Contour Enthusiasts Group Archives Forums Modifications Forced Induction Would this work?

I have taken the Vortech of my Contour due to the troubles it has cost me. I want the car back to those days that I could jump in and take off to wherever with no worries. The reliability has drastically decreased. Not saying this is how all Contours are with Vortechs. Just saying this is what it did to mine.

Anyways I was curious if I could get the needed brackets and other equipment to assmeble this unit on my '86 Mustang GT? I would think anything would work, but I also remember hearing someone say how the impellar on the Contours Vortech is too small.

I emailed Vortech, but they don't really like to respond to emails.

What troubles are you having Sam?

The seals are bad for the third time. I just had my third tranny installed and Just finished fixing a headgasket. Instead of tinkering with a small V6 why not play with my mod happy V8. Contour looks great and handles even better. That's all I need. Plus reliability will hopefully increase. <crosses fingers>

Have you done this or is this something that you want to do? Turbo is the best way to go for the Mustang 5.0L but it is a bit costly compared to the s/c route. Since I already have the Vortech I was just seeing if it may infact work with some customization.

71K on the car. Had the supercharger installed with 54K. The first time I sent my supercharger in for repairs they sent me a brand new unit. That was when the car had 68K miles on it. Then I had to send the unit back in for bad seals again. I may just end up having it repaired then sell it out to a Contour/Mystique/Cougar owner. We'll see when I get some more info. Thanks.

This is a lot of work but could contribute to the seal failure. The oil drain going to the oil pan is in a poor location. On mine we tapped the actual block of the motor where the oil drains through back into the pan. This was a reccomendation from Terry because he said this would facilitate good oil flow from the SC unit, because otherwise tapping into the pan 'could' in some instances reduce or stop oil flow from the SC since it was a gravity drain. One would think that the oil pump would keep things flowing but the small vortech line restricts it enough that it is possible for oil to slow significantly. This combined with the Vortech failure to include the oil loop in the intructions is a good explaination of why seals went out in the beginning.

Also on another note Terry said that he could investegate the seals in the SC and maybe source some higher grade ones to replace with. Might be another option for you.

How do you find out about the seals? Are you regularily pulling off the intake tubes to look for oil?

If you do sell it, remember who has first dibs?