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January 19th, 2007, 04:37 PM	#1
ponykid8703 Newbie Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 6	2 questions... turbo, or supercharge? I have never seen a mustang with t-tops, what would it look like? I think that it would either be awesome, or really lame, but i would like know because i was thinking about trying it but not sure if i should...

January 19th, 2007, 04:53 PM	#2
87foxbodylx Enthusiast 1987 Mustang LX 13.9@102.43 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Ephrata PA Posts: 649	t-tops are great.. i own an 87 lx 5.0 with t-tops... very rare to find low milage. and turbo is the way to go.. superchargers have their ups and downs... they take to long to produce power because they run off the drive belt, and you wont have full boost till way high rpms... but turbos run off exhaust gasses and spool at lower rpms faster. Another thing is that t -top seals tend to go bad after a few years and water drips in. luckily i havent had this problem yet. hope its helpful

January 19th, 2007, 04:55 PM

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turbo will provide better fuel economy as well.

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January 19th, 2007, 06:22 PM	#4
GreenFaleen Resident MM Ricer 2006 Scion tC 13.9@103/8.9@81 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Raleigh/Lenoir, NC Posts: 9,385	they have a t-top kit for 99-04 models that looks pretty nice from the pics I've seen I had a friend that was going to do it. As for turbo or S/C on a v6 the turbo will perform better overall but the s/c will be cheaper. __________________ Scion Tc-strup racing header, CAI, Ground Kit, NOS 100shot, Custom suspension, Doc. I 50% STS MM 4 Banger club: Senior Ricer "Horsepower sells cars, torque wins races." -Carroll Shelby Thanks To My Sponsors: Strup Performance

January 19th, 2007, 07:51 PM	#5
itschristorres8 SP00LIN V6 2000 Mustang V6 unknown @390 Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: south florida Posts: 14,619	TURBO FTW ive seen a t-top cobra....fugly __________________ 437rwhp and 402rwtq through a V6 on a stock bottom end

January 19th, 2007, 07:56 PM	#6
scubasteve041186 Hardcore Enthusiast 2004 mustang 40th annv. Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: kelowna,BC, Canada Posts: 1,374	turbo for and the t-ops look not to bad but they cost a little bit of money for the kit made by iron man

January 19th, 2007, 08:18 PM

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tell me if im wrong... but i believe what 87foxbodylx said is backwards.. the turbo takes a while to produce hp due to having to spool off the exhaust... we call it turbo lag.. the s/c makes power a lot quicker because it is belt driven. newho either way the turbo will make more power so go that way.. if you have the money

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January 19th, 2007, 09:20 PM	#8
GreenFaleen Resident MM Ricer 2006 Scion tC 13.9@103/8.9@81 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Raleigh/Lenoir, NC Posts: 9,385	yeah s/c makes faster power but is more efficient throughout the lo rpms while turbo is better from mids to highs __________________ Scion Tc-strup racing header, CAI, Ground Kit, NOS 100shot, Custom suspension, Doc. I 50% STS MM 4 Banger club: Senior Ricer "Horsepower sells cars, torque wins races." -Carroll Shelby Thanks To My Sponsors: Strup Performance

January 19th, 2007, 09:27 PM

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thought i was right lol

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January 19th, 2007, 10:16 PM

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Originally Posted by 3.8Coastie

tell me if im wrong... but i believe what 87foxbodylx said is backwards.. the turbo takes a while to produce hp due to having to spool off the exhaust... we call it turbo lag.. the s/c makes power a lot quicker because it is belt driven. newho either way the turbo will make more power so go that way.. if you have the money

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January 19th, 2007, 10:33 PM

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Originally Posted by 3.8Coastie

tell me if im wrong... but i believe what 87foxbodylx said is backwards.. the turbo takes a while to produce hp due to having to spool off the exhaust... we call it turbo lag.. the s/c makes power a lot quicker because it is belt driven. newho either way the turbo will make more power so go that way.. if you have the money

I almost agree with him. Turbos run off of wasted energy (exaust gasses). But you dont get your hp till your at high RPM. Like he said "turbo lag" Superchargers on the other hand are run off of belts. They rob you of about 25hp, but you get it back with the power that they produce. I personally would go with a supercharger. They are more expensive, but I would much rather prefer it. If you are interested in superchargers, you can pull one off of any supercharged thunderbird. They ran with the Eaton M90 Supercharger. Anyway, good luck on your venture.

