Seth Flandro
Junior Member
If I every decided to do major power upgrades on my car an 07 5 speed GT, I’d probably pick Brenspeed’s Paxton Novi 1200 pro charger kit that can push apparently around 500 rwhp if paired with cams ($850)
, and after a remote tune, is this even actually possible? The kit and tuner is $4,800 I’d want to do a intercooler ($1,500) to maintain that power for warmer days. I’d want to do preventative maintenance like cam phasers and timing chain. I’d want upgraded brakes $2000 I want new wheels and tires and the setup would be like $2800 for the wheels and tires I want but it’ll actually grip. I want a Ford racing handling kit which is like $1800. I figure I’d spend 16k on all this but, it’d be the over years tho and all in on performance mods/ cost of the car + cosmetic mods I’d be at 28k roughly. pros vs 5.0 tho are the car is 300-400 lbs lighter and I absolutely love how they look especially after lowered w/ proper wheels, a new hood and head/tail lights. A lot of people would say just get a 5.0 for 28k, which is a good point tho if I had a 5.0 I’d still wanna swap wheels and tires and do other cosmetic mods that push the car over 33k roughly. Plus a stock 5.0 wouldn’t be as fast as the hypothetical 28k modded 3v. Even with fbo + tune and cams it wouldn’t be faster right? Fbo tune+ cams wheels/ tires would make the 5.0 probably 38k or more I think. It would handle better tho and it’s newer with better interior and if you boost they are absolutely ridiculous. It’d push it to 48k give or take all in with car, fbo/cams, a supercharger (+wheel tires cosmetic mods) but you’d have like 750 whp on low boost from what I understand.
This is all hypothetical cost wise if you found a 5.0 for 28k and yes you could make the car faster than the 28k 3v for less than 48k if you went straight to supercharge and skipped the fbo/ cam stuff. You could procharge it from anywhere from 6k-10k and get be getting good bang for buck. So 34k on the low end 650whp out the gate otherwise stock 5.0. The 28k 3v(maybe 30k) looks wise would be exactly how it’d want tho maybe not be as fast as I want. A 34k 5.0 would be as fast as I want but wouldn’t be where I want looks wise and would end up being more like 40k for me to be satisfied with the looks. But it’d be a serious machine.
I’m not really an expert by any means just a car enthusiast, so there maybe be reasons why the cost break down are way off but I’m trying to run it down in my head. And with quick google searches lol. I love my s197 3v I paid a couple k more than I should’ve, maybe, but the market is crazy and my previous car got totaled i needed something. Btw I absolutely love underdog cars, lots of hate out there for 3v’s but for what they are and for the price you can get one for I personally think they are awesome. And making a quick 3v that looks sick and handles decent interests me a lot. But is it even worth spending the time and money doing? It’d be doing all, or all least try to do, the work myself. Like I said tho it’d be over years of accumulating parts and building the car up before my goals are achieved with either my 3v or with a future 5.0.
This is all hypothetical cost wise if you found a 5.0 for 28k and yes you could make the car faster than the 28k 3v for less than 48k if you went straight to supercharge and skipped the fbo/ cam stuff. You could procharge it from anywhere from 6k-10k and get be getting good bang for buck. So 34k on the low end 650whp out the gate otherwise stock 5.0. The 28k 3v(maybe 30k) looks wise would be exactly how it’d want tho maybe not be as fast as I want. A 34k 5.0 would be as fast as I want but wouldn’t be where I want looks wise and would end up being more like 40k for me to be satisfied with the looks. But it’d be a serious machine.
I’m not really an expert by any means just a car enthusiast, so there maybe be reasons why the cost break down are way off but I’m trying to run it down in my head. And with quick google searches lol. I love my s197 3v I paid a couple k more than I should’ve, maybe, but the market is crazy and my previous car got totaled i needed something. Btw I absolutely love underdog cars, lots of hate out there for 3v’s but for what they are and for the price you can get one for I personally think they are awesome. And making a quick 3v that looks sick and handles decent interests me a lot. But is it even worth spending the time and money doing? It’d be doing all, or all least try to do, the work myself. Like I said tho it’d be over years of accumulating parts and building the car up before my goals are achieved with either my 3v or with a future 5.0.