Looking for power

[550RWHP]

Dude, If you want some serious power and the ability to maintain "daily driver" quality, then just call the guys at Kenne Bell Superchargers. They will hook you up. When I first built my '04, I bought the intercooled 1.7 or 1.8L 9Lb. kit and without any other mods; not even an intake, I went up to 389rwhp! I think all together I paid a little over 5K. That included the KB kit, install, and tuning which KB does not require but I wanted mine tuned for 93 octane.

Horsepower is addictive! I recently had a 4.6L 2v Cobra block built to my specs, with ported heads, everything forged, and I now get over 550 rwhp at the same boost level. This project cost over 10k but I sold my other set up for 4k so technically only cost 6K for 550rwhp. Now I need to upgrade the blower because the new setup can handle more than 20 pounds of boost and 900rwhp.

Good luck to you.

[Jeff Chambers]

Check that Eaton out carefully. If its a take-off from an 03-04 Terminator there's going to be a lot of work involved to make it fit. In the end, the KB kit would be cheaper and yield better results.

[Ron1]

Jeff hit the nail right on the head. The Eaton off the 03-04 would cost an arm and a leg to install. Pump, injectors, throttle body, throttle cable, cruise control cable extension, intake manifold, intercooler, P/S relocation bracket, intercooler pump, intercooler reservoir, alternator relocation bracket, idler brace, idler pulleys, hoses, hardware, clamps. The second problem is that the 03-04 Cobra, just like on the Lightnings, run a secondary crank pulley to drive the blower which is 7 3/4 inches in diameter. The stock GT pulley is 6 1/4 inches. Figure every inch in diameter on the lower pulley is worth about 4 pounds of boost. So even if you run a 2.8 upper, it will never really make any boost. JMS in Miss. and FS in Washington just tested a new setup from a company called Tork Tech Inc. that uses a new Magnuson M112. Made 385 rwhp at 7-8 pounds of boost.