IATs Terminated |VMP's 3100 TVS Supercharger and Intercooler for 2003-04 SVT Cobra Mustangs

IATs Terminated |VMP's 3100 TVS Supercharger and Intercooler for 2003-04 SVT Cobra Mustangs




For nearly twenty years the SVT Cobra Terminator has roamed the streets; dispatching its challengers without pity, remorse, or fear. It is a machine designed for a single purpose, to terminate the competition. Two decades later, there’s still nothing quite like the 2003-04 Cobra. The unending march of technological progress has produced cars that are faster and more powerful, but at the cost of the soul which made the Terminator so special. Owners of these cars know exactly what I’m talking about.



Look at that wide open inlet. VMP has increased the pre-rotor intake volume about as much as the physical limitations of the blower package will allow.​

However, the advances in technology that have benefited newer Mustang models can also be used to enhance the already capable Terminator platform. VMP Performance has long provided TVS supercharger upgrades to the Ford community, and over the years has released several blower models for the Terminator. For 2021 VMP is preparing to launch their most powerful Terminator offering yet, one based on the new Eaton 3100 TVS rotor pack.

The transition to the rotors has been massaged to produce the least amount of restriction possible. ​

Like all the new VMP 3100 Superchargers, this one is indistinguishable from its 2650 based predecessors. That is because VMP designed their 2650 blower cases in such a way that allowed them to merely change their machining process to allow the existing castings to accept the larger 3100 rotors. Externally, the VMP 3100 and 2650 are essentially identical. This means you could very well see VMP 3100 equipped Terminators infiltrate the ranks of cars with smaller displacement blowers, and lay waste to them.

No silencer holes in this case.




It can't really be seen here, but a ramp has been designed into the case to smooth the transition of the boosted air charge into the intercooler core. ​

But VMP wasn’t satisfied with just creating a new supercharger option for the Terminator market, they also addressed the factory intercooler’s shortcomings by creating a completely redesigned unit. VMP’s Terminator Intercooler Core is larger and more efficient in essentially every way. In fact, pushing the plates and fins out farther the VMP unit eliminates a power robbing dead zone inherent in the stock core’s design. If you’d like to learn more about the VMP 3100 TVS or Intercooler Core for the Terminator check out the vid below:

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The combination of VMP’s 3100 Supercharger and their upgraded intercooler core should be appreciated by the Terminator community. Those parts represent a large investment of resources by one of the most successful late model Ford performance companies out there. This is a showing of faith in an aging platform you don’t see all that often. IMO, the Terminator is the last true muscle car. It was built before electronic nannies softened all the hard edges on new performance cars. It can’t be bargained with, it can’t be reasoned with, and it will not stop, ever, until you let up. And if you thought the Terminator was an unstoppable killing machine before, you should try one equipped with a VMP 3100 TVS Supercharger and Intercooler combo.

It's plainly obvious that the VMP Terminator intercooler core is a massive upgrade over the factory unit.


The VMP unit is larger in every dimension that counts. Cooling technology has advanced greatly in the last 20+ years.


More water in and more water out. The ports on the VMP intercooler are capable of much more flow than the stock ones.


The increased number of plates and much greater surface area of the VMP core is plainly obvious from this angle.


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If you need a better idea of how much larger the water ports are on VMP's Terminator intercooler core, these water manifold adapters should seal the deal.​

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