Hmmm... great against Corvettes? If your even in the Southeast U.S. well find out for sure.

Car looks great! Had the Bullitt been out when I was in the market for a new car, I would have thought long and hard about buying one and supercharging it.

 

I wondered about that too, but perhaps that would make the strut brace hit the hood. I don't really know how much clearance is actually there.

 

I'm assuming that the body shop manager knows that there is enough space under to hood to allow the strut brace to be raised enough to clear the SC.

 

Hey Whammer next time you talk to them please ask them why they wouldn't do it for me?1 BULLITT is right.

 

The Stock Bullitt or the Ford Racing tower brace has enough clearance by raising it?
Or are they one in the same?

 

It does not appear to have much. The under hood liner is designed to fit +/- 80% of the top half of both bars of the strut brace and there is not much of a gap between the hood liner and the bottom of the hood.

In addition to clearance the possibility of compromising the strut brace by adding spacers or washers which are not exactly designed or intended for that purpose should be a consideration.

I mean, what is this? The reincarnation of the patented grille on top of a grille technique?

 

They said you worked in a machine shop and wanted to do it yourself- or at least that's what I understood them to be saying.

 

Well grinding away some of the brace sure can't be adding to the strength of the brace.

 

No argument there. It is not a bad idea to rely on tests and the results of mods by a qualified company rather than having to deal with issues after the fact. Neither one of the options posted here appeal to me.

 

I agree. However the Ford dealership in question is an authorized Roush dealership. So I would assume modifications that they would make would be covered by Ford and Roush warranties.

But you never know- any mod can be complicated -warranty wise. I was informed by this dealership that installing the Roush SC voids the Ford powertrain warranty on the car. Roush compensates this by having their own 3 year warranty. However this is only valid IF the SC is installed BEFORE you take delivery of the car.
If it's installed afterwards it is only a 1 year warranty.

I think it's probably best to leave the car stock- at least until the Ford warranty has expired.

 

So are many others. Certifications are specific to particular fields and don't make them experts. One thing is replacing OE parts by a manual another is design and engineering.

 

So why not just install a couple of the polished aluminum strut tower caps under the strut tower brace? They can't be very thick and should provide about an 1/8+" more clearance under the brace. Haven't done it yet, but that is what I was planning.

I have a Foose hood and have the Ford Racing Strut Tower Brace and am currently looking at having a local dealer install the Roush supercharger. They did not think there would be any clearance problem. They also indicated there would be the 3yr warranty picked up by Roush and did not mention any limitation on having taken delivery of the car. Of course they were also trying to get me to look at the FRR supercharger but they fessed up that the Roush offered more performance because of a smaller pulley that they are now using.

 

You'll need more than a 1/8 clearance Victor. Check the Roush web site for the warranty details. 3 year from the vehicles "original in-servise" date is how it is stated.

 

To hell with waiting 3 years for mods. These new Bullitts are sluggish and need another 100-150hp to have some REAL fun and keep up with other cars from Dodge and Chevy. I might take mine to all Ford at Carlisle coming up to see if it will sell in the car corral.

 

I too noticed driving the Bullitts on reverse can be a little bit sluggish.

 

what i have heard concerning the roush blower warranty: 3 vehicles(two mustang and a f150) with the roush blower and all under roush warranty went back to roush for warranty work. all 3 were denied! all 3 tried again. denied. and again with the same result. finally one contacted jack roush personally, finally his warranty was covered.


ask yourself one question? does anyone know of a roush warranty that was covered by roush? or just because they say there is a warranty does not mean it will be covered!

 

Good point. I would be interested to know if others had difficulty with the Roush warranty. My car is new so only about 1000 miles at this point. I am planning on having the Ford dealer do my install. If I am going to have an issue with the Roush warranty, that may make me want to consider going with the higher boost unit since the warranty is useless anyway. The only reason I was going with the lower boost was to preserve my warranty.

 

i would look go twin screw! this is the one from ford racing performance parts.

http://www.fordracingparts.com/parts...tKeyField=9765

 

cool car. very stealth and sleeper looking.....

 

That is the Whipple Supercharger HO (intercooled) kit A very nice unit that is rated at "500+HP and over 475+TRQ." You will have to wait 3 weeks for the 2008 Bullitt kit