Originally posted by PuckPuck:
if you are going to add 1350 to the price of the vortech kit for the intercooler, you better add the HP that goes with it, to make it match or surpass the hp from the SF kit... same goes with adding prices for headers.... you need to add the hp there also.... not trying to bash your logic, just wanted to point it out....

and as of now, the best HP duratec on the boards uses a vortech blower.... something to think about.....


Never said either would not give a performance boost.

However for the intercooler, reliability (i.e. less prone to detonation) is more of a bonus verses ingesting the near 200 degree intake charge without one.


Powerwise nothing is going to match the torque and power under the curve of the turbo's much earlier & less parasitic boost.

As my car has shown, power under the curve beats peak power. No way I make near the peak HP of a S/C Duratec. I am quicker and faster from a stop to 100mph though.

That's overall power vs peak.


Also using Rick's monster as the basis for a typical S/C curve is like saying an M3 is just a typical 3 series.

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