would supercharger hurt a stock motor?

cb18201 said:

i could always swap them out if it didnt work out well but im gonna try it anyways, ive revved my car up pretty dam high an never hit the rev limiter, what rpm does our rev limiter kick in at? has anyone hear actually had a blower with 4.10s or 4.30s or is everyone going by what they have heard or researched? i know you can say obviously it wont work because of the reasons stated already but i want to talk to someone that actaully ran like that.

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I ran 3.90's with a single turbo, and traction was non-existant. Use your head, 4.30's and a SC is toooo much, unless you get a very tall tire.

yes i have a friend with a 98 cobra and 4;30 s and a vortech and it revs soo fast but it runs out of gear even with 7500 rpnm shift points and now it has broken pistons so thats not good either i have 3.73s in my car and have thought real hard on going to 3.55s that way i can USE first gear.

cb18201 said:

.... has anyone hear actually had a blower with 4.10s or 4.30s or is everyone going by what they have heard or researched? i know you can say obviously it wont work because of the reasons stated already but i want to talk to someone that actaully ran like that.

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Don't take this the wrong way bud, just trying to make a comparison.

Lets say you get a new set of 2" Headers w/ 4" collectors, 4" exhaust with say 4" bullet mufflers and dumps that reach no further then under the front seats. This is on a pretty close to stock mustang. You get on the forums and ask if that setup is too much and would the addition of a Turbo hurt this combination. There are probably very very few people who have done this. Okay bad comparison but you get the idea. Yes there had to be a poor sap who has made a bad call and learned from it and passed a bit of info along.

The power adder on a car makes up for the need for such a low gear on a naturally aspirated car. Even a street car with spray could benefit from a higher gear but they usually sacrafice the negative effects of the low gear because they drive the car on the street so much (without spray).

Cars with power adders when launching at the track even on full slicks say 26x10s (relatively average size tire) with 4.10s or higher tend to have a hooking problem off the line. note: this will of course also depend on power output, the limits and extent of the suspention setup, tire pressure, transmission of choice and the weight of the car.

An automatic can tend to go a tad higher with a power adder then a car wtih a standard trans. This is due to gearing, converter size and also the ability to shift that comes with the automatic.

You did however ask us what we thought and there will be few people who have done this for a reason. People will believe what they want to believe - Zeddicus Zu'l Zorander Like their bone stock car will be faster with the addition of a big cam. No clue why I had to throw that in there

Anywho hope you do well with your combo, I will more then likely be running 28x10.5s when I get my combo the way I want it and may even be switching back to an automatic of some sort. (another reason why I may choose 3.73s over 3.55s)

Oh and A friend of mine was calling everywhere looking for a S/Cer for his combo and he did mention that Vortech sends a computer chip that they help you tune (via phone) until its right. His car is an '03 GT so maybe its just for those, cant hurt to call and ask tho. Good Luck bud.