This won't be popular, but someone has to say it. Sorry that Brad had to find it out for the rest of us, but sometimes it's not nice to mess with mother nature. In this case mother being Ford. I'm not sure who manufactured the supercharger, Vortec? But I am sure their testing budget was a fraction of what Pontiac did for its supercharged Grand Prixs and what any car manufacturer spends for a turbo application. And then those break too. Stress on an already stressed engine.
Maybe its time to look to David Z and the 3 liter route and the SHOshops successes. I wish Terry Haines was still around to do the same. Unfortunately, a little knowledge is a dangerous thing. A lot of you have a lot of knowledge, but few of you are automotive engineers and you should not be so quick to question those who are. It is one thing to sharpshoot a design in retrospect, quite another to design an engine from ground up. And when a supercharger/turbo is planned for an engine, designing for an integrated system must begin from day one. Not after the fact with fingers crossed.
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Fastest Contour at SZ 2002 Auto-X. 10th in PAX out of 125. CEO of FOGEY(Fast Old Guys Emasculating Young-uns), Inc. Terry Haines, Chairman, Senior V.P.s: (alphabetical)JavaContour, Jet Mech, MFE, SeicoRacing, SVTSTS, Vern Kilburn. If your not a member, yet, wait a few years. I'm not just the CEO, but I'm a member, too. Working with the rank and file to get the job done right!
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63 TVR (1K in 74), 75 TR-7 (paid cash new), 79 RX-7 (zoom,zoom), 81 RX-7GSL (autobahn-driven),82 Mustang GT (autobahn-driven), 85 Mustang GT (SE Division F Stock Solo II Champ), 86 MR-2 (3rd SE Division D Stock), 88 Civic DX (had 1st born and still owned MR2) 92 Sentra SE-R (all go and no show), 98 EO SVT Contour (FTD SZ 2002). 02 Altima 3.5SE 5 spd!!!
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