My next door neighbor works for UPR and he sent me these photos of a production super charger that has been installed and tuned on an 05 mustang. It is a pro charger kit with front mount intercooler. This is a UPR products mustang and they are currently installing a cromoly suspension, 19" wheels and tons of billet parts. I will post more photos as he sends them to me. Some guys just have cool jobs.....................

 

a couple more shots..............

 

Nice...

Did he give you any specs? hp? torque?

 

I think that they just installed it, so the specs should be coming out............................I will post as soon as I get the info from him.

 

That is one weird place for the intake filter!

 

So there have been some debates I've heard about the CAI taking on hot air due to under hood temps and not being truely cold air. I've heard the arguement that the air runs through the radiator then the hot air blows directly over the engine going past the CAI. With that being said, that intake would just be taking in all kinds of hot air.

 

I agree, if this kit were implemented with a shaker hood from CDC, that would be good placement for the filter. Otherwise, I would think that a front bumper placement of the conical filter would be better. But them I'm just an outsider looking in. An outsider with a limited checkbook looking for the best bang for my buck.

 

or what about a true cowl induction hood?

 

That would be the ultimate for the procharger...a hood to ties into that intake. Maybe that's why the sits where it does, to work with a functional hood........now, wouldn't that just be too sweet!

I don't live too far from UPR. I might just have to swing by there and take a little peek. I want to hear it run! I was there once when that car was there and they were messing around with the billet caps and such. Of course no Procharger. You know you would have heard about that from me already.

 

This UPR car is still in work. They have used cowl induction hoods before........................I will check. That would kick some serious.......

 

nice, but what is up with the FMIC? i think they need a new bumper on that thing.

 

I agree. It looks like an afterthought.

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Another afterthought. The entire core is covered by the bumper.

 

You all are complaining now becasue the stock bumper doesn't have sufficient cooling ducts for the FMIC, however, if Procharger were to put one with vents big enough to cool the entire IC it would look tacky and ugly, and then you all would complain about the ugly bumper...

Secondly, the incoming air is being cooled by the IC so air filter placement really shouldn't have much of an effect performance wise. The supercharger itself is right in the way of where the stock filter would go anyway, where else could they put it in order to fit the S/C, & the large discharge tubes for the IC?

 

That's why the Vortech is a better design.

 

I agree with you 100%.

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You all are complaining now becasue the stock bumper doesn't have sufficient cooling ducts for the FMIC, however, if Procharger were to put one with vents big enough to cool the entire IC it would look tacky and ugly, and then you all would complain about the ugly bumper...

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Besides efficiency, space is another reason why air to water coolers are better.

 

Here's the deal with the Vortech. First you have to remove the upper intake and chisel out the water outlet that goes from the manifold down to the thermostat housing. Then you have to plug the hole and use a different custom hose to get the water up over the supercharger. Then you have to relocate your battery to the back of the car because you need space for the water resevoir and degas bottle which both sit over top of the header. As for liquid to air cooling... it works great with ice, but not near as good as an air/air when just using water. Not to mention that the surface area of their tiny cooler is no where near big enough to cool that kind of air efficiently. You have to punch a permanent hole in your oil pan. And to top it all off, you are limited to a 6 rib belt and two days worth of install.

The procharger kit is a 4 hour install. The intercooler is super efficient. No doing permanent damage to parts, tapping oil pans and chisling your manifold. It uses a separate 8 rib, 12 rib, or cog drive system. You can upgrade to a 6 core intercooler and an F1 if you so choose. And the best feature is that you can remove it in a couple hours and NO BODY WILL EVER KNOW that the car was modified.

Mike Freedman
2005 Mustang GT
Stock with Procharger - 444hp

 

The filter will actually be in the inner fender. That is a prototype kit. I will try to post pictures of the real intake setup tonight.

Mike

 

can't wait for the pics

 

no way, a nice fmic is hot. lol. Some of the body kits i've seen out for the '05 have a decent space for one.

 

too much plumbing for my tastes... what a mess. how about a nice screw type blower..... they're more efficient anyways.