this may be a dumb question and their are probably other topics like this but here goes

i have a 2.8 liter, its a decent engine but i want to get the most power out of it possible. What should i do to acheive this. i thought about a v-6 to v-8 swap but i want to see what can be done with this. dont worry about price for now

 

Forced Induction.

Nitrous
Supercharger
Turbocharger

 

about how much for each, and where is the best place to get them

 

Nitrous - about $400-500 for the 5.0 Mustang kit (works with our cars, too)

Turbo - Custom job only. Price ranges from about $250 to $5000, depending on your fabrication skills.

Super - I believe they have one for the carb'd motors. You'd have to look that up, but I believe around $2300 or so.

 

so would it be best to switch my engine to carb even though its a 2.8?

 

Depends on what you want to use it for.

Daily driver - do the 3.4 swap, and run a 75 shot of nitrous for those 'speedy' moments.

All out drag car - you're better off swapping a V8 into it.

 

Will a non-built 2.8/3.1 actually handle a 75-shot? I'd hate to see rods falling out from under the hood while racing some riced Civic...

 

I asked a lonnnng time ago on the power adder board about those with v8's with cast pistons, and their shots of nitrous. Quite a few were running a 75hp shot, and never had problems. The main thing to worry about is fuel pressure. If your fuel pressure drops and you run lean, you'll burn (melt through) a piston. A fuel pressure gauge is the safest insurance- if you hit the juice and noticed your fuel pressure drop too low, you could kill the motor before anything bad happened. From what I remember, our connecting rods are strong to begin with.

 

i think you are confusing the FPSS (fuel pressure safety switch) with the FP gauge.

 

Not necessarily. Would 25-30 psi fuel pressure trigger a safety switch?

Would that run lean? Combined with the NO2, yes.

(And I thought it was an oil pressure switch, but not sure)

 

Converting your engine to carb, is downgraiding it, dont do that.

If its a daily driver, the 3.4l block/internal gut swap will be your more reliable, bang for your buck thing you can do.

Then install some better ignition componets while at it. Then feed it with the bottle.

Then you have quite a few other things to help squeeze a bit more power out of it w/o forced induction which will be VERY costly.

 

No; I meant a fuel pressure gauge. You could buy both the gauge and buy a safety switch, but best protection is the gauge. What happens if the pressure switch fails and doesn't kill the nitrous?

And like Doward said, there's no factory "fuel pressure safety switch"; but I think we all knew that. A fuel pressure safety switch would have to be bought and added in...

 

the FPSS would kill the N2O system if FP goes below desired level. and yes, there's also an oil pressure safety switch.


what happens if the FP gauge gets stuck? what if this...? what if that...?

if the FP goes down, by the time you react to kill the engine, it probably already went boom. the FPSS is instant.

Doward said that?

 

you're so responsable Onyx :sillylol: