The reason, I believe, the driver's side spews a significant amount of oil back into the intake is because the lack of a PCV valve which is essentially a one-way check valve. This hose is under engine vacuum at all times and draws oil-laden air into the intake all the time. As for the passenger side, there is no issue with oil. I have two in-line separators on this 3/8" hose and after ~2,000 miles, it has not collected any oil.

As long as we're on the subject, try a simple experiment. There is an issue with the driver's side 5/8" hose collapsing. With the engine at full operating temperature and at idle, examine this hose. I've heard many other's say it collapses so I checked this and even on a new section of hose (provided in the Whipple kit), mine was also cavitated! I reinforced mine with a section of 1/2" aluminum pipe inserted into the 5/8" hose. It no longer cavitates.

Willie

 

Wow, GREAT writeup. Thanks for taking the time to type all that up, setup looks fantastic!

 

I wonder what happened to the killer front radiator section Whpple used to flaunt before the production article came out. What I see in this photo group is one about 1/2 to 1/3 from what they used to show / advertise?

 

+1 to the above... I was looking at your pix and I could hear the s/c whine already!!! GAWWWD I wish I could afford one of these...

Great write up and pix!! In about 5 minutes or so I should be able to actually stand up again.

 

I wonder what happened to the killer front radiator section Whpple used to flaunt before the production article came out. What I see in this photo group is one about 1/2 to 1/3 from what they used to show / advertise?

Which one is this one?

Willie

 

Just recall the prototye installation they used to have on their web site looked (IMO) to have a thicker radiator. These don't look as thick. It may be that after they completed all their development testing for Ford it was decided a smaller one was good enough. Bigger is better, but it does cost more money, and there may also be a point of diminishing returns.

 

They did a fantastic job on the hood! Looks Perfect!

 

Does putting on a supercharger lessen the life of your car? I mean over a long period of time, lets say ten years, would it start to have more problems than it would if it were stock?

 

That is purely a function on how heavy your foot is, or another way ... how hard you push it and for how long. The more time you spend at max power, the less life the supercharged or blown engine will have. For cruise life there should be no significant degragation in service life becuase there is no boost, because the throttle body is limiting the amount of air it can take in.

 

As long as you don't go nuts with the PSI i.e. not changing the pulley, and making sure it has a good tune and good fuel delivery it should last quite a while.

Biggest concerns is a too-lean condition or too much PSI over-stressing the rods.

 

So when you had the whipple put in, you had to have the hood redone. what was sticking out in the way of the hood? You just had a 06 mustang GT right?

 

yeah.. it was "just" an 06 Mustang GT with the complete GT500 body (front/rear fascias, side skirts, rear spoiler, rims, brakes, etc) and the Shelby CS6 hood.

i only had issues with my hood, with the SC pulley and air intake port not clearing the hood.

those with the stock GT hood shouldn't have a problem, although many reported having to remove the hood liner cuz it was touching the pulley too.

 

haha okay. no offense by "just" but i just wanted to make sure it was a GT not anything else cuz thats what i have. Thanks

 

after everything, body kit, whipple, etc. was it cheaper to convert to a gt 500 than buying a gt500??

 

Well, you could probably do a complete GT500 conversion (Body + Performance) for less than the actual GT500 MSRP (let alone the insane markups)

For me it really wasn't about the money.
i was ordering GT500 parts before the actual car was launched
all in all, i wanted mine to look better and go faster.

cheaper wasn't really a realistic goal for me especially since i had to ship all the parts half way across the globe, and labour rates here aren't exactly reasonable down here!

 

so whats the status on the fuel presure issue there Louie?

 

Nothing yet Paul.
Whipple said they haven't had any complaints yet with their kit for the S197 yet. although my symptoms are exactly identical to those with the PPRV problems on 03-04 stangs.. they're still researching the problem..

i'm frankly getting fed up waiting for a solution, and starting to dislike my car :'(

 

what is the max boost that blower can put out, like if you changed the pulley and had it on a built motor?

 

The smallest pulley Whipple sells for it is 2.625" in size, for 16PSI boost.
i guess 16PSI would put you somewhere at 550rwhp, although i've seen someone run 531rwhp on the 10PSI pulley with agressive timing (the supplied whipple tune is VERY conservative)

 

Fuel pressure issue? i wread this whole thing and didnt see anything about it... maybe im blind?
haha "sofa running 10lbs of boost" cracked me up