Mine is about 2 1/2 years, but only about 10k miles but still looks like the day I installed the headers. Had I known how much it helped with temps, I would have done the ones on my GT350 as well.
Spacers are useless. A throttle body may gain you 3 Hp. The GT350 one is probably the most reliable option, but requires an adapter. I probably wouldnāt mess with it unless you were doing a ported manifold at the same time.
Iām in the same boat with my Whippleād GT350. Catless ARH long tubes with Corsa valved exhaust. When the valves are open itās embarrassingly loud. Iām thinking about adding a pair of these into the mid pipes.
my GT also with a Whipple, has cats and a Magnaflow Competition cat back and Iām happy...
I have 2 S550ās. Both with Whippleās and ARH headers. One I had the chrome look ceramic coating done on, and that car has noticeably less under hood heat.
I have the Whipple CJ CAI on my GT350. I also have a PNR ice tank on that car and while it looks better and adds power, my GT with the closed box Whipple intake has much lower IATās
Whipple is CARB legal in CA as well, makes more power at lower temps and has more room to grow. Roush doesnāt even compare to to Whipple, let alone on the gen 3ās.
Every other positive displacement supercharger available for your car is a better choice than Roush. Whipple, Edelbrock, VMP Odin, Magnuson or Kenne Bell would all be better choices.
If you have to save up for a tune, you Probably shouldnāt take the risk of hurting your engine by running fuel/mixtures that the car isnāt tuned or originally designed for. If you want to run e85 or a blend, get a tune for that.
Curious about your opinion that a single turbo kit can make the torque of a supercharger with ālimitlessā power that a supercharger canāt match. What single turbo do you plan on going with that has no lag and can support 1200+ rear wheel like an out of the box Whipple can do with no expensive...
Yes, with a fuel system and ID1050xās youād just need an E85 tune to go back and forth. My GT350 is set up that way and I donāt have to change pulley or belt to change fuel, sust load the appropriate tune. I also run ID1050xās on this car with the 3-625 pulley it makes 757 on poor quality CA 91...
There is a chart on Vortechās website with all their head units max impeller speeds and power ratings, but you get the most efficiency out of a super charger in the 75-80% range of their max impeller speeds. After that you see diminishing returns per pound of boost.
Thereās different opinions on material choice, strength that Can come with brittleness or softer material that can wear more quickly. Iāll probably wear out bearings, rings and pistons more frequently than most normal people, so those as wearable items arenāt a huge concern. Iāll also be sending...
OPG and CS can be a polarizing point of discussion. On my GT I opted not to when I did the Whipple instal on my GT I wasnāt planning on super high rpmās, bouncing off the rev limiter, installing a WOT box or 2 step etc, but the new motor Iām building for that car absolutely has them as does my...