January 19th, 2007, 10:47 PM	#12
GreenFaleen Resident MM Ricer 2006 Scion tC 13.9@103/8.9@81 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Raleigh/Lenoir, NC Posts: 9,385	S/c for a v6 is about 2 grand cheaper than a turbo setup __________________ Scion Tc-strup racing header, CAI, Ground Kit, NOS 100shot, Custom suspension, Doc. I 50% STS MM 4 Banger club: Senior Ricer "Horsepower sells cars, torque wins races." -Carroll Shelby Thanks To My Sponsors: Strup Performance

January 19th, 2007, 10:54 PM	#13
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January 20th, 2007, 01:29 PM

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Originally Posted by 97stanger

Originally Posted by 3.8Coastie

tell me if im wrong... but i believe what 87foxbodylx said is backwards.. the turbo takes a while to produce hp due to having to spool off the exhaust... we call it turbo lag.. the s/c makes power a lot quicker because it is belt driven. newho either way the turbo will make more power so go that way.. if you have the money

I almost agree with him. Turbos run off of wasted energy (exaust gasses). But you dont get your hp till your at high RPM. Like he said "turbo lag" Superchargers on the other hand are run off of belts. They rob you of about 25hp, but you get it back with the power that they produce. I personally would go with a supercharger. They are more expensive, but I would much rather prefer it. If you are interested in superchargers, you can pull one off of any supercharged thunderbird. They ran with the Eaton M90 Supercharger. Anyway, good luck on your venture.

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m90 is not worth it ESPECIALLY on a new edge stang

and since when are s/c's more money?

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January 20th, 2007, 01:37 PM

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i was wonderin the same thing lol... s/c are a lot cheaper then turbo set-ups... hence i said the turbo will make more power so go that way.. if you have the money

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January 20th, 2007, 02:48 PM

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Superchargers are cheaper all around. Only thing that a supercharger might equal with pricing with a turbo is the tune. But a turbo is a lot more efficient, but is more of a hassle to tune, and so on. If you want a beastly v6 that almost nothing can touch, get the turbo or twin turbo. If you just want constant cheaper power get the supercharger. I wouldn't do the targa top. You need to suspension along with it, subframe stiffeners. Also I don't think it looks right on mustangs.

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January 20th, 2007, 03:04 PM

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Originally Posted by 3.8Coastie

tell me if im wrong... but i believe what 87foxbodylx said is backwards.. the turbo takes a while to produce hp due to having to spool off the exhaust... we call it turbo lag.. the s/c makes power a lot quicker because it is belt driven. newho either way the turbo will make more power so go that way.. if you have the money

but if you think about it a S/C still lags just in a different way because it gives more power depending on how much rpms your at.. just my thought on it.. i would go with the turbo because in truth you wont be at a low rpm for long if your racing

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Superchargers don't lag because they give constant power at all rpm ranges.

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January 20th, 2007, 03:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Cricket

Superchargers don't lag because they give constant power at all rpm ranges.

yes but just like a turbo charger it takes higher rpms to create more boost.. so the s/c may have no gray area but its good area isnt better than the turbo by anymeans so the lag really doesnt out weigh the power from a turbo.. just my thoughts

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January 20th, 2007, 04:14 PM

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a turbo will produce more power than a s/c of the same psi... personally i would love to have a turbo but if i went with FI it would be a s/c due to not being bale to spend much money on my stang

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