5.0 or Blower

[JoshK]

THere are plenty of cars on this board with boost on the stock internals. Keep the boost down and get a good tune and it should last you a long time.

 

[Riptide]

^
Exactly. How many cars have blown with a stock whipple or kb setup plus tune? Not many.

Even forged setups can blow up. Couple octane points off in that last tank of pump and kaboom.

There are no guarantees.


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[cwhit23]

Yep. You guys are right. Any mod past stock is essentially a time bomb.

But you are also right that many have been done without problems

 

[BOSS324]

Ive been struggling with this scenario too but alas its the wife's Mustang; she really likes the 5.0 but we just dont like the payments of a $38-40k car. Its most likely a Whipple or Vortech V3 Strim black....decisions decisions...ugh

 

[Department Of Boost]

My tuner used my 2012 over the weekend to prototype/tune a Cervini's CAI. I had him print this graph when I picked the car up yesterday:

2012 5.0 with Cervini’s prototype 95mm CAI, Magnaflow mufflers and 93 octane tune. In red.

vs

2008 3v with DOB manifold, stock GT500 blower/TB/CAI/Injectors/HE, 12psi, shorty headers, catted X-pipe, Pypes Super System, 93 octane tune. In blue.


I think its pretty clear which one would be more fun to drive.

 

[mikeyfitz]

DOB it is lol

 

[cm581978]

Any updates?