Cam or s/c
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From: Butte MT
The biggest problem i have with blowers is the elevation has a huge affect On them. On my chevy i was haveing to run the smallest drive pulley they made for the blower and a custom drive pulley for the crank To be able to have 8 to 9 psi but when i installed my cam i lost 4 psi of Boost so I quess the blower would have moved enough air to put the engine at 13psi with the stock cam. I have rode in a couple of cars running twin GT28 turbos and they did not have much lag at all But it was a custom setup I think if i were going to buy a kit i would do a blower. but Like i said the next build i do will have turbos
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Lmao! Less wear on the motor. I think not. And no you can't make the same power on these motors as you can with nitrous. I'm at 600 HP. Even an 8psi kit with no other mods will give you 470hp. You cannot add a 300 shot of nitrous to one of these motors or even a 200 or 250 would blow it sky high. Not to mention you won't have the power all the time and at all throttle positions. And dry kits are dangerous as hell. Great way to blow off an intake. Not bashing it. Just saying you can't tow with it or enjoy the additional power everyday like you can with forced induction. I like nitrous but not on a truck.
As for drag on the motor all the time...blowers have come a long way. The Whipple and Saleen create a 1 HP draw when not boosting. The Roush and Edlebrock blowers are just a little higher along with the centrifugal blowers. I hardly call that putting load on the motor.
As for drag on the motor all the time...blowers have come a long way. The Whipple and Saleen create a 1 HP draw when not boosting. The Roush and Edlebrock blowers are just a little higher along with the centrifugal blowers. I hardly call that putting load on the motor.
Its all in the tuning. I am refering to a 75-125 dry shot and it can be done safely when not using it all the time. I come from mustangs and drag racing when i say this. I had not thought about the idea of towing. S/C definately for this. Just like S/C, nitrous systems have came a long way since it first started getting more popular. Solenoids rarely get stuck anymore and dry shots are less likely to blow off as long as you know how to stay off the rev limiter. If you are looking for power all the time then I agree completely but if you are in it all the time as a daily driver you are gonna have catastrophic failure eventually unless the engine is built as with any application.
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I Like Tires
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From: Texas
Originally Posted by Blown Ford
Either way it beats the hell out of the 50 thousand other threads about lifts and programmers.
Or the "Hey look I got a pro-comp 6" lift with 22" black rockstars on 35" Nitto Terra Grapplers!"
No offense to those that have this set up! I just notice it occurs quite a bit
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From: grande prairie ab
I believe that a turbo charger set up is more efficient for daily driving as you can get better mileage since your not always running boost.. i like turbo lag its fun!!! Ive searched but got mad bc every site i found for a FI system for the f150s didnt have a buy now or purchase link lol I wanna compair pricing too! if the tranny goes it goes woopy ding lol you gotta pay too play!!.... We need some mod stuff !!!