yella terra supercharger

[boss290cobra]

gday ford boys
was looking at just parts today and seen yella terras ad for superchargers for the boss range of motors and they give 60% increase to the rear wheels and more with intercooler fitted but upon my call to yella terra and inquired about price ..............after i picked my self up of the floor $9k and $2800 for intercooler decided that they could keep it ,my question is what is the increase in power with a blower fitted obvisiously they are different brands that are better than others but say for about 5k what can i expect
cheers darrell

[acecob]

Vortech from capa have a look at there site Darrell lots and lots of stuff, It's a big tin of worms buddy

FORD KITS Water
Injection. Stage Boost kW Price
incl. GST
Ford V8 Kits for the BA 5.4L Engine, 4 Valves per Cyl.
BA-BF XR8 / GT 5.4L Boss-PD Supercharger Kits
Boss-PD Powerdyne* Opt. 1 5 365 ex $ 3,995.00
* Kit Requires the Purchase of a Flash Tuner. $750 when purchased with kit.

BA-BF XR8 / GT 5.4L 'Street Spec' Reverse Rotation Kits
Vortech, V-2 Quiet Sealed* Opt. 2 8 400 ex $ 4,995.00
Vortech, V-2 Quiet Sealed, Intercooled* Opt. 3 9 460 ex $ 7,995.00
* Kit Requires the Purchase of a Flash Tuner. $750 when purchased with kit.

BA-BF XR8 / GT 5.4L 'Drift Spec' Standard Rotation Kits
Vortech, V-2 Quiet* Inc. 4 8 400 ex $ 7,495.00
Vortech, V-2 Quiet, Intercooled* Opt. 5 9 460 ex $ 10,995.00
Vortech, V-2 Quiet T-Trim, Intercooled* Inc. 6 11 525 ex $ 15,995.00
* Kit Requires the Purchase of a Flash Tuner. $750 when purchased with kit.

Options
Intercooler Kit, Water to Air $ 3,195.00
Intercooler Kit, Air to Air $ 1,695.00
Injector Kit, Optional $ 795.00
Bosch Fuel Pump Upgrade $ 595.00
Automatic Tensioner $ 595.00
Windshield Washer Bottle $ 80.00

Note
GT and GTP Specifications Differ from Standard XR8. Contact us for Details
* Supercharged program available from CAPA.
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

[NASSTY]

The yella terra kit is pricy but look at the detail they've gone too; custom intake manifold that locates the s/charger underneith the manifold while still retaining the OE upper manifold which gives a near stock look. Very stealth indeed.

A centrifical kit like the ones Capa offer require much less tooling to fit and that's why they're cheaper.

All depends that characteristics you want too. A PD blower will give instant boost at low rpm but the boost will fall off to some degree as rpm rises as well as generating alot of heat so intercooling is more important. Centrifical blowers boost increases as rpm rises giving a more linear power curve and generate less heat but don't produce much boost at low revs.

Cheers

[Aussie Mike]

For $9K I could have a 454 Cube LS1 that makes more power naturaly aspirated than that combo.

The Whipple blower they use is only about $3,500 to buy that means the rest of it is fairly pricey.

I reckon you would be better modifying the setup off the Lightning 5.4 to fit the Boss 5.4.

Cheers

[LoBelly]

I was about to make a similar point.

You're already getting about/almost 400hp out of a 331ci engine.
(assuming that you have the Boss290)

From that point on the $/HP gets very expensive.

Saw an article (Street Machine I think) where they'd supercharged a Boss260 with centrifical blower and few other mods for a claimed 400kW (536hp)

Personally, this would be way down my list - but then thats my list.

LoBelly

[WKB]

Darrell,
If you are after a valley mounted supercharger kit try Richwood Applied Technologies, richwoodtechnologies@bigpond.com , AJ Mueller -PH 07 5464 0503, MOB 0407 448 414. He is devoloping a low mount setup for the 5.4ltr Quad cam fords.

Warren

[Mando]

It may be a little pricey, but it looks beautiful compared with a front mounted supercharger. Normally you get what you pay for.

Regards.