For a look at all the gear you'll be lusting after this year, stay tuned to the 5.0&SF blogspot, and for today's installment of what we spied at last year's SEMA show, check out the full details after the jump...

Edelbrock’s [(310) 781-2222; www.edelbrock.com] new E-Force supercharger for S197s got plenty of interest, and we got the big tour when we ran into old friend Rob Simon, lead engineer on the Edelbrock blower and late of Saleen. A complete bolt-on package at $5,799 retail, the Eaton Gen VI, TVS-sourced, four-lobe rotor pack makes 466 hp and 439 lb-ft with the stock fuel pump. Everything is included, meaning all manifolding, a throttle body, mass air meter, hardware, and more. We’ll have a full article on this interesting water-to-air charge-cooled installation shortly, but our first quick look was reassuring, with the expected Edelbrock attention to detail. February 1, 2009, was the expected on-sale date; a CARB E.O. was pending at press time, but it shouldn’t be a problem.
Besides the blower, Edelbrock put up a whole board of new S197 parts. At top is a Touring Kit with springs, sway bars, and rear suspension links; below are short and long 4.6 water pumps; an EFI nitrous kit; ceramic and Ti-Tech, coated short-tube headers; and a single-plane Victor Jr. intake with a fuel rail kit and Victor Series throttle body. Yet another Edelbrock [(310) 781-2222; www.edelbrock.com] newbie is the Pro Flow XT intake manifold. Said to have runners long enough to preserve torque, the new casting uses a 90mm throttle body and is designed for a 1500-6,500-rpm powerband. Obviously it’s designed to work with the matching Edelbrock Pro-Flo XT EFI system.