot like that? sorry if its a dumb question but if i can run em safly id rather do that because its gonna be hard to make the stock switches look somewhat decent
 
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The large switches will be fine if that's what you want to use. To dress them up and make them look like an OEM install, all you really need to do is to:

1. Mount them securely so that don't move and won't break and are well aligned with each other
2. Find yourself a a piece of black ABS plastic or sheetmetal (primed and painted your favorite color)
3. Cut and shape to match the opening you're installing them in
4. Carefully cut out holes for the switches so that they fit well around each one

It'll have that nice Finished look to it instead of looking like a bunch of switches stuffed into an opening that they fit.

Good Luck!
 
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Oh... and the intercooler looks too small to be an air to air for a centrifugal pushing any significant amount of boost. That's just me eyeballing the pics though.
 
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DontGivaRatz said:
Oh... and the intercooler looks too small to be an air to air for a centrifugal pushing any significant amount of boost. That's just me eyeballing the pics though.
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The powerdyne impellers flow 850cfm. The intercooler is kinda small, but i believe it will work fine with my setup. flow rate is 750-850cfm rated to 400 max hp. pressure drop is .2 - .5psi @ 15psi and 2-5psi @35psi.. My motor is bone stock and with the supercharger it should make around 300-325hp w/ 7-9psi of boost. so hopefully i'll be fine.
 
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good job bro. ignore the people saying negative things, they're jealous or can't afford/can't do what u're doing.

i had a powerdyne lx a few years ago. slapped it on to completely stock car with 9lb pulley...put down 322 hp.
 

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Calico Cobra said:
good job bro. ignore the people saying negative things, they're jealous or can't afford/can't do what u're doing.

i had a powerdyne lx a few years ago. slapped it on to completely stock car with 9lb pulley...put down 322 hp.
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Lol, i cant believe that post actually came from you
 
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