GT350 Supercharge or not?

[08fordgt]

the 911 GT3 RS is my favorite car.

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[GTA Mustang]

Imagine how they used to drive the 73 Porsche 917/30 Can-Am car! 1100HP with no electronics and lots of turbo lag!

 

[908ssp]

Imagine how they used to drive the 73 Porsche 917/30 Can-Am car! 1100HP with no electronics and lots of turbo lag!

You know those weighed less than 1800 pounds.

 

[BmacIL]

well thats enough proof for me. i was on the fence and now i'm completely sure that im not going to SC it. I will be putting a cai on it though with a tune. i'm upset bc i just looked at Lund Racing and their ghost cam tune requires an o/r exhaust which would be too loud with the GT350 so i guess i will have to do without it since i want to live in a nice neighborhood and don't want to wake the dead and my neighbors every time i crank it up. Im sure some ppl will SC theirs and make stupid amounts of power though. Thanks for all of the input guys.

Ghost cam/Lopey cam does not jive with flat plane engine. I really don't think you understand the character of this engine. Once you fire it up in the loud exhaust mode, you'll see what I mean. This is a road racing, high-revving beast. Old muscle sound it is not.

And like others have said, it comes with a CAI. See below:

 

[08fordgt]

i realize that it comes with a cai but you can at least replace the accordion looking intake tube with a better flowing piece and get some gains with a tune and maybe a slightly bigger maf housing and washable better flowing filter. i saw a video where ford had a better flowing piece on there for development. They probably cut it for costs.

 

[BmacIL]

i realize that it comes with a cai but you can at least replace the accordion looking intake tube with a better flowing piece and get some gains with a tune and maybe a slightly bigger maf housing and washable better flowing filter. i saw a video where ford had a better flowing piece on there for development. They probably cut it for costs.

I'm sure there are gains to be had with a tune. FYI - you do need something that acts as a soft coupling or de-coupler between the air box and the engine. The engine rolls, afterall...

 

[eric n]

I met a PERFECT young lady about 20 years ago. She was maybe 110#'s natural blonde, fit body, perfectly proportionate attributes.... Think 20 year old Jessica Alba. Somewhere in our first conversation, I asked, "So when one is born with PERFECT astetics, does it free you up to address other things?" She immediately told me that she was planning on getting ridiculously giant breasts.

I ran into her a year or so later. Proudly pushing up out of her shirt were two of the biggest most fake looking boobs I've ever seen... Nearly basketball size. Impressive??? Sure! Better??? Absolutely NOT! Ruined what was a Perfect look.

Putting a blower on this car reminds me of that.

EDIT: I am absolutely a Boob guy and an HP Guy, but sometimes more is not necessarily better.

 

[titanfan]

I have supercharged several cars in the past, but I have no intentions of doing the same with the GT350. I don't know why, but I think it would just be wrong to up the ante, powerwise, with this car. No doubt it would throw off the balance so carefully built inot the car as delivered from the factory.

 

[MadCow]

Considering that the 4.6L is a 3v and the Voodoo is a 4v, you might want to rethink you logic there about the heads. And since the crank assembly is a far fetch from even the Coyote, the chances of rods finding their way into a 4.6 or even a Coyote are few and far between. Besides, there's quality proven aftermarket offerings for 4.6L and Coyote upgrades for bottom ends, heads, and valvetrain. Why would you want to frankenstein an engine together when there's already proven systems that will work without guessing? One of the most fundamental issues with the 4.6L just for starters: the Voodoo is a TIVCT engine. The 4.6L is not. Uses the old VCT system.

The 4.6 and 5.4 both came in 2V, 3V, and 4V. The 6.8 V10 online came in 2V and 3V.

The coyote rods work in a 4.6. They are the same dimensions. The voodoo rods may be the same dimensions also. The deck is the same and the stroke is close. Piston height may be different though. As for the heads I know they won't work on a 4.6, I was sayin they may work on a coyote. They may be to the coyote what GT supercar heads are to modulars. The block is new and got a lot of stiffening according to Ford. Maybe a better block to start with for high HP builds.

As far as why, well when parts are cheap used or new and they are proven why not use em. Boss 302 rods were $160 a set new with new bolts. Coyote cranks fit in 4.6's with a little effort and they are around $300 new. Thats how much used cobra cranks go for. If voodoo has a better oil pump that, may fit other motors that would be great it they aren't expensive.


Everything about the motor is speculation for now, but us poor hot rodders may get some nice trickle down from this new Voodoo motor and all the fancy pants engineering.

 

[MadCow]

I met a PERFECT young lady about 20 years ago. She was maybe 110#'s natural blonde, fit body, perfectly proportionate attributes.... Think 20 year old Jessica Alba. Somewhere in our first conversation, I asked, "So when one is born with PERFECT astetics, does it free you up to address other things?" She immediately told me that she was planning on getting ridiculously giant breasts.

I ran into her a year or so later. Proudly pushing up out of her shirt were two of the biggest most fake looking boobs I've ever seen... Nearly basketball size. Impressive??? Sure! Better??? Absolutely NOT! Ruined what was a Perfect look.

Putting a blower on this car reminds me of that.

EDIT: I am absolutely a Boob guy and an HP Guy, but sometimes more is not necessarily better.

But were there any tangible gains? Adding power is simple math. Tits aren't.

 

[eric n]

But were there any tangible gains? Adding power is simple math. Tits aren't.

Tangible means something you can touch. By defintion Breasts Augmentation are definately gains you can touch.

Additionally HP isn't always a plus to the experience. There are cars which have more HP than can reasonably be put to use. I have a buddy with 2 2014 gt500's, a zo6, a viper.... he tells me that some of his cars have more HP than can reasonably be put to the ground. He has done many track schools and is not without some skills. I'll stick with More isn't always better.

 

[ohtobbad]

Some cars beg to be modded, this is not one of them
Ford performance engineers worked over time on this car
to make it all work together, great Balance.
Careful what you mess with a gain
here could be a loss somewhere else.
My current Mustang is heavily modded.
But the GT350R, can't see me messing with it.

 

[DrumReaper]

If it's truly running 280-300 oil temps you better think twice about charging.

 

[Davy_Baby9]

Say if I was at a car cruise and saw a super clean new GT350 and under the hood stood a blower, I'd be pretty disappointed.

 

[DrumReaper]

^^^ what he said

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