Guys, I’m new to the forum but had been reading and researching about 05-09s recently.
So I’ve just bought a 06 GT supercharged. Car is a good deal, 120k miles, lots of things done to it, and have yet to find anything bad or broken. The engine has:
- supposedly forged internals shortblock put in at 90k miles;
- Vortech V3 supercharger system with intercooler, KB boost a pump(professionally installed at 49k miles, have receipt);
- Ford racing Intake manifold, BBK TB, MSD coil packs, Injectors, Gt500 fuel pump, (verified visually and had receipts from last 3 years);
-Supposedly Comp cam stage 2 ( no receipt to confirm)
- X pipe with high flow cats, SLP loudmouth axleback;
- maybe a few other small things I can’t recall at the moment;
Now to my question with the supposedly built short block.... The car dyno’ed at 520rwhp max a year ago (confirmed with the shop that did it). I’ve only seen paperwork of the engine swapped at around 90k miles about 4 years ago, but no proof of what went inside the engine. I think the consensus from research is that the stock engine can support 450rwhp max safely. So the worst case scenario is I have a stock engine at 120k miles. I’ve factored in this possibility when I decided to buy this car. But this car is such a blast to drive. Hard to pass it up.
Should I bring down the hp a bit to be safe?
To really look at the dyno chart.... the 520hp was made at 6700rpm, way past the factory redline. I have no desire to rev my engine up there unless I upgrade the heads and valvetrain. At 6000 rpm it makes almost 480hp, which is not far from 450hp.
The car is going to that shop that did the dyno for other work. I’m debating if I should maybe bring down the hp, or have them open up the oil pan to see if we can verify what’s inside. What’s you guys thought on this? Am I over thinking too much? This is just a weekend car, I don’t WOT every time I drive it, however my plan with this car is eventually get it ready for some occasional HPDE events or auto cross.
So I’ve just bought a 06 GT supercharged. Car is a good deal, 120k miles, lots of things done to it, and have yet to find anything bad or broken. The engine has:
- supposedly forged internals shortblock put in at 90k miles;
- Vortech V3 supercharger system with intercooler, KB boost a pump(professionally installed at 49k miles, have receipt);
- Ford racing Intake manifold, BBK TB, MSD coil packs, Injectors, Gt500 fuel pump, (verified visually and had receipts from last 3 years);
-Supposedly Comp cam stage 2 ( no receipt to confirm)
- X pipe with high flow cats, SLP loudmouth axleback;
- maybe a few other small things I can’t recall at the moment;
Now to my question with the supposedly built short block.... The car dyno’ed at 520rwhp max a year ago (confirmed with the shop that did it). I’ve only seen paperwork of the engine swapped at around 90k miles about 4 years ago, but no proof of what went inside the engine. I think the consensus from research is that the stock engine can support 450rwhp max safely. So the worst case scenario is I have a stock engine at 120k miles. I’ve factored in this possibility when I decided to buy this car. But this car is such a blast to drive. Hard to pass it up.
Should I bring down the hp a bit to be safe?
To really look at the dyno chart.... the 520hp was made at 6700rpm, way past the factory redline. I have no desire to rev my engine up there unless I upgrade the heads and valvetrain. At 6000 rpm it makes almost 480hp, which is not far from 450hp.
The car is going to that shop that did the dyno for other work. I’m debating if I should maybe bring down the hp, or have them open up the oil pan to see if we can verify what’s inside. What’s you guys thought on this? Am I over thinking too much? This is just a weekend car, I don’t WOT every time I drive it, however my plan with this car is eventually get it ready for some occasional HPDE events or auto cross.