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05/10/2005, 16:21
SPEED AT 1 MILE: 180mhp: 290KM/HR
Curb Weight: 3850lb
HorsePower: 575bhp
http://a332.g.akamai.net/f/332/936/12h/www.edmunds.com/media/il/features/mods/ford.mustang.vortech/ford.mustang.vortech.act-f34.500.jpg
Turn the key and the Vortech Mustang GT starts with a unique and menacing mix of rumble and whine. Some might prefer additional low bass in the exhaust and less high treble from the supercharger, but the sound is distinct to Vortech-equipped vehicles and is an essential element of the car's personality.
Vortech Engineering has been building supercharger kits for the Mustang from the instant the company was founded in Oxnard, California, in 1990. For an entire generation of young enthusiasts, a Mustang with the unmistakable sound of a Vortech churning boost into a 5.0-liter V8 is as much a performance icon as a fender-less '32 Ford or jacked-up '55 Chevy was for their dads and granddads.
http://a332.g.akamai.net/f/332/936/12h/www.edmunds.com/media/il/features/mods/ford.mustang.vortech/ford.mustang.vortech.f34.500.jpg
http://a332.g.akamai.net/f/332/936/12h/www.edmunds.com/media/il/features/mods/ford.mustang.vortech/ford.mustang.vortech.eng.500.jpg
When we had the car, it was fitted with headers and a cat-back exhaust system from JBA, but the output was still closer to 475 horses than 575HPS
http://a332.g.akamai.net/f/332/936/12h/www.edmunds.com/media/il/features/mods/ford.mustang.vortech/ford.mustang.vortech.eng-supercharger.500.jpg
Vortech does not take its icon status lightly. When it decided to design a blower system for the 2005 Mustang GT's new three-valve 4.6-liter, single-overhead cam engine, the company faced two challenges: It had to create an all-new supercharger system that made the kind of power Vortech was famous for along with the kind of durability its customers expect. It also had to make sure a 21st-century Mustang equipped with that system would be just as mesmerizing as its predecessors.
Missions accomplished
Blow By Blow
The heart of Vortech's basic $3,889 system for the new 2005 Mustang GT is its V2 S-Trim blower. Like all of Vortech's centrifugal superchargers, the design is an impeller wheel spun by a small transmission that in turn is driven by a belt lashed around a crank pulley.
It's the straight cut gears in that transmission that gives the Vortech its unique sound — a sound you either love or loath, but it never lets the driver forget he's piloting something special. The resulting 8.5 to 9.5 pounds of boost are fed into the engine through cast-aluminum ducting and into the stock throttle body and intake manifold.
To help the engine deal with the atmospheric crush, the fuel injectors are replaced with new high-flow units, a high-flow fuel pump is fitted and a Diablosport Predator handheld programmer is used to reprogram the flash memory in the Engine Control Module (ECM) to Vortech's calibrations.
http://a332.g.akamai.net/f/332/936/12h/www.edmunds.com/media/il/features/mods/ford.mustang.vortech/ford.mustang.vortech.eng-supercharger3.500.jpg
The water tank at the back of the engine bay can be filled with ice to further chill the air-fuel charge before it enters the engine
http://a332.g.akamai.net/f/332/936/12h/www.edmunds.com/media/il/features/mods/ford.mustang.vortech/ford.mustang.vortech.eng-intercooler.500.jpg
Launched at about 3,000 rpm, the car rockets forward as if it's been head-butted by a 767.
http://a332.g.akamai.net/f/332/936/12h/www.edmunds.com/media/il/features/mods/ford.mustang.vortech/ford.mustang.vortech.act-r34.500.jpg
Visceral Muscle
Heave the shifter into first gear, let up the heavy Centerforce clutch and the car moves forward with no real need to dip into the accelerator.
With the supercharger attached, the Mustang's V8 revs so quickly it seems to reach its 6,250-rpm fuel cutoff a nanosecond after you lay into the throttle. At first the shifter and Tremec transmission can be reluctant to move from gear to gear, but the driver acclimates quickly to the situation and soon masters the required indelicate mix of directional determination and sledgehammer muscle motion.
Vortech includes the Diablosport Predator in the supercharger package to reprogram the stock Ford engine control module. It plugs into the diagnostic port under the steering wheel.
http://a332.g.akamai.net/f/332/936/12h/www.edmunds.com/media/il/features/mods/ford.mustang.vortech/ford.mustang.vortech.int-det.500.jpg
A mi me encantó...no se a UDS...
