im looking at building my 96 mustang gt to make 400+whp

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I’d just do a Vortech at 10lbs with supporting fuel mods you’ll make your goal and the car will be a blast
wont this cost much more a vortech supercharger on AmericanMuscle is around 4,000$ i think. the mods i have right now(besides BBK 78mm Throttle Body and the 4.10 gears which i installed) are at an estimated cost of 800$ (400$ for BBK TB and 400$ for 4.10 gears) with that being said i’ve done research that i could run a 100 shot on the mods i have right now and if i got a tune i could go up and some N2O kits i was looking at that comes with everything i need are only around 600-1000$. the supercharger would make more power but i’m not going only for power im going for power at a good price and i think the nitrous option is much better if i’m on a budget what do you guys think?
 

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a new supercharger, yes but if you are on a budget they come up used and can be rebuilt. The TB is big for the #s you are talking. Don't forget you will want a window switch with the nitrous if the kit does not come with one.
 

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I ran a 125 shot on my 2v it was fun but filling bottles gets expensive you can find a used blower kit for 2500 and be way better off . After having a million of these cars my first mod I recommend is forced induction and grow around it
 
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a new supercharger, yes but if you are on a budget they come up used and can be rebuilt. The TB is big for the #s you are talking. Don't forget you will want a window switch with the nitrous if the kit does not come with one.
yea i have already done a small research for a hour or so on what all i need and what the safest way to do it is. also what do you mean the 78mm is too big for the only 240 ish hp range? i thought the 78mm was the biggest TB you can get and at any time as it won’t damage anything and it will help much more with more power am i correct?
 

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78mm is way too big for what you need, unless you are going FI
 

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I run a 75 on mine with a vortch and trickflow heads and to use it I had to port the cobra intake as it was only 70mm at the opening.
 
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78mm is way too big for what you need, unless you are going FI
they came stock with FI
Get a 1.840" intake valve in the pi heads. Get a nasty cam with a 106lsa, something like comps 274 / 278 cam reground to 106lsa. An edelbrock intake manifold. The intake will favor the nitrous far better than a stock intake. Some headers(and hate yourself for installing them). This will get you well over 300rwhp
im a little confused in the PI swap i would do i would replace heads,cams,intake,intake valve, valve covers
Again, 210-215 HP is not the stock RWHP, that is the stock HP rating at the crank
Also Gears, suspension, shifter etc dont add any HP.
A stock NPI 4.6 will make about 175-185 RWHP.
Full bolt ons, you'd be lucky to see 200-210 RWHP (UDP, CAI, exhaust, etc etc)
If I had to guess, I'd say you're currently around 190-195 RWHP.
A Vortech at 8-10 lbs would net you 300 RWHP, give or take a few.
But don't worry about chasing #s, just enjoy the car.
i actually dynoed it yesterday and with the bolt ons and stuff i already have i made 220rwhp
 

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FI=forced induction. Turbo or supercharger.

Can you post a picture of your dyno graph? Also, what kind of dyno was used?

You’ve got long tubes on there so it’ll probably open up a little power. At your current level, the throttle body and intake is not a restriction so there isn’t any real power to gain there.
 

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How did the power curve look? Can we see the dyno graph?
 
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I ran a 125 shot on my 2v it was fun but filling bottles gets expensive you can find a used blower kit for 2500 and be way better off . After having a million of these cars my first mod I recommend is forced induction and grow around it
so do you think it would be a better idea to just save all my money until i can get a supercharger then build off of that? because i want to go the best route possible but it would also take me a few months to save as i’m only 16 and after phone bill, gas for my dd(5.9 magnum gas guzzler), insurance on both my vehicles i only bring in 4-500 a month i feel like a nitrous kit would be a easier task as a supercharger is probably going to be around 2k used plus install but nitrous only around 800 for a brand new kit and i atleast have the mechanical knowledge to get that set up. just my thoughts but if FI is the 100% best option that is what i will shoot for
 

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You could also piece together a kit or a tork tech kit and make what you want to make. My vote is for fi, the power is always there unlike nitrous.
 

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so do you think it would be a better idea to just save all my money until i can get a supercharger then build off of that? because i want to go the best route possible but it would also take me a few months to save as i’m only 16 and after phone bill, gas for my dd(5.9 magnum gas guzzler), insurance on both my vehicles i only bring in 4-500 a month i feel like a nitrous kit would be a easier task as a supercharger is probably going to be around 2k used plus install but nitrous only around 800 for a brand new kit and i atleast have the mechanical knowledge to get that set up. just my thoughts but if FI is the 100% best option that is what i will shoot for
These Vortech kits are super simple to install you can easily do them in a day with very little knowledge . Going down both routes and having a bunch of these cars over the years . Forced induction is always at the top of the list for me .
 

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