Supercharge the GT350?

[Grimace427]

If it can be done sounds like it would be amazing. A light weight mustang with 600+ HP and built for the track.

Once you add the blower it will weigh just as much as any other Mustang. If racing on the track is important that blower will start to heat soak and slow you down. The blown C7Z06 is already having issues with heat soak and that was engineered with a blower from the beginning.

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[Doc Holliday]

Once you add the blower it will weigh just as much as any other Mustang. If racing on the track is important that blower will start to heat soak and slow you down. The blown C7Z06 is already having issues with heat soak and that was engineered with a blower from the beginning.

The GM boys are claiming it's not heat soak, but conservative ECU programming for emissions and warranty reasons.

http://www.autoevolution.com/news/2...-actually-a-conservative-ecu-setup-89790.html

Regardless, if somebody wants to add boost to the GT350, I think a turbo would be the best way to go. Mine is going to stay NA.

 

[Grimace427]

The GM boys are claiming it's not heat soak, but conservative ECU programming for emissions and warranty reasons.

http://www.autoevolution.com/news/2...-actually-a-conservative-ecu-setup-89790.html

That article used a lot of words to say it's not heat soak, but the ECU pulling timing when the engine gets hot. GM's response was basically we made a 650hp Corvette engine that can't make 650hp in the hands of their owners.

 

[Doc Holliday]

That article used a lot of words to say it's not heat soak, but the ECU pulling timing when the engine gets hot. GM's response was basically we made a 650hp Corvette engine that can't make 650hp in the hands of their owners.

That's what I thought as well. Seems contradicting. But some of the tuners are saying its not an issue increasing IAT's. Not sure I buy that.

 

[SVTFreak]

The GM boys are claiming it's not heat soak, but conservative ECU programming for emissions and warranty reasons.



http://www.autoevolution.com/news/2...-actually-a-conservative-ecu-setup-89790.html



Regardless, if somebody wants to add boost to the GT350, I think a turbo would be the best way to go. Mine is going to stay NA.

Conservative ecu programming is less efficient and more wasteful and more polluting than a good programming. Try a gain bow ties. It's been long known that Chevys way of tuning and reaching cafe standards means they don't get the advertised power in any except very specific conditions that is hardly ever met in real life

 

[9secondko]

Lol. Unless a game changing designed is introduced, heat soak is simply a fact of supercharged life.

Trying to claim otherwise is basically just telling your customers they are stupid and gullible.

 

[5TAR5CR3AM]

4.0L V8 8600 rpm, 12.5.1 Compression, 8.5 PSI owner here 160rwhp over stock ( with catless exhaust)

its all in what the internals are made of, and then of course tuning

Beautiful. I miss my M3 and that motor. I kept it NA but catless running the evolve stg2 tune.

Once I have my fun with my ecoboost I'm thinking about picking another lightly used M3 up or possibly an M5 with the S85.

 

[Cruzinaround]

You are trolling yourself at this point



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You don't like what you're reading....simply don't read it.

otherwise I absolutely encourage bOoStInG.

 

[MizzouRT]

...at 500 hp the flat frank engine is pretty stout right from the factory but I can guarantee the first thing some will want to do is put on a supercharger or perhaps twin turbochargers to ramp up the performance...how will the extra weight effect the handling?

Seems likely that FI will hurt the GT350's performance on a road course. Ford has gone to a great deal of trouble and expense to create a relatively large displacement FPC engine to get the power levels they want while avoiding all the drawbacks of FI on a road course (too much weight on front, heat soak and degraded performance).

Yes, FI should help performance at the drag strip, but Ford already has the excellent GT500 for drag racing. I'm guessing the GT500 will deliver far more bang for the buck at the drag strip than a GT350.

Seems like the main attraction would be the spirit of discovery and having something out of the ordinary and different, something that has always appealed to hot rodders.

 

[sjd]

Seems like the main attraction would be the spirit of discovery and having something out of the ordinary and different, something that has always appealed to hot rodders.

Even Hot Rodders were more interested in the correct tool for the job.

This is for bragging rights on the Interwebz yo! My GT350 has eleventy-hundred horsepower!

 

[Grimace427]

My GT350 has eleventy-hundred horsepower!

Lame. Mine has eleventy-billion horsepowers. :ford:

 

[SVTFreak]

Lame. Mine has eleventy-billion horsepowers. :ford:

Yeah but did you pay eleventy billion over sticker!

 

[FPCV8YO]

Yeah but did you pay eleventy billion over sticker!

No, I paid for the owner of the dealership's illegitimate kid's 4 years at Harvard as a gift but, I paid MSRP for my GT350.

 

[Grimace427]

Yeah but did you pay eleventy billion over sticker!

$50,000 below invoice.

 

[MizzouRT]

$50,000 below invoice.

I would gladly pay you a finder's fee for one of those!!! :cheers:

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