DOES KENNE BELL STILL MAKE A 50-STATE LEGAL SUPERCHARGER FOR THE 5.0L? HOW MUCH HP IS IT WORTH? 

I'm a gm guy, but there's something extremely wholesome and rewarding about watching a fox body mustang with a 5.0 make respectable numbers.

Please do additional videos on this setup. I'd love to see the old school style parts comparison. DO a ported Lower intake, larger TB, Good heads and top it off with a Holley EFI to get rid of that MAF and FMU.

I'm an classic import guy(70's Toyotas, Mazdas and Datsuns) but my son is a mustang guy. We pulled a 5.0 out of a field last summer and it's about half way ready to be road worthy. The pleasure I have in sharing this video with him is priceless! I hope this motivates him to get done with college and as soon as he gets his first real check from a good paying job he orders this super charger!! I mean he sold his PlayStation for a front bumper for his Fox!

I need this or the new Aussie Blower in my life for my 393W!!!

I feel like this is what Ford should have done in 1993. Our Australian Cobra engine, the one with the Showa G52 intake, and built to Cobra spec by Watsons, made 280 flywheel SAE net HP and 220 rwhp with a T5 and 7.8 inch axle on 245 tires. Listed as 274 HP DIN net. The baseline looks the same. Great test.

I have a lot of love for the Kenne Bell Blowzilla/Flowzilla inlet combo. Even with a stock lower, non intercooled on a mostly stock sn95, it was a ripper. Felt like a big block at the lower revs.

I do love watching these videos Richard. Keep them coming.

Love it, would like to see how much more HP you could get out of it

Pulling that old 5.0 intake off was like a flashback. Cool kit looks easy and pnp

That thing made almost exactly the HP and TQ of my old 88 GT from back in the mid 90's. I made 226rwhp/282 rwtq. Oh the memories.

I was having my 12 mustang tuned recently here in Florida at a local place, there was a 91 gt with this exact supercharger it had ford shorty headers with cats everything was stock besides exhaust Auto with 2:73 gears. I forget what pcm combo he went with ( I believe it was a holley) it was there for tuning as he ditched the ford pcm. He made 315/365 to the wheels. On stock pulley it made 4.5-5 psi. The owner told me he bought the supercharger over a decade ago he had about 50,000 miles on it. I could not get over how quiet the blower was. Im serious Zero wine ultimate sleeper.

Dang those hands look familiar. I think it's the same work shirt from AEW, too. Mark sure knows a 5.0.

Great video Richard. Would love to see more KB 5.0 content in the future! Some potential topics to dive into: starting the dyno pull a little lower so we can see the effect on low-end torque, absolute air density tradeoff between non-intercooled IATs and boost, thoughts on the decrease in runner length (since a good portion of that comes from the "wraparound" upper intake with the giant 180 degree bend) versus boost, and the boost curve.

Richard, thanks for the review. I seen KB brought these back and great to see a current review. I’ve been running a Blowzilla on my 306 for 4 years now with smiles for miles. It sat on a shelf for 9 years waiting for the car of choice. If only KB would have engineered an intercooler setup for it. I’m running meth injection to help the AITs but think a cooler would be better overall. HCI setup with “Explorer” intake, 90mm TB & MAF, typical LT header exhaust through a T5 trans and 9lbs of boost puts 420 hp/ 502 tq to the rears all day long running AC with a great tune of course 😊. Full boost at 2800 rpm’s. Much more boost to be had, but no real need for longevity is key for me with stock block and forged internals. Here in NC we get some hot days and yes AITs are a challenge, but for a street car that drives to half dozen large events and back a year and weekends, I absolutely enjoy it. Again, thanks for the great content and transparency as always!

Have this same setup on my dad's 347 stroker with a terminator x ecm. Would love a max power video with peak ignition timing. Currently at 26° at 0 psi taking out 1.5° per lb of boost.

Awesome news, I have an og one and have been in need of a flowzilla plenum!

I JUST showed a coworker with a 93 this Kenne Bell! Wish you had the entire install recorded you could cobble together to post.

Love the Snapon tune up machine... 😂

I always thought on a dyno, the transmission should be in a 1.00 or close as possible. It appears this one was done in 3rd with a 1.26 ratio.

The video reminds me of helping a friend install one of these K-B units years ago on a 95 5.0l. The dance of trying to get the blower and upper manifold onto the lower and getting all the bolts started was quite the feat.

I really liked the way the car sounds. What mufflers were on it?

More SBF content FTW!!! 🇺🇸💪🏼

Old is gold!

Always thought of getting one just wanted something intercooled

That being said, in the video great, I’m running a Paxton Novy, 2000 on a stock engine but aftermarket intake, headers and exhaust. The Novie 2000 is capable of 900 hp if the Engine is built, right. The Paxton, nove 2000 Actually has a Street legal tag on it with a card number I think this is the best supercharger ever built never seen it on your channel. I respect you a lot.

