Tech Talk – Under the Hood

If you are a newcomer to my Blog, the story behind my Shelby, “SoScary”, starts here.

The “Trinity” engine in the 2013/2014 Shelby is an awesome motor. Each engine is hand built by two highly experienced SVT (Special Vehicle Team) specialists whose signatures are on a plate that is attached to the engine. For those of you who want to read a great article on this motor look no further than this article on Mustang360 magazine:

2013 Ford Shelby GT500 Trinity 5.8L V8 – Power Of Three

http://www.mustangandfords.com/news/m5lp-1203-2013-ford-shelby-gt500-trinity-5-8l-v8/

Shelby 5.8L Trinity Engine

Shelby 5.8L Trinity Engine

To give you an idea of the comparison differences between the stock TVS supercharger (above) and the VMP Gen II supercharger I replaced it with, here is a photo. The VMP Gen I blower is also shown. The big difference is in the porting. The VMP Gen II can suck in a lot more air as it is much less restrictive.

VMP Gen II, VMP Gen I and the stock TVS superchargers compared

VMP Gen II, VMP Gen I and the stock TVS superchargers compared (photo courtesy of SVTPerformance.com)

To take advantage of the bigger porting on the VMP Gen II supercharger, requires a bigger throttle body. The stock throttle body is a 54mm one – this was upgraded to VMP’s enormous 67mm twin throttle body.

VMP 67mm Throttle Body

VMP 67mm Throttle Body

All upgrades require a new tune to be uploaded. VMP provided me with a complete custom Stage 4 tune and I uploaded it using my SCT4 Tuner

SCT4 Tuner

SCT4 Tuner

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