was he able to tune it to where if the meth ran out and he didnt know it, the computer would back out timing?? im not too familar with capabilities of the setup, i wouldnt want to run out and blow my motor up haha.
I dnt know who is the beat or preferred Just picked the only kit I knew of. Sounds more complicated then it is lol
One thing not brought up is, the stock block can only handle so much power before it splits. They say when your near 500rwhp, your close to max.
Other thoughts, HCI/stroker VS blower. What is more dependable? Is a blower set up a pain in the ass to maintain?
With a NA car seems like there is less to go wrong.
They say with HCI the computer should learn the new setup with out a tune, true or not? A blower car wont learn the new setup as well?
What is the up/down side to blower, VS up/down side to NA?
It does take determination though to hit 500rwhp. Its not like you are going to put on a KB and suddenly produce 500hp. Wont happen just by slapping on the biggest HCI you can find either. If you are choosing between a supercharger or an HCI package you will get a nice gain either way. Like kevin said you are looking at about 300 with the top end kit and 340 with a blower setup. Of course you can add more later its not like you are stuck with a blower and cant add heads down the road.
Without further mods being done Id have to say the 93 cobra is pretty well suited out of the box for boost compared to an NA setup. The compression is friendly, the heads are decent but heavy, rockers already installed, nice intake, injectors not too small, etc Just slap on some boost and minor mods will go a long way. Port the stock stuff. Its pretty cheap that way.
Getting AFR 165s its almost like you should have gotten the 185s and a forged stroker and made some decent power in the end. Its all in what you want but hopefully we can let you know what to expect and make a decision easier.
It does take determination though to hit 500rwhp.
400rwhp will get him there easily without breaking the bank.
I would suggest doing h/c/i 1st then do the blower,so you can build up the car,because are 5.0 pushrods +kb suck, the kb is only good on the 2valve and 4 valve modular motors, the twin screw blowers/ roots blowers make horrible numbers on are 5.0 cars, esp when they only offer a small 1.5-2.1kb and no intercooler setup, people have alot of heatsoak overheating car running to hot issues to even get good times and numbers out of them,
join sn95forums.com and look up the horrible numbers alot of guys have made with kb on a otherwise stock pushrod 5.0 with kb,ive seen anywhere from 270-340rwhp which is very pathetic for a supercharged 5.0 v8.hell my car all motor 5.0 makes same or more hp then most guys running a kb on a stock 5.0 setup,esp if its 5-8psi
I have even seen h/c/i+kb and 12psi only make like 370-400rwhp.so I would suggest h/c/i or stroker h/c/i or do a vortech or procharger with h/c/i and make 400-500rwhp alot easier.
...Or the block!
I've been considering the same thing. The Si trim Vortechs require no hole in the oil pan and look to be a breeze to install. I've done the naturally aspirated route and built a turbo car - I'm ready for something simple that doesn't require me to hack the car up.
I do like the torque curve of the KB, but it seems like overall power production is limited. Anyone know why they do so well on the mod motors but apparently not so well on the pushrod motors?
All im saying is to hit 500 to the wheels you will be tearing apart the long block. If 400 is the goal here then you can avoid getting into the engine. 500 you will be tearing the engine halfway apart.
Nice numbers Kevin but (not to take away from your setup) you ran the edelbrock top end. My point was in relation to OPs either or scenario (blown stock cobra longblock vs HCI), hitting 500 would not be possible but 350 is definetly feasible. I know you older members have been around understand this but there are newer members on the forums who could mistakenly expect a blower to put 500hp after install. It wont happen. Somebody in this thread already expected a KB to make much more than 330 out of the box, however that is right on where it should be. Being realistic you should expect the mid 300 after putting a blower on a cobra.