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thunderbird supercharger?

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#1 ·
hey i really want to make my 2000 v6 mustang alot quicker without spending tons of money so i thought it would be cheeper to just buy a thunderbird supercharger rather than a whole new supercharger kit. would it work? and how easy would it be to install?
 
#4 ·
It can be done fairlly cheap. Best to find an old ragged supercoupe and just transplant the entire top half of the motor...including heads. While your there a nice cam would make just as much power and definitlly torque as the m-112.
I would do it if I were on a budget....It could be done for under 1500 with tune and there is quite a bit of after market for this setup.

M-90 on a mustang block with cam,tune,and port matched heads would net you close to 250rwhp and 320rwtq. This would easilly be a 13sec car.
 
#6 ·
Transplanting a supercoupe motor into an na car is not as easy as it seems. Want cheap and easy put nitrous on it. Your compression is a bit high for supercharger use, don't expect the engine to last long.
Alan
 
#12 ·
Super chargers are crap together.... It leeches power while adding. Also it puts alot of preasure on your crank which isn't good. obviously. Im not going to type up all the reasons. There are quite a few posts out there on why turbo is better. Just google it.
 
#14 ·
Turbo's are better in the sense that they don't rob power to make power. On a driveability standpoint roots superchargers blow turbo's out of the water. Excluding diesels turbos make too much heat when worked hard. Turbo's can be a mortal nightmare to just get working properly. Granted that is in the extreme cases of guys wanting, more,more,more. Done simply and intercooled a small turbo will perform well. Get into exotic setups and turbo's are just a royal pain in the butt.
As far as the thunderbird (and pre98 mustang) 3.8's go there are several reasons wy they blow head gaskets. The heads crack, The cooling system is insufficient, The head gasket design was crap, and so on and so forth.
Alan
 
#15 ·
Turbo's are better in the sense that they don't rob power to make power. On a driveability standpoint roots superchargers blow turbo's out of the water. Excluding diesels turbos make too much heat when worked hard. Turbo's can be a mortal nightmare to just get working properly. Granted that is in the extreme cases of guys wanting, more,more,more. Done simply and intercooled a small turbo will perform well. Get into exotic setups and turbo's are just a royal pain in the butt.
As far as the thunderbird (and pre98 mustang) 3.8's go there are several reasons wy they blow head gaskets. The heads crack, The cooling system is insufficient, The head gasket design was crap, and so on and so forth.
Alan
Never had any issues, never had any drive-ability issues either, and I'm sure you can find at least 15 people over on v6power.net who would agree :D
 
#16 ·
Take your time and get a good turbo Setup pieced together. In the furture I plan on going turbo. If you want cheap bolton power that you will use , get a wet nitrous system, The downsides are that you cant stomp on the gas and use nitrous everytime you go out for a spin, but its ideal for tracks and special needed times on the road.
 
#18 ·
If your worried about burning up the stock pistons...run 11to1 a/f. And if your still worried spray methanol...thats what I'm doing on the stock block and running 14*timing on the street.
My car has been over 300 for 2 years...and at the current power for 5-6months. I beat the hell out of the car on the track. I have about 75 track runs on this motor, countless datalogs, and countless street blasts.

I done a compression and leak down test on this motor a month ago and the results were 170-175 and 12-15%...on every cylinder. I also have a cam...so those numbers might read low.

oh...it has 76,000miles on it.
 
#19 ·
Speaking of which I really need to do a compression test myself.