Stillen Supercharger estimates???

Kyle@STILLEN

this is the key in my opinion!!!

We manufacture a lot of parts for the ford gt supercars and they regularly twin turbo those cars and reach horsepower levels in excess of 1,000 horsepower. One guy just got the twin turbo kit installed on his get and he put it best...1000 horsepower is kinda like having an 18 inch member. Sure it's cool to brag about but you can't really use all of it!

One thing to consider is over all performance and what you plan on doing with the car. I plan on writing a detailed explanation of what I mean by that tomorrow.

Buddy Revell

Two questions:
1. Can you answer whether you're going with a centrifugal or twin-screw?
2. Does mid-range torque = girth?

1slow370

I knew a guy that just did a whipple blower upgrade on his GT40 and he was pushing 850-900 so what the hell is the point?

Kyle@STILLEN

Ford GT supercars are a little different than your standard street car. They are geared from the factory to reach speeds in excess of 250 MPH. A lot of owner's of the Ford GT supercars take their vehicle's to standing mile events or events like the Silver State Classic and Bonneville where huge horsepower is necessary. However, the guys who actively track their cars on circuits, generally stick with the factory or Whipple supercharger due to the fantastic amount of torque those cars produce.

Take for example our Ford GT. It only makes about 650 horsepower but we regularly race it in targa rally races in new Zealand. However, we altered the gear ratio so that we could actually use 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th on the rallies. Before changing the gear ratio, we were stuck with just 2nd and 3rd, mainly 2nd though.

So to answer your question...What's the point?

It all depends on what YOU want. Again, I will write a more comprehensive explanation of what I mean by that tomorrow.

1slow370

wasn't trying to contest the massive horsepower demands of gt40 owners just saying that when you can get nearly the same numbers both ways, why not retain the stock responsiveness as well as it is easier to tune when the boost curve and power delivery are nearly identical stock just at higher levels.

Kyle@STILLEN

In my opinion...It comes down to two things...Cost and purpose.

What do you plan on doing with the car and how much do you want to spend?

A whipple upgrade costs around 10K or so on those cars. A twin turbo upgrade costs between 25-35K depending on what you add or spec out on your build.

I personally like the responsiveness and performance of the superchargers, I've gone for a ride in a twin turbo GT and it was amazingly fast after 4,000 RPM...however, below that it was really disappointing.

But, the twin turbo kits look like works of art on those cars! It really just comes down to what do you want, and how do you want to do it and how much are you willing to spend.

370Zsteve

+1 rep just for being able to say that

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1slow370

pssh it's a friggen GT40 it better have at LEAST 600

370Zsteve

You missed my point. completely.

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Kyle@STILLEN

We will be using the centrifugal Vortech supercharger. We have been a Vortech distributor for many years now and we have also engineered out own kits in the past with Vortech units on vehicle's like the CLK430 and the Nissan Maxima. Both of which offered amazing low end torque due to the custom trims and modifications we made during testing and development.