Shelby blower swap finished

[MassDSGsvt]

I didnt plan on doing the swap after just putting on a posi blower. But i couldnt resist the opportunity. I was able to get a 13 shelby blower from a friend in exchange for some side work. I will say dealing with James at Cobra Engineering was great. He answered all my questions amd his turn around for everything was quick. Kept me updated on what was going on. He gave me a good price on machining the blower and porting the inlet and plenum. Also his kit was high quality and machine work was perfect with no issues. I paint the blower the same as I did my posi. Replaced hardware with stainless and made a intake using a gen1 cold air. Cut it painted it and flipped it around. Hopefully good pics and video will come in thw summer. Will be posted to my instagram 03svt_13tvs
thanks for looking and very interested in feedback.

Port job by cobra engineering

After sanding and cleaning I applied the paint.

Inlet comparison - Both blower inlets are ported

Adaptor plate installed to intercooler and onto the lower manifold.

Stainless hardware and 3.10 BF pulley

It started good on first start up. Idle was perfect. Had a 4lb lower and made too much boost. Had to go back a second time. It made 17.8 with the 3.10 with stock lower and stock manifolds.


Shelby blower on 03 cobra: http://youtu.be/o0dKqYF8CQU

03 COBRA DYNO EXHAUST: http://youtu.be/Vv6xqJVONLQ

2.3 TVS 03 COBRA: http://youtu.be/GQlw3H1djpU

 

[Zemedici]

looks great man, you looking to sell the posi blower?

And great power!

 

[Josh662234]

Nice write up sir. Car is unbelievably clean

 

[01Jes]

Looks really awesome op! Nice gains

 

[luke1333]

great numbers!!! what is full mod list?

 

[Bdubbs]

Awesome work! Something different and made comparable power to all the other blowers out there.

 

[Shadow Grey 03]

Very nice. Looks damn good. James makes some excellent parts!

 

[PWORLDSTANG]

Very nice! You made some good power with that. How much power over your posi port did you make?

 

[MassDSGsvt]

looks great man, you looking to sell the posi blower?

Thanks man. I actually had the blower sold before I took it off. Luckily he waited for me to finally do the swap.

Very nice! You made some good power with that. How much power over your posi port did you make?

Thanks. Posi made 18lbs with 2.93/4lb and dynoed 507hp 527tq so a gain of 100hp on the same boost

 

[PWORLDSTANG]

looks great man, you looking to sell the posi blower?

Thanks man. I actually had the blower sold before I took it off. Luckily he waited for me to finally do the swap.

Thanks. Posi made 18lbs with 2.93/4lb and dynoed 507hp 527tq so a gain of 100hp on the same boost

Definitely great power you picked up over your Posi Port, and I think Posi had the best port for the Eaton. I wonder what this swap costs compared to a VMP TVS. The numbers you made are comparable to a TVS at 17lbs. If the Shelby blower is cheaper it may be an option for some folks.

 

[timspony]

Very COOL!!!! I really like the set-up!

...And Pete is the man!! :beer:

 

[03' White Snake]

Very cool.

 

[timspony]

For some reason I can't edit my post...But who made the adapter plate?

 

[MassDSGsvt]

Definitely great power you picked up over your Posi Port, and I think Posi had the best port for the Eaton. I wonder what this swap costs compared to a VMP TVS. The numbers you made are comparable to a TVS at 17lbs. If the Shelby blower is cheaper it may be an option for some folks.

Thanks. I think it did pretty well. Im on stock manifolds so I know its a little restricted. Im thinking with longtubes I will gain a little and drop a couple lbs of boost. So I think its pretty comparable to the TVS since they are practically the same blower just different intake sides. Although they may have made changes but I dont know for sure.
As far as the cost I think they run 1700 but I'm not positive. Mine came from a good friend so I didn't have to pay money just some of my time. And the adaptor plate kit for cobra engineering was $700 and all the supporting mods were the same as for the posi. The only difference was I grabbed a junk gen 1 jlt from a friend and modified it.

 

[MassDSGsvt]

For some reason I can't edit my post...But who made the adapter plate?

Adaptor plate kit is from James at Cobra Engineering.

 

[FromGTtoSVT]

Awesome dave......congrats!! Didn't know you were on IG either...following

Can't wait to see the car this summer

 

[Goose17]

Very cool. This is the first Trinity blower I've seen on a Terminator. Well done!

The only thing I would have done slightly differently and is common when the 07-12 Shelby's do the swap is to have ground off the "5.8". As long as you paint the blower like you did, you never know the "5.8" was there. That way there isn't an incorrect badge about the engine size.

 

[MassDSGsvt]

Very cool. This is the first Trinity blower I've seen on a Terminator. Well done!

The only thing I would have done slightly differently and is common when the 07-12 Shelby's do the swap is to have ground off the "5.8". As long as you paint the blower like you did, you never know the "5.8" was there. That way there isn't an incorrect badge about the engine size.

Thanks. I could be wrong but I dont think there blowers say anything on them from the start. They are a h122 and t hhh is is the 2.3tvs. But yes believe me I thought about it. Problem is it has the X pattern across the top and SVT on the other side. So i would basically have to shave the entire case smooth. Then i thought how fun it would be watching everyone scratch their head in complete confusion.

 

[LordVader04]

Clean install, looks awesome!

 

[Goose17]

Thanks. I could be wrong but I dont think there blowers say anything on them from the start. They are a h122 and t hhh is is the 2.3tvs. But yes believe me I thought about it. Problem is it has the X pattern across the top and SVT on the other side. So i would basically have to shave the entire case smooth. Then i thought how fun it would be watching everyone scratch their head in complete confusion.

The 13/14 Shelby's have the 5.8 motor (the Trinity) and the factory TVS blowers have the "5.8" on them - which you have. If you check this site or the other one under the fordgt500 section, you will see quite a few 07-12 guys that have swapped to a 13/14 take off blower and have had the numbers shaven off. With painting/powder coating, it looks excellent.