I've been looking at superchargers on eBay lately, and it seems that most of them are for 5.0 Mustangs.....Whats up with that?
(i'm looking for centrifugal)
If i got one of them, like a Vortech or Novi 2000 supercharger, what would i need to get it to work with an LS1 or an LT1? How much would that crap cost?

 

not worth it, buy the right kit,.you could get the brackets or fab up your own,... but cost/aggrivation would be too much i think. one will turn up, our classifieds are great, check them

 

Sure you could make it work. Just cut some new mounting brackets from your favorite heavy guage stock, don't forget some pivots and tensioning devices, get some custom dicharge tubes bent up, maybe reclock the housing to make it exit the right way, find yoursef a pulleys set-up used in the classifieds somewhere, buy youself some of those trick slilicone hose couplers and T-clamps, find yoruself an FMU, buy a handful of AN fittings and braided hose and some adapters for stuff like the oil feed and return lines as well as the FMU, etc.

Might have missed a few things but thats about the small of it.

 

so..pretty much its more trouble than its worth? lol

 

depends.... if you get the charger for $50, id say its worth the hassle...


if you pay $1000 for the charger, and then another $1000 on misc things, then you should just buy the kit to start with.


now if you're good at making stuff, and have access to a machine shop, it shouldnt be a problem......oh, if you have the time too.

 

when the time comes, i think i'll just prowl the classifieds of different GM sites....lol

 

No! You MUST TRY this YOURSELF! I mean come on, everyone else on this site seems to know how to beat physics and know more then the engineers when it comes to this sort of thing... why be different and actually listen to common sense like this? I just hope this sort of behavour of yours doesn't start a trend of buying the correct parts from the general population of this site...

 

you're right. screw it. im going to put my ram air, turboed, sprayed, long tube L03 shortblock and bolt on a procharger!

but i'll use alum rods so that the high compression and cyl pressure wont hurt anything... alum is softer and absorbs shock.






















disclamer: incase you couldnt figure out.. im kidding.

 

Hear! Hear!

Theres nothing wrong with fangling up a mixed bag -o- parts...

Rather be different and fail then copy someone elses idea..

Then brag about it...


BW

 

still say it's not worth all the runing around.

 

Here's my not so good experience with buying a used kit from Ebay. Sure, "everything" was there, and the installation went without a hitch in the recommended 4 hours.. Took some making my own spacers, and about 6 trips to get the right sized belts,, but overall it was worth the 4 days of install and more hours getting everything sorted out properly.
Like the Ebay ads say,, Caveat Emptor

 

if you cinstantly troll ebay atleast 2 to 4 thirdgen blowers a month show up there and about 100 mustang ones and 2 to 5 4th gen ones

 

You guys are making too big a deal of this... making a bracket is not that hard, since most blowers on the market are designed to be mounted to a flat plate with some spacers... you don't even need real tools, you can do an acceptable job (that won't look rigged, it won't look trick but...) with a jigsaw and a drill and a couple of files (I've done it that way).

If you have access to a table saw and/or router you can make something nicer then what comes in most kits...

 

Here ya go.. https://www.thirdgen.org/techbb2/sho...n&pagenumber=1
I have template of this bracket out in the garage somewhere.

I think I have the template for my old paxton also.

 

Sure it CAN be done. I think the key thing to rememeber is, if you have any fabrication skills and a vague understanding of what you'd need to fab up, then you would not be wasting your time asking a vague question like 'what will i need to make it work'. You'd instead be asking for pics / templates of other brackets, good sources for fittings, pulleys, etc.

How somebody asks a question is a great indicator as to how likely they are to try it / do it. At least 97 out of 100 times anyway.

 

So I guess you’re implying that if it looks to me to be a somewhat stupid question (or one that could be answered with “well, why don’t you get off your *** and make one?”) I shouldn’t bother replying because the obvious answer isn’t going to help them anyway?

I’m starting to get the feeling that I should make patterns of all the stuff that I’ve made at one time or another and start selling the pattern or even completed versions… Hell, if you want to make a cardboard pattern of what you need I’ll cut it out of whatever piece of aluminum you can find for $200, and I'll even machine all the edges with a carbide cutter to make them look nice and professional…

 

What are we making here, salt shakers? Cabinets?
Maybe I was misunderstood, if you were talking to me. I bought what was supposed to be a "complete" kit. I did end up making the spacers, hoses, ensuring the MAF was installed, and getting it working finally. For my new motor, I'm going to make a new bracket and powdercoat it myself too, since I have the equipment to do that as well. I'm not incapable, I just wanted a complete kit, since that's what was advertised. If you weren't talking to me, forget about this post.