What Special Parts Needed for Adding a Supercharger

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Originally Posted by Jus Cruisin

I'm not doing the conversion. I'm just trying to indicate that with over 60,000 street miles that I personally put on 2 Roush Mustangs, there is no need to scrap the existing stock Ford OEM internals as long as the Roush tune is used. There are thousands of Roush Mustangs with "Roushchargers" on them. I was active on the original Roush Owner Enthusiasts Association (ROEA) and most recently on the Roush Road Crew as I owned the 2Roush Mustangs over a 9 year period. I toured there assembly plants multiple times. The engines with the Roushchargers are bullet proof. They don't granade. Many are tracked and drag raced without issues. There is no doom and gloom that you are trying to project.

Roush has the benefit of Ford's calibration team for their supercharged engines. Significantly Roush doesn't use n/a internals in their supercharged engines. They use the Ford developed or sourced supercharged internals. Very importantly no engine is bullet proof, especially supercharged gasoline engines.

There is always a good supply of Doubting Thomases for these types of conversions. The have no shortage of reasons why the transition is a slam dunk and they also do not have to write the checks when the engines fail. The engine failures are usually met with a comment like, 'I certainly didn't expect that to happen' or my all time favorite, 'gotta pay to play'.

To suggest to another enthusiast that all that is required to supercharge their current engine is the blower is beyond irresponsible. The difference between a Roush / Ford engineered supercharged engine and an aftermarket clone where the upgrade was to add the blower to a n/a engine is beyond night and day.

Don't be so cavalier with other people's parts and money. You would not appreciate it if the shoe were on the other foot.


Ed