Supercahrgingthe LS..By Jag

[CougarSVT]

5psi....255whp underload. T3/T4 Turbonetics 50 trim with a external wastegate and a dump valve into the autmospher. I will be able to boost higher(8-10psi) when needed...and still the motor will handle it because of the larger turbo...less backpressure....less heat.

Ignore my sig....havnt updated and still havnt completely finished the Cougar. The kit is complete...just have a few things yet to finish.

[ViperACR]

Cougar how much money have you spent so far on the project. It sounds very interesting but I thought that it would have made a lot more than 2 hundred and something horsepower. My grandnational was making around 600+ HP with a older 62-1 turbo from turbonetics and a DFR. that was in a much smaller engine but of course it had 20ibs of boost in it.

Originally Posted by CougarSVT

5psi....255whp underload. T3/T4 Turbonetics 50 trim with a external wastegate and a dump valve into the autmospher. I will be able to boost higher(8-10psi) when needed...and still the motor will handle it because of the larger turbo...less backpressure....less heat.

Ignore my sig....havnt updated and still havnt completely finished the Cougar. The kit is complete...just have a few things yet to finish.

[CougarSVT]

$3,300 in the turbo kit and another $2700 in suspension and clutch work and LSD. Why you ask?

[leisha]

Try www.fordchip.com

They can tell you what settings are required and can fine tune at their shop in Detroit.
They can also set you up at clinics across the US.
Check them out!
The LS and T-Birds do not have a chip, they require flashing the computor.

[Audi Ryder]

Turbos are the way to go, ask the Europeans=-) TurboWorks Systems

[CGGorman]

Originally Posted by Audi Ryder

Turbos are the way to go, ask the Europeans=-) TurboWorks Systems

Buy an LS, learn something about it, and THEN come back and comment about turbos. Do you know what the compression ratio in the LS V8 engine is? If this was easy, there'd be a truckload of people out there doing it. Find one for me.

[Audi Ryder]

Originally Posted by CGGorman

Buy an LS, learn something about it, and THEN come back and comment about turbos. Do you know what the compression ratio in the LS V8 engine is? If this was easy, there'd be a truckload of people out there doing it. Find one for me.

The compression ratio of the LS V8 is 10.55:1...that's not too high to be turbo'd. The problem is, people who don't know about engines are out there trying to figure out what to do about performance. Leave it to professionals who know how to lower compression ratios. And, for the record, a guy I know slapped twin K26's on a Ferrari F50- with 11:3:1 compression ratio. Leave tuning to the professionals.

The Professionals

[CGGorman]

Like I said, "Find one for me." I know probably twenty people who would pay good money to pressurize their LS's. Find me one.

[Audi Ryder]

I've been looking, I haven't seen one either. The Lincoln LS is not what you'd call the "tuners" choice, which mainstream parts are made for. If someone were to turbocharge their LS, it would definately be a custom job, which is right up our ally. Tell those twenty people to shoot me an email directly at [email protected], and ask me any questions.

[Audi Ryder]

Superchargers Suck, but these guys put one on the LS, but this provides proof that forced induction can be done on the motor. not mclaren engines either

Turbo is the way to go: TurboWorks

[CGGorman]

SVC's never worked. I know a guy who bought one, maybe the first. He ended up with nitrous instead...at SVC's expense, since they couldn't deliver. Anybody can bolt parts together. Making them run right and without self-destructing after a couple thousand miles is quite another thing.

McLaren's never worked either. It was a show queen. One of several reasons Lincoln dropped the project.

If you can do it, that's great. However, myself and my friends will need more than lip-service to believe it.

[Audi Ryder]

Originally Posted by CGGorman

SVC's never worked. I know a guy who bought one, maybe the first. He ended up with nitrous instead...at SVC's expense, since they couldn't deliver. Anybody can bolt parts together. Making them run right and without self-destructing after a couple thousand miles is quite another thing.

McLaren's never worked either. It was a show queen. One of several reasons Lincoln dropped the project.

If you can do it, that's great. However, myself and my friends will need more than lip-service to believe it.

That's unfortunate for those guys. I, however, don't embark on projects I can't handle, and everything I do is guaranteed by lifetime warranty. Whatever be the case, unless I stumble upon a LS sometime in the future, you won't be seeing parts or TurboWorks systems from us. I, on a better note, tune Audis and Porsches for a living, where lip service gets you on the gurus list (I am certified guru on AudiWorld.com, and Roadfly.org)

John L Boykin, II
Founder and Chief Eng.
BoykinRacing.us -Where all cars have turbo.

[CougarSVT]

If the market was really out there to put a turbo kit on i would look into customizing one. But....the kit wouldnt be less than $8,000. No kidding, there is NO room under the hood of these cars. I am done with a cold air kit i made for the LS. Im really thinking about making two separate kits, one that follows the original piping and another that goes back down the firewall and grab air from underneath. Havnt got pics up yet ...but will very soon. Im using .03 thick steel that is powdercoated inside and out as a polished look with a open air K&N cone filter. Talk about unleashing a awsome sound when excellerating!

Later, Nathan

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[Audi Ryder]

[quote=CougarSVT]If the market was really out there to put a turbo kit on i would look into customizing one. But....the kit wouldnt be less than $8,000. No kidding, there is NO room under the hood of these cars. I am done with a cold air kit i made for the LS. Im really thinking about making two separate kits, one that follows the original piping and another that goes back down the firewall and grab air from underneath. Havnt got pics up yet ...but will very soon. Im using .03 thick steel that is powdercoated inside and out as a polished look with a open air K&N cone filter. Talk about unleashing a awsome sound when excellerating!
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Cold Air Intakes of the future will use stock pipes, airboxes, and filters, still producing intake temperatures 50% below ambient. No more will we have to build sophisticated intake setups to grab air from ground locations. The airboxes themselves will serve as self-sufficient cold-air producers...the technology is coming.

[CougarSVT]

Use stock pipes??? How could you beat the polished look AND the temp reduction powdercoated piping has ( not aluminum ). I've been in the plastic industry and saw and ground alot of different plastic, but none out there would even come close to the temperature reduction powdercoated piping has. Again...Aluminum is not what im talking about. Those intakes (aluminum) are junk....probably higher intake temp and loss of HP..
This may not be much more than 10HP gain....but you also get a awsome sound and higher gas mileage! The other way to get more hp gain than anything else would be a ram setup (through hood/pressureized). This of course, is just my opinion.......

Later,
S. Nathan Brown

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