Which will give me more power: Good heads or a supercharger? If Supercharger which one? Motor is stock except full exhaust. Thanks guys!
Best bang for buck: SC or heads?
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Which will give me more power: Good heads or a supercharger? If Supercharger which one? Motor is stock except full exhaust. Thanks guys!
bubba-dough
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gcwh02
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well the supercharger will give you more horsepower but it will cost a lot more than the heads. If I were you I would get an h/c/i and prepare yourself for the blower in the future.
Roland69
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depends on what heads your thinking about.....used GT-40's, used aluminum, new aluminum....what kind of $$ are you looking to spend right now
A S/C on an otherwise stock engine is going to be sad compared to one w/ a full h/c/i combo. So do the heads first and the blower later.
johnt785
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SC under the hood with chicks around will defintley get you that bang for the buck!
Pun intended.
Pun intended.
poneypower89
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HP per Dollar wise.. you really can't beat a Blower.
however..
Your sentence *best bang for the buck* is up for "opinion" on whats worth more to people... in the end.. The HP/Dollar ratio will be best with a blower vs. just adding new heads.
however..
Your sentence *best bang for the buck* is up for "opinion" on whats worth more to people... in the end.. The HP/Dollar ratio will be best with a blower vs. just adding new heads.
JBeezy53
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bryce93lx
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umm the blower is by far easier to install less parts has more power, and if you find a deal on a used one can cost way less, remember when yo do heads you have to get a good cam and intake, throttle body, maf sensor, and don't forget other things like gaskets, and seleants that kan nickle and dime you to death as well as a new pump and injectors(s/c will require these as well) but with the sc you leave it 100% stock minus fuel mods and get good power, then you can uprage each part as money allow's i did h/c/i and i regret it if i had it to do over i would have bought a supercharger
This all depends on what you are going to spend.
It depends on how much boost, type, and brand of the supercharger.
I would personally go with a trickflow h/c/i package (already put together). Do no expect 11's. It takes more than just a h/c/i package to get your car to touch 11's. Other things need to be addressed as well.
If you are getting a nice h/c/i package and get a s/c trim, I'm pretty confident the h/c/i would make more power. Now if you get more boost than that, it could go the other way.
Good Luck!
It depends on how much boost, type, and brand of the supercharger.
I would personally go with a trickflow h/c/i package (already put together). Do no expect 11's. It takes more than just a h/c/i package to get your car to touch 11's. Other things need to be addressed as well.
If you are getting a nice h/c/i package and get a s/c trim, I'm pretty confident the h/c/i would make more power. Now if you get more boost than that, it could go the other way.
Good Luck!
First off, for the most part, when complete both cost nearly the same if you use new parts.
Second, regardless of what produces more power on a dyno, the H/C/I car will likely beat any SC car that has the boost set for reliability.
You see H/C/I only cars in the 11's, but most of the time SC only cars are mid high 12's.
And as i've said the last few times this subject has come up, a supercharger on a well used engine will blow gaskets out, where's if h/c/i will get 100% new gaskets obviously.
Second, regardless of what produces more power on a dyno, the H/C/I car will likely beat any SC car that has the boost set for reliability.
You see H/C/I only cars in the 11's, but most of the time SC only cars are mid high 12's.
And as i've said the last few times this subject has come up, a supercharger on a well used engine will blow gaskets out, where's if h/c/i will get 100% new gaskets obviously.
sirr0bin
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I did GT40X heads, TFS Street Heat Intake, Crane 1.7s, FMS 65mm TB, C&L 73mm MAF, custom H-pipe, and 4.10s for about $2200 including labor. I bought all the stuff used, and paid to have the 4.10s installed.
Had I tried to put together a s/c combo for $2200, I may have been able to do it, but I'm not certain how the end product would have looked or felt.
Had I tried to put together a s/c combo for $2200, I may have been able to do it, but I'm not certain how the end product would have looked or felt.
For best bang for the buck,lets brake it down.
Heads: will cost you about 1500$ for a set of heads, R/R's, gaskets. You can get about 40 hp on a set of heads on a stock motor.
1500/40=37.5$ per horse
Supercharger: A standard but not the cheepest ( s-trim 8lbs boost ) you can find for about 2400$ You can get about 80 to 100 hp on a stock s-trim.
2400/80=30$ per horse
Plus the supercharger is a true bolt on. just bolt on and go. The heads will include topend teardown and then bolt on.
If you have the cash for the supercharger now I would get it out of the way. Just buy a kit that I can grow into, and not out grow.
Heads: will cost you about 1500$ for a set of heads, R/R's, gaskets. You can get about 40 hp on a set of heads on a stock motor.
1500/40=37.5$ per horse
Supercharger: A standard but not the cheepest ( s-trim 8lbs boost ) you can find for about 2400$ You can get about 80 to 100 hp on a stock s-trim.
2400/80=30$ per horse
Plus the supercharger is a true bolt on. just bolt on and go. The heads will include topend teardown and then bolt on.
If you have the cash for the supercharger now I would get it out of the way. Just buy a kit that I can grow into, and not out grow.
I'll break it down...
You can get a Trickflow h/c/i complete kit for $2200. That comes with heads, cam, intake, roller rockers, pushrods, all the gaskets you need, new head bolts.
You can tune a h/c/i yourself. Not a supercharger ($400 dollar tune on a dyno).
H/C/I rebuilds the top half of the engine and cleans it up.
Supercharger clutters the engine bay and makes it harder to do the h/c/i later.
Supercharger also runs off the engine, aka parasitic drag (so not the most efficient way to make power).
That is just my opinion...
Do supercharger later...not now
blackened88lx
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There are a lot of good points in here, and I'm going with the h/c/i crowd. h/c/i will be cheaper, rebuilds the top end, more reliable, less junk in the engine bay so it's easier to work on, and make as much power as a middle of the range blower with reasonable boost. Aluminum heads will also take 50lbs off the front end of the car rather than add it.
bryce93lx
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JUNK in the engine bay, that is the lamest thing i have ever heard. and no you don't need a $400 dyno tune if you know a little and get the timing and fp right just like on a h/c/i and for the less mechanicly inclined s/c is easy to diy while the h/c/i with out alot of tools, torque wrenches, cherry pickers, place to work ect may have to be done by a shop. And again you can make power with forced induction with a totally stock set up, so say 2200 for a top end kit then a tb 250 and maf 250 and a cai to fit the tb 180, and so on and so on a sc makes the parts you have work better h/c/i makes them obsolite. then you can uprage everything as cash allows instead of all at once. Boost is the cure all
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