Curb Weight: 3850lb
HorsePower: 575bhp
http://a332.g.akamai.net/f/332/936/12h/www.edmunds.com/media/il/features/mods/ford.mustang.vortech/ford.mustang.vortech.act-f34.500.jpg
Turn the key and the Vortech Mustang GT starts with a unique and menacing mix of rumble and whine. Some might prefer additional low bass in the exhaust and less high treble from the supercharger, but the sound is distinct to Vortech-equipped vehicles and is an essential element of the car's personality.
Vortech Engineering has been building supercharger kits for the Mustang from the instant the company was founded in Oxnard, California, in 1990. For an entire generation of young enthusiasts, a Mustang with the unmistakable sound of a Vortech churning boost into a 5.0-liter V8 is as much a performance icon as a fender-less '32 Ford or jacked-up '55 Chevy was for their dads and granddads.
http://a332.g.akamai.net/f/332/936/12h/www.edmunds.com/media/il/features/mods/ford.mustang.vortech/ford.mustang.vortech.f34.500.jpg
http://a332.g.akamai.net/f/332/936/12h/www.edmunds.com/media/il/features/mods/ford.mustang.vortech/ford.mustang.vortech.eng.500.jpg
When we had the car, it was fitted with headers and a cat-back exhaust system from JBA, but the output was still closer to 475 horses than 575HPS
http://a332.g.akamai.net/f/332/936/12h/www.edmunds.com/media/il/features/mods/ford.mustang.vortech/ford.mustang.vortech.eng-supercharger.500.jpg
Vortech does not take its icon status lightly. When it decided to design a blower system for the 2005 Mustang GT's new three-valve 4.6-liter, single-overhead cam engine, the company faced two challenges: It had to create an all-new supercharger system that made the kind of power Vortech was famous for along with the kind of durability its customers expect. It also had to make sure a 21st-century Mustang equipped with that system would be just as mesmerizing as its predecessors.
Missions accomplished
Blow By Blow
The heart of Vortech's basic $3,889 system for the new 2005 Mustang GT is its V2 S-Trim blower. Like all of Vortech's centrifugal superchargers, the design is an impeller wheel spun by a small transmission that in turn is driven by a belt lashed around a crank pulley.
It's the straight cut gears in that transmission that gives the Vortech its unique sound — a sound you either love or loath, but it never lets the driver forget he's piloting something special. The resulting 8.5 to 9.5 pounds of boost are fed into the engine through cast-aluminum ducting and into the stock throttle body and intake manifold.
To help the engine deal with the atmospheric crush, the fuel injectors are replaced with new high-flow units, a high-flow fuel pump is fitted and a Diablosport Predator handheld programmer is used to reprogram the flash memory in the Engine Control Module (ECM) to Vortech's calibrations.
http://a332.g.akamai.net/f/332/936/12h/www.edmunds.com/media/il/features/mods/ford.mustang.vortech/ford.mustang.vortech.eng-supercharger3.500.jpg
The water tank at the back of the engine bay can be filled with ice to further chill the air-fuel charge before it enters the engine
http://a332.g.akamai.net/f/332/936/12h/www.edmunds.com/media/il/features/mods/ford.mustang.vortech/ford.mustang.vortech.eng-intercooler.500.jpg
Launched at about 3,000 rpm, the car rockets forward as if it's been head-butted by a 767.
http://a332.g.akamai.net/f/332/936/12h/www.edmunds.com/media/il/features/mods/ford.mustang.vortech/ford.mustang.vortech.act-r34.500.jpg
Visceral Muscle
Heave the shifter into first gear, let up the heavy Centerforce clutch and the car moves forward with no real need to dip into the accelerator.
With the supercharger attached, the Mustang's V8 revs so quickly it seems to reach its 6,250-rpm fuel cutoff a nanosecond after you lay into the throttle. At first the shifter and Tremec transmission can be reluctant to move from gear to gear, but the driver acclimates quickly to the situation and soon masters the required indelicate mix of directional determination and sledgehammer muscle motion.
Vortech includes the Diablosport Predator in the supercharger package to reprogram the stock Ford engine control module. It plugs into the diagnostic port under the steering wheel.
http://a332.g.akamai.net/f/332/936/12h/www.edmunds.com/media/il/features/mods/ford.mustang.vortech/ford.mustang.vortech.int-det.500.jpg
A mi me encantó...no se a UDS...