V8 drop or Supercharger
#1
V8 drop or Supercharger
I'm sure this has been discussed somewhere on here but I'm new here and a little lost in the woods
I've got an 07 pony package, bought the V6 with more of an eye towards cosmetics and insurance rates, now I've got my dream car, I just want a little more bite
so I ask yall, from someone who knows next to nothing about either process. which would be the smartest route to go, sell my low mileage engine for a V8 and drop it, or install a supercharger?
anyone? anything?
I've got an 07 pony package, bought the V6 with more of an eye towards cosmetics and insurance rates, now I've got my dream car, I just want a little more bite
so I ask yall, from someone who knows next to nothing about either process. which would be the smartest route to go, sell my low mileage engine for a V8 and drop it, or install a supercharger?
anyone? anything?
#4
I'd turbo it if I were you.
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#7
For a V8 you need engine, tranny, A/C setup is different, ECM, exhaust, driveshaft, gauge cluster, etc, etc ..... I could see doing it if you had an entire wrecked GT to swap from ... but peice mealing it together is going to be expensive ...
Also .. not sure about inspections and emission checks. In my County in Georgia ... they scan the barcode to the get info about the car (year, make, model, # of cylinders, type of transmission) and then hook it up to their scanner ... what happens if their system find a V8 instead of a V6 ... or simply reports an error. You fail emissions and can't register you car ...
Would you need to get the car reregistered as a V8? What what hassles will that cause?
Also .. not sure about inspections and emission checks. In my County in Georgia ... they scan the barcode to the get info about the car (year, make, model, # of cylinders, type of transmission) and then hook it up to their scanner ... what happens if their system find a V8 instead of a V6 ... or simply reports an error. You fail emissions and can't register you car ...
Would you need to get the car reregistered as a V8? What what hassles will that cause?
#9
You can easily hit the 350+ HP at the rearwheel with the V6. A few are doing the V8 swap (4.6 or 5.4). You don't need the cluster and part of the AC setup is the same. +1 on it not being cheap. FI for the V6 is going to cost you around 3k-5k. You could probably get the swap done for around 7k - 10k. Depending on what you paid for your car and what you owe trading it in may be a better option. If I went V8 though the whipple wouldn't be too far behind
#12
You can easily hit the 350+ HP at the rearwheel with the V6. A few are doing the V8 swap (4.6 or 5.4). You don't need the cluster and part of the AC setup is the same. +1 on it not being cheap. FI for the V6 is going to cost you around 3k-5k. You could probably get the swap done for around 7k - 10k. Depending on what you paid for your car and what you owe trading it in may be a better option. If I went V8 though the whipple wouldn't be too far behind