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Aug 12, 2005 | 09:09 AM

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crispy23c

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Well, I had (4) T-Bird S/Cs, my first was the first year of production. The advice I was given was "change the oil very regularly". I did. I drove them hard, but kept up on the maintenance (not freakishly, just regularly). I traded my first with 119k on it, no service issues (and it was an early release), no blower probs. I did not drive like granny either. The other 4 were nearly identical: 85k, 106k, and 77k with no problems. The moral of the story: change your oil, like you should do anyway!

PS--if you couldn't tell, I loved the blown T-Birds...

Aug 15, 2005 | 08:47 AM

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MrMorden

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Originally posted by TigerGt@August 11, 2005, 9:13 PM
If, a great question

The problem of the SC of twin screw is the tension that the band does on the axle, provoking that the rolling harms; this problem was seen in the XR7 and Thunderbirds SC of beginning of ' 90s, to the being

Must be a pretty exotic setup, with the supercharger belt running to the axle. :nono:

Aug 16, 2005 | 07:32 PM

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Shifty

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Originally posted by tw0scoops123@August 11, 2005, 10:11 AM
IF it's installed correctly it'll last. But I heard if you just drop a supercharger on without changing certain parts like pulley's, gears, intercooler, etc, it could put too much strain on your engine and drivetrain. If you don't plan on anything but a S/C, you prolly shouldn't be considering this.

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Actually it's safer just to drop in a blower that was designed for a stock vehicle and not touch anything else. Just don't run 20 lbs of boost on a bone stock car.