This photo highlights several...
This photo highlights several components designed to bring out even more performance from a blown application. Included are an intercooler, underdrive pulleys, long-tube headers, and larger-diameter fuel rails. There are several manufacturers that market fuel rails and long-tube headers, but as this story would be 10 pages long if we included them all, we'll focus on the specialty items.
Horse Sense: Kenne Bell's Boost-a-Pump is the predecessor to many of the fuel-pump boosters on the market today. The Boost-a-Pump boosts the voltage going to the fuel pump, which makes the fuel pump capable of flowing more fuel. In a Super Ford magazine test from the Dec. '99 issue ("Fuel Pump Figuring," p. 34), the Boost-a-Pump was able to make a stock 5.0 fuel pump (88-lph capability) flow 132 lph. In the same test, a 190-lph pump was capable of flowing 285 lph.
So you installed that new supercharger onto your Mustang, but you're already used to the newfound power. Or maybe you're in the parts-gathering stage of supercharger bliss and want to have your bases covered when it comes time for installation. Either way, our goal is to provide you with the most smiles per mile by highlighting the latest supercharger accessories on the market today.
Since a supercharger forces more air into the engine, it's a good idea to solidify your Mustang's intake, exhaust, ignition, and fuel system as well. Drive hardware such as brackets and pulleys are certainly worth a look too.
We'll cover many of those bolt-on parts that can improve your supercharger's performance or ensure its reliability. Just keep in mind that a supercharged engine is similar to a naturally aspirated engine-to truly maximize its potential, you have to optimize the combination from air filter to tailpipe.
Read along for a sampling of products to help you do just that.
This photo highlights several components designed to bring out even more performance from a blown application. Included are an intercooler, underdrive pulleys, long-tube headers, and larger-diameter fuel rails. There are several manufacturers that market fuel rails and long-tube headers, but as this story would be 10 pages long if we included them all, we'll focus on the specialty items.
Aeromotive
Though we're staying away from most fuel-related items, Aeromotive's Billet Fuel Pump Controller and Boost Reference EFI regulator are two items that will definitely come in handy with a supercharger application. The Billet Fuel Pump Controller might seem out of place in this article as its main function is to ramp up fuel pres-sure at a driver-set rpm. However, a byproduct of this function allows the user to slow down the pump speed during low-rpm cruising. This prolongs pump life since it won't be at full-boogie all the time, so you can run a larger pump and use its full capacity only when you need it-under boost! The FPC is compatible with all fuel pumps, not just those from Aeromotive.
Aeromotive's Boost Reference EFI regulator features an adjustable base-fuel pressure from 30 to 60 psi, but when boost is introduced, the regulator ramps up fuel pressure on a 1:1 ratio. This means the regulator senses boost pressure and raises the fuel pressure 1 pound per pound of boost. So, if you're introducing 9 pounds of boost, the Boost Reference EFI regulator will introduce 9 extra pounds of fuel pressure to compensate for the added boost pressure.
Anderson Ford Motorsport
"The home of the Power Pipe" is what it says across the top of Anderson Ford Motorsport's ad, and since the company is the innovator of this blower inlet, who could argue? AFM has Power Pipes for most Mustang supercharger applications as well as for '99-up Lightnings. The Power Pipes come with the promise of increased boost with a cooler intake air charge. They are 4-inch mandrel-bent intake pipes that relocate the mass air meter to the inner fenderwell for a cooler intake air-charge temperature, which in turn feeds the blower the cooler air in supercharged applications.