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just got off the phone with whipple today. here is the latest. they were scheduled to be released last march. they have yet to be released because of a back ordered part. they will be released soon.
evidently an engineer who often is contracted through ford helped whipple calibrate the blower. whipple then took the blower and calibration to ford to have them check it out. ford gave it the go ahead. this to my understanding means that ford racing performance parts will be selling the kit, and will be under warranty. my guess if its ordered and installed per fords specs. i only have one source on this so its not for sure.
will get back to you if i have any other info. there is nice write up about the blower at whipplesuperchargers.com. its producing 475hp and 500tq crank power @ 8psi.
evidently an engineer who often is contracted through ford helped whipple calibrate the blower. whipple then took the blower and calibration to ford to have them check it out. ford gave it the go ahead. this to my understanding means that ford racing performance parts will be selling the kit, and will be under warranty. my guess if its ordered and installed per fords specs. i only have one source on this so its not for sure.
will get back to you if i have any other info. there is nice write up about the blower at whipplesuperchargers.com. its producing 475hp and 500tq crank power @ 8psi.
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This is the email I got today from whipple.
We have been backordered on our compressors since last March so we have not been able to ship any kits. We will start shipping around Nov. 21. We are over 3000 kits backordered at this time. We should be caught up around Jan. The price for the 3 valve is $5495.00 for the complete intercooled system. Our prices are always subject to change. That is what the kit will be sold for. I still have a list of people to notify when we start shipping again. I will make sure you are on the list.
You can order directly through us or any authorized Ford Racing dealer.
Thank you for your interest,
Shonda
We have been backordered on our compressors since last March so we have not been able to ship any kits. We will start shipping around Nov. 21. We are over 3000 kits backordered at this time. We should be caught up around Jan. The price for the 3 valve is $5495.00 for the complete intercooled system. Our prices are always subject to change. That is what the kit will be sold for. I still have a list of people to notify when we start shipping again. I will make sure you are on the list.
You can order directly through us or any authorized Ford Racing dealer.
Thank you for your interest,
Shonda
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I used to work for that engineer up until recently - I never worked on the Whipple stuff though. I can't comment on the hardware but I can say that you'd be hard pressed to fine a system that is better tuned for the vehicle. The engineer doing that work for them is one of the best calibrators in the business.
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Originally Posted by jdew1920
I used to work for that engineer up until recently - I never worked on the Whipple stuff though. I can't comment on the hardware but I can say that you'd be hard pressed to fine a system that is better tuned for the vehicle. The engineer doing that work for them is one of the best calibrators in the business.
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im assuming that calibration and tuning a blower are different.
is this correct, and how are they different?
is this correct, and how are they different?
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Originally Posted by richtor
just got off the phone with whipple today. here is the latest. they were scheduled to be released last march. they have yet to be released because of a back ordered part. they will be released soon.
evidently an engineer who often is contracted through ford helped whipple calibrate the blower. whipple then took the blower and calibration to ford to have them check it out. ford gave it the go ahead. this to my understanding means that ford racing performance parts will be selling the kit, and will be under warranty. my guess if its ordered and installed per fords specs. i only have one source on this so its not for sure.
will get back to you if i have any other info. there is nice write up about the blower at whipplesuperchargers.com. its producing 475hp and 500tq crank power @ 8psi.
evidently an engineer who often is contracted through ford helped whipple calibrate the blower. whipple then took the blower and calibration to ford to have them check it out. ford gave it the go ahead. this to my understanding means that ford racing performance parts will be selling the kit, and will be under warranty. my guess if its ordered and installed per fords specs. i only have one source on this so its not for sure.
will get back to you if i have any other info. there is nice write up about the blower at whipplesuperchargers.com. its producing 475hp and 500tq crank power @ 8psi.
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Richtor is not BS'ing it totally jives with what I know of the project.
I believe he is contracted by Ford Racing for this project and he does plenty of other work for Ford as well. He's got his own company - he is not a "Ford" employee - although he used to be. Why would I make this up? Maybe he is subcontracted through Whipple - not sure, but either way that's what's going on.
I believe he is contracted by Ford Racing for this project and he does plenty of other work for Ford as well. He's got his own company - he is not a "Ford" employee - although he used to be. Why would I make this up? Maybe he is subcontracted through Whipple - not sure, but either way that's what's going on.
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Originally Posted by jdew1920
Richtor is not BS'ing it totally jives with what I know of the project.
I believe he is contracted by Ford Racing for this project and he does plenty of other work for Ford as well. He's got his own company - he is not a "Ford" employee - although he used to be. Why would I make this up? Maybe he is subcontracted through Whipple - not sure, but either way that's what's going on.
I believe he is contracted by Ford Racing for this project and he does plenty of other work for Ford as well. He's got his own company - he is not a "Ford" employee - although he used to be. Why would I make this up? Maybe he is subcontracted through Whipple - not sure, but either way that's what's going on.
On a side note, personally I hope that the Whipple aftermarket does become available for them soon. I see that a Company in Texas is about to release an intercooled M112 Eaton/ with intake for the 3 vavle sometime in the next week or so. Although I work for the big blue oval, I still mod the ***** out of all my vehicles so I am very interested in any new blower ( Roush has been out for over a year) that becomes available....
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Any info to back that up there Quik Truk?
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Originally Posted by richtor
evidently an engineer who often is contracted through ford helped whipple calibrate the blower. whipple then took the blower and calibration to ford to have them check it out. ford gave it the go ahead.
then the person i spoke with at whipple told me that after the calibration of this blower, whipple took it to ford(im assuming frpp) to have them look at the new product. ford gave them the go ahead. im not sure what this means.
he also said that ford racing and performance parts will be selling the whipple blower to the public and would not be suprised if ford would continue to honor their warrenty if purchased and installed by a frpp dealer.
this is what i was told. i have not been able to verify these facts. jdew1920 confirmation on some of these facts leads me to believe that whipple did indeed do their homework.