Whats your opinion on the edelbrock s/c @ 550hp. OEM reliabiltiy or is pipedream?

Whats your opinion on the edelbrock s/c @ 550hp. OEM reliabiltiy or is pipedream?

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04-27-2011

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Whats your opinion on the edelbrock s/c @ 550hp. OEM reliabiltiy or is pipedream?

I see more and more dealerships installing edelbrock superchargers and was wondering what your opinion was of this 550 hp kit?

OEM reliability and maintaince or a crapshoot to headaches?

By markw8 on 04-27-2011, 12:42 pm

I think it will be up to the driver as to reliability.

Mark

By ChuckG on 04-27-2011, 05:35 pm

It's a mild supercharger as far as such things go, but I worry about the hyperutechnic pistons and the possible change in air-fuel ratio.

I can't imagine a firm like Edlebrock hasn't done tons of testing. Ford offers a supercharger that adds 212HP to the 5.0L Mustang and if dealer installed, keeps the 3/36 warranty, so 138HP out of 45 more cubes isn't an outrageous claim.

By NORTY on 04-28-2011, 03:09 pm

It seems that most modifications result in at least one headache. Very rearely is a mod problemless. I wouldn't do it because I don't need the extra power. It would just go up in wheelspin/smoke anyway.
If you're spinnin' and the other person is hooking, you lose. Period.

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