There are maybe 3 types of front bearings out there, just guessing, Ford, the good aftermarket one (might be Ford one), and the cheapo, thats the one I bought. Id rather push my luck and do it twice if I have to for the price difference. Problem is when you buy a bearing it comes with an ABS sensor.
I dont think there would be a gain off the line with a non roots style blower, it might actually be slightly slower at part throttle up to maybe 1500-2000rpm or so. I cant think of any really easy/cheap modification that would help off the line and increase or at least keep the same top end power. Raising the compression to 10-1 and running premium (94+ octane) with a stroker kit and 4:10 gears with an Explorer Express Eaton roots blower would help, with a slightly higher stall converter with maybe another 5 degrees timing off idle, but that aint aint cheap or easy to gain about 50-75ft/lbs under 2K rpms
. SO if I had to pick off the top off my head maybe get it tuned with more timing off the line with a "programmer"? You can also get 944 Motorsports or whatever overdrive pulley for the Powerdyne blower, pulley it down 2 sizes. I tried the Vortech pulley and I think I had a slight offset problem with theirs but the 944 one had the ribs ont he pulley machined too sharp and cut a rib off my belt, but if thats the case it can easily be smoothed over with sandpaper.
If the wheel doesnt shake when you wiggle it up and down and left it right theres no point, if it was loose its probably too far gone. A wheel bearing makes a rumble noise from whatever side. A CV joint usually clicks or rumbles/vibrates on hard acceleration. Bad tires make more of a wobble or audible roar, similar to a wheel bearing (can test by rotating tires, or jacking all 4 corners and running etc...not so safe especially without stands).
