Better Investment?

[Shahrum]

Quote: Originally Posted by Brent He would have the Loan paid off by the end of the summer more than likely. when he gets more hours i vote get supercharger

And this is true. The loan is only a two year loan so not only will it be paid off the same time my car is paid off, I'll be working more over the summer and I can make larger payments.

[Falcon]

yea since ur doin over the summer id have to side with the supercharger people

[whipster24]

Save up for the down payment on a GT, sell your car, buy the GT, and supercharge that

[Seph]

18 bucks an hour? crap where do you work, I'm making about 8 bucks an hour and I've gotta wait it out.. slowly.. to get the super charger, and whatever the venom kit is going to cost. :oops: you're better off just saving dude, you'll get it quicker than me, and if I can wait it out at 8 bucks an hour, you should be able to get it in half the time I would be able to

[Rick0636]

Sharum, you might be better off to get a second part time job in Fast Food or something where you can work on weekends and later at night, lol. j/k, but it is a thought man.

[Shahrum]

Nah, I still think it'd be better to supercharge a v6, and then rape GT's, Mach 1's, and earlier Cobras than it would be to be another v8 on the road. w00t

[Laser02]

It's just a dumb idea.

Paying interest to do nothing but devalue your car...

And what if you wreck your car out like Brent somewhere in the next two years? He was stuck with shiny new heads and no car to put them on. You'd be stuck with a loan to pay off and not one damn thing to show for it.

Smart.

Your money though. Or rather. The bank's money.

[Rick0636]

Sharum, I don't want to burst your bubble little buddy, but you might have a chance against a stock GT with no mods at all, if you can find one that is, hehe., you can do well against the ones built before 99, also if they are stock, as for Cobras, lololol, hahahahaha, HA, AHAHAHAHAHAAHA, SORRY friend, but the only way you would out run a cobra with supercharged stock 3.8 is if the is something seriously wrong with the cobra, well, you might have a chance with the old 5.0 Cobras, who knows, also if they are stock, and you can find one. But you won't be raping any GTs certainly not any built after 99, you might give the stock ones a run for their money, as I said, if you run up on one that has not been modified at all, and most have been modified at least a little bit, so don't count on any real rapes unless you find some stock 5.0s, or stock pre 99 4.6Ls. Sorry, didn't want you to go spend all that borrowed money and get yourself all disappointed.

[Shahrum]

Quote: Originally Posted by Laser02 It's just a dumb idea. Paying interest to do nothing but devalue your car... And what if you wreck your car out like Brent somewhere in the next two years? He was stuck with shiny new heads and no car to put them on. You'd be stuck with a loan to pay off and not one damn thing to show for it. Smart. Your money though. Or rather. The bank's money.

All I have to say in response to that, is if I go arround with the mentality of getting into an accident, I'm going be a paranoid manaic. And I plan on not doing that.

[Shahrum]

Hey Rick... I thought 99+ GTs had 260 HP stock. With a Vortech supercharger rated at +85 HP on an unmodded engine that's about 275 for my car. Plus the random 10-20 give or take HP provided by the dual exhaust setup I have. That'll put me much higher than a GT. And especially considering the weight difference of a V8 vs. a V6, I still think I'll be able to handle beating stock 99+ GT's with ease. Now when those 05's come out... that'll be a different story!!

[Shahrum]

Quote: Originally Posted by Shahrum Quote: Originally Posted by Laser02 It's just a dumb idea. Paying interest to do nothing but devalue your car... And what if you wreck your car out like Brent somewhere in the next two years? He was stuck with shiny new heads and no car to put them on. You'd be stuck with a loan to pay off and not one damn thing to show for it. Smart. Your money though. Or rather. The bank's money. All I have to say in response to that, is if I go arround with the mentality of getting into an accident, I'm going be a paranoid manaic. And I plan on not doing that.

Oh, and one other thing, if you haven't already noticed the body kit... I'd say I've already devalued the car enough as it is. 8)

[Monkey]

Quote: Originally Posted by Shahrum Hey Rick... I thought 99+ GTs had 260 HP stock. With a Vortech supercharger rated at +85 HP on an unmodded engine that's about 275 for my car. Plus the random 10-20 give or take HP provided by the dual exhaust setup I have. That'll put me much higher than a GT. And especially considering the weight difference of a V8 vs. a V6, I still think I'll be able to handle beating stock 99+ GT's with ease. Now when those 05's come out... that'll be a different story!!

you still wont have the tq they have. it depends on the psi youre pushing. heck, i was modded out the butt crack and i was just barely beating newer GTs.. only when the driver sucked.

and the vortech doesnt add 85hp to our cars, its the 99+s. we get to about 180ish-whp with a vortech ==> about a 50rwhp gain

[Rick0636]

You will have the GT by a little on hp, on Torque, you still won't have it, if he is stock, what I was saying is if you can find stock ones, most GT buyers start to modify them at least some soon after they buy them, but not all do....The 05s GTs will be starting off with 300hp at the crank, and basically a non existant aftermarket, that is a new engine. The 3V 4.6 has no mods available for it, and probably won't for a while, my car has mostly just bolt ons and suspension mods and should be able to handle a 300 hp 3v easily.

[Brent]

Quote: and the vortech doesnt add 85hp to our cars, its the 99+s.

he has a 99+

[Monkey]

Quote: Originally Posted by Brent Quote: and the vortech doesnt add 85hp to our cars, its the 99+s. he has a 99+

then that body kit makes his body look more rounded so i thought he had single port. my bad

[Brent]

lol read man read!!!!

[Shahrum]

Here we go -- http://www.vortechsuperchargers.com/products/yourcar/99-00mustang_v6.html.

Adds 85 horsepower
Adds 61 ft/lbs of torque
8.5-9 PSIG

That's their stock system. But I'm looking at getting a stage 2 ATI procharger intercooled. And that system adds much more than the Vortech. I'm just using Vortech as a basis.

How much tq does a stock 99+ GT have?

[Shahrum]

Nevermind... found it...

Horsepower : 260 hp @ 5250 rpm
Torque : 302 lb-ft @ 4000 rpm
Redline : unknown

Top speed : 140 mph(estimated)
0-60 mph : 6.1 sec.
0-¼ mile : 14.2 sec @ 98.0 mph
60-0 braking distance : 135 ft
200 ft skidpad : 0.84 g

Curb Weight : 3273-3317 lbs(coupe), 3429-3477 lbs(convertible)
Overall length : 183.5 in.
Wheelbase : 101.3 in.
Overall Width : 73.1 in.
Height : 53.1 in.(coupe), 53.5 in.(convertible)