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Hey any guys out there know what u must do to a stock 3.8L engine in order for it to handle a supercharger? cuz I have been think of puttin one on :thumb1:
thanx

dohp

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try http://www.v6power.net/vb/index.php there a couple on this site that can help.. alot more on the site above

Ponyryd

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Really depends how much boost you wanna run, ^that site should be pretty helpful.

89notchback

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Go turbo bro its much better, and pulls like hell :thumb1:

TonyDee

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I have an 11 psi Procharger on my 02 v6. Runs great. I would not put any more boost than that on stock innards. 275 rwhp, not bad for a v6.

V6Sprout

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I haven't been around this site in a while but I am a regular over on v6power.net, if you need help with a blower install let me know, I have done many v6 blower installs, I am currently running a roots blower on mine.

I have a 99 mustang coming from NY tomorrow for me to remove his Procharger and build him a custom single turbo setup so if your interested in buying his procharger setup let me know, it will already be here in Canada so no shipping needed, and I cna install it for you as well.

dice

Hey dude.
Honestly, don't take this the wrong way but, I had that same idea when I had my 6stang way back when. But after I did some investigating, I was looking at investing more than 5 grand into it. Only to get about 40-60 extra HP. So I smartened up and took my extra 5 grand, and got a GT instead with 65 more stock HP and tons of room for power adders. I am working on a turbo system over the winter. Maybe twin turbo's if the wallet and wife permits. It is going to be much cheaper that suping up a sixxer, or hooking up an SC. You are going to have to change your pullies, Gear ratio's, Possibly replace your heads, and so on just to keep you engine from blowing. I don't mind the sixxers(As long as they aren't riced up) but It seriously isn't worth the money to put an SC in it. If you are going to invest that kind of money, do what I did. Get an 8 cylinder. Then go from there.

V6Sprout

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you were looking in the wrong places, if you were only gonna get that much HP from that much money you were either buying way over priced stuff or parts that did nothing for HP. A procharger kit alone gains about 75RWHP and it doesn't cost $5000. I also have a stock Thunderbird SC motor inmy car and run a 14.04 with it in basicaly STOCK trim with a stock open diff rear end with 273 gears. With my t-lok and 373 gears I should ruun a mid to low 13 on a STOCK V6, its factory supercharged though from FORD of course. TO get my setup it cost MAYBE $2500 with tuning icluded. Not bad for a car that will almost run low 13's and possibly 12's, with slicks of course. :thumb1:

Things have come a long way in just a few years, to make a V6 fast is not as hard or expensive as it used to be, H/C/I are expensinve but those are things you can ado after a blower install, my H/C/I's are all still stock. Heck we had a guy running 9's on home ported heads and STOCK valves, but one HUGE turbo

dice

Not that I was looking in the wrong places. Just that I was gonna go big. 18 to 21 psi. Plus if I went that big, I would have had to change over alot of internal parts. The sixxer cannot handle that much. Not to mention, I would loose all that money if I decided to trade or sell. You never get back what you put into a car. I know this from experience. If anything, unless it is properly done, it decreases in value. I mean as soon as you try and sell something like that, the minuit someone hears that the engine was personally modded, the first thing that comes to mind is that the engine is on its way out, or it will have alot of trouble in the future. I was looking at a 2002 convertable before the one I have now. The guy put a turbo kit in it. 3 months later, he blew his engine. It could not handle the heat from the turbo. Now he needs an engine change on a sweet, newer style mustang.
So I figured if I wanted to go big, I'd do it right and get an 8. I'd feel more comfortable modding it because the engine can handle the bigger mods.I mean a pro charger sounds nice with the 75WRHP, But all I got to do is change my intake and pullies and overall, I am still topping a sixxer with that, and For not even a third of the cost. Plus I feel better spending money on an 8, I'll get more bang for my buck on a resale, and At least with the 8 cylinder, It is a car I will be keeping for a while. I mean, I like the sixxer, I will never knock one, and I am not slamming anyone here, but I owned one already, and will never go back to a sixxer. It doesn't compare to an 8. The best mod I could possibly do. But that is just me. Cheers.

V6Sprout

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A V6 block can handle more then a stock V8 block, not counting pistons and rods of course, but the V8 blocks crack at the 500-550 RWHP mark, the V6 blocks can handle mroe then that, no one has split one yet, no one has snapped a crank yet either and we dont have aftermarket ones. just forged ones from teh Supercoupes. We have cars running 9's and 10's. The stock rods and pistons suck like any stock vehicle except the cobra. But still if your spending $5g's to gain 40-60 HP then its definately the wrong places. You say you wanted to go big, well 40-60HP is not big, if you went with the big valve V6 heads and other goodies you would not be close to $5000 and you will have more then 40-50 HP.

Any modded car goes down in value, its part of the hobby, even properly done ones will not get you what you put into it, besides you don't mod a car to sell it. A turbo will not kill the stock V6 block due to heat either, if he motor blew it was most likely cause it was not TUNED properly, a properly tunned V6 can handle lots of power, there is a twin turbo V6 running 450 RWHP on BONE STOCK junkyard motor, the guyy grabbed the motor from the junkyard installed his turbo's and tuned it. The guuy is Justin from VMPtuning.com who als has an 07 Shelby at 505 RWHP in stock trim on a conservative tune so as not to blow the engine he could get more, he knows his tuning.

Not trying to put you down or nothing but I seriously think you were not looking at the right parts thast all, a V6 can be made to go faster then a V8 for less money, when comparing NEW cars, when comparing USED, then the V8's can usually be made quicker cheaper. Aftermarket parts are $$$ for V8's, so are V6 but not nearly as much. Just compare heads.