Edelbrouck E-Force
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St. Jude Donor '14
The biggest argument you will get here against them is the "heat soak issue". I don't think it's that bad, but since you are in the sunshine state let's admit the 1st thing up front you will have if you DON"T go with an Eforce and that is you will have this huge intercooler IN FRONT of your rad/a/c condenser.
I agree with you 100% about the power level you're wanting to achieve. My car has 80,000 miles on it and has not had anything fail. My last dyno session the operator was having issues with their dyno. It only showed like 569 hp and just wasn't working the way he knew it should.
I get more use from et/time slips than I put into dyno numbers. After all you don't race dynos. I know the car show/cruise in guys that never run their cars at the track are all happy to brag on dyno numbers. At the track all the BS stops at the end of the run. I run mine pretty much once a week at the drag strip. It runs very consistent low 7's 1/8th mile @103mph and in really good air sub 7's. It went 11.20 @ 130 mph in 96 degree weather at Zmax on the 1st day of the Hot Rod Power Tour this past June on a ZERO prepped track. I really wanted my 10sec slip, but it wasn't to be there that day. It's kinda hard to find a quarter mile track that will let you run under the roll bar rule.
You also bring up a very valid point about hooking it up. On REAL street tires you won't be able to go full throttle without it spinning violently. I pretty much keep my drag radials on from March to Dec and just use my rear Michelins for winter or drives over 250 miles on a trip.
Hope that helps you. Feel free to contact me if you would like any more info. I'm a gear head 24/7 365. I eat, sleep and breathe it and I've been drag racing for 36 years. Don't know it all by any means, but am happy to share what facts I do know. Realcanuk has lots of experience with Eforce as well. You would be wise to get his advice as well. Good luck and let us know what you do.
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St. Jude Donor '14
UPDATE...just bought an ECS 1500 kit from a local vendor for a great price. Gets installed in about 2 weeks. $5500 parts/tune/install. Brand new. Had to be an idiot to not go for it.
So went with a centri blower.
Not my engine bay but I have a black car and went with a matte black it'll look like this.
So went with a centri blower.
Not my engine bay but I have a black car and went with a matte black it'll look like this.
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Could you do us a favor? Please weigh all the E-Force components before installation and then after the installation, weigh all the stock parts you removed and let us know the difference in weight. I'm interested in knowing how much weight the E-Force adds to the car.
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I remember motorhead 47 doing just that. Should turn up with a search.
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St. Jude Donor '14
I can ask the installer to weigh it before and after but he'll be working on my car while I'm out of town.
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I kept up with all the posts when Motorhead 47 was doing the E-Force installations but never did see a definitive answer as to the net weight increase. One person did weigh the parts he removed(33 pounds) but he didn't weigh the parts he installed(E-force). Motorhead 79 weighed the supercharger itself(79 pounds) but not with all the additional parts that had to be added to complete the installation. Some people were referring to the shipping weight of the E-Force, but I never did see where anyone actually weighed the unboxed E-Force with all it's extra parts including coolant etc.
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UPDATE...just bought an ECS 1500 kit from a local vendor for a great price. Gets installed in about 2 weeks. $5500 parts/tune/install. Brand new. Had to be an idiot to not go for it.
So went with a centri blower.
Not my engine bay but I have a black car and went with a matte black it'll look like this.
So went with a centri blower.
Not my engine bay but I have a black car and went with a matte black it'll look like this.
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The entire kit weighs in at about 105lbs with the majority being the 80 pound head unit which replaces the intake manifold. I recall we measured the parts/pieces removed from the car that are not reinstalled being about 30-35lbs. The numbers are out there in past threads if someone wants to dig. I believe the total plus up to be 80-85lbs with fluids added.
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The entire kit weighs in at about 105lbs with the majority being the 80 pound head unit which replaces the intake manifold. I recall we measured the parts/pieces removed from the car that are not reinstalled being about 30-35lbs. The numbers are out there in past threads if someone wants to dig. I believe the total plus up to be 80-85lbs with fluids added.
It dropped my front end about 3/4 inches. 4 turns on the levelers brought it back up to spec. Of course if you wanted the lower look, you could just lower the back end to match.