Vortech / Brenspeed combo complete!
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Nice! I just picked up a used Vortech kit ($2000, couldn't pass up the price) and I wish I was back at Purdue so Brenspeed could install it. Maybe it's time for a homecoming visit. 
Tom, sorry for the newb question... why'd you go back to the factory pulleys? Is that required?
Tom, sorry for the newb question... why'd you go back to the factory pulleys? Is that required?
LOL!! 
If you leave the underdrive pullies on, you'll be underdriving the blower just like you're underdriving the accessories- you can underdrive the accessories for more power but if you underdrive the blower, it won't create as much boost (= less power).
Anyother questions, just ask.
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Ah Purdue....... I threw up there many times...... LOL!!
If you leave the underdrive pullies on, you'll be underdriving the blower just like you're underdriving the accessories- you can underdrive the accessories for more power but if you underdrive the blower, it won't create as much boost (= less power).
Anyother questions, just ask.
LOL!! If you leave the underdrive pullies on, you'll be underdriving the blower just like you're underdriving the accessories- you can underdrive the accessories for more power but if you underdrive the blower, it won't create as much boost (= less power).
Anyother questions, just ask.
....I say! I say! I need film footage! Tom I'm trying estimate total investment of similar system for myself! Let me know what I've left out! So far I got, 1 designer hand bag, 1 trip to Hawaii and long weekend stuck with in laws.
Secondary costs, 1 Vortec and instalation...am I leaving anything out! ..
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I was puking in West Lafayette, When you where still wearing poop! in your pants.......I say! I say! I need film footage! Tom I'm trying estimate total investment of similar system for myself! Let me know what I've left out! So far I got, 1 designer hand bag, 1 trip to Hawaii and long weekend stuck with in laws. Secondary costs, 1 Vortec and instalation...am I leaving anything out! ..
....I say! I say! I need film footage! Tom I'm trying estimate total investment of similar system for myself! Let me know what I've left out! So far I got, 1 designer hand bag, 1 trip to Hawaii and long weekend stuck with in laws. Secondary costs, 1 Vortec and instalation...am I leaving anything out! ..
It's kinda like those commercials.....
-handbag: $500
-vacation: $5000
-blower for your mustang: PRICELESS!!
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Ah Purdue....... I threw up there many times...... LOL!!
If you leave the underdrive pullies on, you'll be underdriving the blower just like you're underdriving the accessories- you can underdrive the accessories for more power but if you underdrive the blower, it won't create as much boost (= less power).
Anyother questions, just ask.
LOL!! If you leave the underdrive pullies on, you'll be underdriving the blower just like you're underdriving the accessories- you can underdrive the accessories for more power but if you underdrive the blower, it won't create as much boost (= less power).
Anyother questions, just ask.
I layed down a lot of personal fertilizer at OSU. Anybody but me remember when Little Kings first came out?? 
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Well...since we seem to have changed the topic of this thread... I was pukin' at Ohio State in '72. I know, I know Tom you weren't even born back then. I layed down a lot of personal fertilizer at OSU. Any body but me remember when Little Kings first came out??
Scott
I layed down a lot of personal fertilizer at OSU. Any body but me remember when Little Kings first came out?? Scott
I think his wife must have been standing over his shoulder watching him post when he said that! I went to SIU in Carbondale IL.....But I've chucked on many a campus!! I remember when Little Kings came out all to well !
Remember when you couldn't get Coors east of the Mississippi!
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Heck, you're probably all older than my parents!
But, I still love ya.......
Oh one more thing- STD, I think I said I was done with performance mods...... I still got other crap to buy yet.
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Oh one more thing- STD, I think I said I was done with performance mods...... I still got other crap to buy yet..........Your a speed junkie Young Gun! you will never be done tweaking that motor!! or at least until you buy the 09 Mustang 45Th Anniversary special Edition BOSS...
or at least until you buy the 09 Mustang 45Th Anniversary special Edition BOSS...
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I remember my first Coors way back than.
It was a big deal to get your hands on one of them. Made ya feel special. I was 53 in Feb. 
Scott
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Hey! Scott, that was a Old Timers moment! ..........Vortechtom439 wheres the film footage?
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Believe me, vids WILL happen once I get a chance- I'm just itchin for some more donuts........ and I don't mean the cop-kind.
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OK, finally got the car back...... it's awesome! Brenspeed installed and tuned a non-cooled Vortech kit, containing a polished V2 blower and needed accessories. The car drives like stock until you floor it...... then it really starts to move and once you hit 3500rpm it just screams!
Final dyno numbers are 439/383 with air/fuel never going above 11.8 and timing in the mid-teens. I can not believe the throttle response that Brent's tune gives with this kit- you had better hold on tight and more importantly, you had better shift gears quick (I have 4.10's) or else you'll be in the red in about a nano-second!!
Pix:
Final dyno numbers are 439/383 with air/fuel never going above 11.8 and timing in the mid-teens. I can not believe the throttle response that Brent's tune gives with this kit- you had better hold on tight and more importantly, you had better shift gears quick (I have 4.10's) or else you'll be in the red in about a nano-second!!
Pix:
Hey Tom,
Got a question about something I see under your hood. On the passenger side shock tower right behind the power distribution box you have an item with a heavy red and black wire. Is that stock? My 05 does not have that item. Looks kinda like a heavy relay or fuse thingy.
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Let me guess Toolband!.....You know when I first seen ToolBand.com on your posts I thought you where advertising a machine shop!...