Now I know what I need to put in my Fox

So I guess the question is keep 5.0 and buy this kit or ls swap since both make about same hp wheel also I wonder how torque storm does

Trick flow 17011R top end kit seems like these would go hand in hand to make well over 500

Imagine if that was a 3.4 Whipple!

I think my 89 town car needs one of these babies.

sweet! I wonder this setup could work on a 351W....probably just a modified FEAD bracket.

Hey Richard I have 4 Mustangs I have a love for them so of course I love all of ur content on old school 5.0 and the sn95/new edge any chance u can do a video on 4.6 2v with ported pi heads a nice lumpy cam and a factory ported roots blower Thanks

You gotta film the dyno runs, people want to see and hear the roar.

Update date the video with a sound of that kenne bell whining on that dyno please!

cobra vs z28 350 was the thing back in the day

And so, August 11 2023 - Ford announces they will be releasing the new edition of the Ford Mustang, with over 2/3rds of the orders being for the 5.0 engine

Hi Richard. What size is the throttle body opening on the Inlet? 75/90mm? Either way, I'm ELATED to see this thing back in production. Not really big on the "5.0" badging, but that's small potatoes. Again, thank you for the 8.2 deck content!

coiuld youput this supercharger on a 5.0 explorer?

50% increase in power!

Put it on 408W and re test it please !

Richard, did that engine have the gt40 heads?? I rewatched and you don't mention what heads are on the car, thanks!

How much more can that blower set up handle? Could it still improve apon a mild built 302 with H/C/I ? It looks really good tucked in under the hood.

Only 50hp for thousands of dollars?? Not sure it's worth it.... Thanks for the videos!!

At this point I am assuming most fox cars in this market will have some sort of hci combo and are in the situation of writing off that ridiculous expense for stock ls power...or freshening up with a belle as it is one last bolt on...... over the time and expense of an ls swap... so 400 whp is probably pretty easy in that light ... FOX chassis is starting to enter rowdy territory in that area. Even at that....meh...L/S swap. Make an adapter for LS as an upgrade later Kenne Bell..😂

Hi Richard. Since the Weiand 174 was discontinued, what are the roots or twin screws supercharger options for the SBF carbureted engines? I can’t find anything out there 😢 Cheers

1/2 way thru the video... thinking, wow that's an interesting design! Blower on the underside to save vertical space. How much is the estimated "dyno cell" hp ? I'd guess close to 450 ?? I bet with all that low torque, it's a blast to drive

I bet with higher boost levels and active fuel management you would get much higher numbers even

I wonder how this blower would do on a 5.8 using the Lightning lower intake?

Was it a cobra lower or explorer? Website says it has to be cobra. Also wonder if you could run it with the ac deleted

Great video...what injectors

Heads?

Would this work on my 1983' 5.0 HO motor?

😊 100 h.p gain 😊

No video of a dyno run with the blower???

Would’ve like to see the dyno pull after the KB was installed 😒

The kenne bell site says cobra lower but will the explorer lower work?

What would it take for you to test some import stuff

Is a 351w kit available anywhere?

I heard kennebell sold his company but there still making them

Would this fit a 92 F150 with a 5.0 🤔

Wait so this supercharger is cooled by the ac?

Would you rather have the crabs or a Ford ?

Man, these things are cool as hell, ya they're expensive. Guys saying LS this and Coyote that, yes we get it. They're the same type of goofs on MMA and weightlifting vids saying "is that all? you can do more with less, looks terrible...uh pass the Cheetos while I rub muh fat baby belly."

#Windsor4life

Is this a California car?

Mark starting to look much older

Gt 40 heads?

3rd gear.....4 th is 1:1

So for a mere $5000 you can supercharge an old 302 to make the same power as a cam only 4.8. LOL. All jokes aside, these were really good numbers and a total game changer 20 years ago. Now days, not so much. Still cool seeing it tested though. I had several buddies back in the day that had the paxton centrifugals on their 5.0s. Nobody I knew ever had one of these KB roots blowers though.

Nobody wants a bent shaft 😆

Now do 14psi.

Man those things are anemic

Am I supposed to know what FMU means? Cuz I dont.

...roughly 6 minutes in, is where I'd more than likely, be putting a hammer through the windshield. . . . LMAO. Cool gadget, but nah.

Haha is it 'Kenny' Bell? I always thought the N and E were silent. I hear 'Ken Belle' in my head. The title doesn't need to be in a question format nor everything in CAPS LOCK.

Only people that buy that are the people that are rich as shit. I could add two turbos for that cost.

Well that's lame, where's the blower whine pulls?

More chassis dyno content

We need a 351 Windsor Whipple supercharger kit

🥲 I wanted to hear it