Brainstorming boost for V8 95-01's

[Josh P]

Got my attention, everything is better with boost!

 

[CDW6212R]

Yummy

Oh, I guess it's time to actually sell my 2.2 then. I plan to ask them(KB) what exact applications this is a direct swap for, including reusing the snout from somebody's old KB system. As you can see, this one has no snout, just the pulley directly on it. The snout parts look to be about $330 plus the $75 gear and a bolt. This should work for any Fox or SN95 Mustang KB kit, as well as the 2003 Cobra kit that used the 2.2 size(they had a different snout length for the 2.8 kits).

 

[94Eddie]

I did try to buy a used Kenne Bell intake plenum once, a Ranger member had several spare parts after he stopped his project. He sold all of his spare stuff to a Ranger guy who was doing something similar to his.

I was doing my build in the late 1990s/early 2000s and finding Blowzilla and Flowzilla manifolds wasn't easy. Especially with the internet being in its infancy. I'll check to see if I have any KB parts you might find useful. You're welcome to them at no charge if I do. I am pretty sure that I have a snout brace somewhere.

 

[94Eddie]

I did try to buy a used Kenne Bell intake plenum once, a Ranger member had several spare parts after he stopped his project. He sold all of his spare stuff to a Ranger guy who was doing something similar to his.

The snout support would be the one item I could use as a spare item to build one with. I'll have to fabricate the inlet plenum from the KB around the back to the TB side. That will probably be the trickiest part to make. I'm going to use a GT500 TB since it will plug into the PCM signals directly. I do wonder about the airflow early on with this project. Starting with that much TB size on the 302 might be interesting, it'll be a test of the 2014 PCM and the tuner.

Make sure to include a bypass in your build between the manifolds. This keeps intake temps down when in non-boost conditions and makes overall drivability better. Also, water and/or alcohol injection works well on this type of setup. Below is a photo of my blower that I used and a poor quality photo of it installed in my Mustang from many years ago just before I added water injection. One thing to keep in mind is that the manifold that connects to the lower intake has to be a GT40 version unless there have been other versions coming out since I was using mine.

 

[CDW6212R]

I posted a small picture before in post #8, the basic layout of my KB system. The KB is mounted upside down just like a Fox or SN95 kit. But instead of having to use the small GT40 intake, I build an intercooler plenum directly on top of a TFS R lower intake. That gives me tons of space for a large IC, and the KB is supported in the back by a strong steel bracket mounted to the back of the left head.

So the snout support is the part that should end up similar to the SN95 support part, placing the snout close to where they went on the 94/95's. I'll use the Cobra snout length(141mm) to make more room behind for a large inlet plenum there.

See this bottom picture here, that's a TFS R lower with a short adapter, someone made it to bring the inlet flow from inside the car(through the firewall), in a Mustang race car. I can make a plenum that mounts just like that to the lower, with walls that extend up and have a large IC set right into that like a late OEM Ford. If done right, the IC should keep the IAT's down enough so no meth injection is needed. I'll try to use a popular blow off valve which is used in the cars like the GT500.