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I read the install instructions on the 2018 F150 5.0 Roush supercharger just to see what all is involved. It looks to be a PITA compared to the Whipple. The A/C clutch has to be pulled. The Harmonic Balancer has to be pulled. The normal grinding and such on the timing cover has to be done like past kits. I don't know for the life of me why Roush can't make a FEAD system like Whipple and Edelbrock that doesn't require butchering up the timing cover. We will have to wait and see if the the squeeze is worth the juice on this install.
I had heard it was part of the block that had to ground away timing cover is not quite as bad. Although the timing cover doesn't seem like it would be a very heavy casting to be removing metal from....Thanks for the clarifying.
The Whipple is 100% reversible with only a few hoses and a ground wire that would need to be changed back. Maybe $40 in parts.
The pictures I saw of the Roush install in a F150 had a plastic I/C reservoir up high about where our cold air intake is. It seems like heat soak would be major problem, seeing that hot air rises and all that is contained under the hood.
I was all set on a Roush Nitemare...Until I really looked closer. The price was the final killer I've put a ton of mods into my truck and still spent a lot less.
Anyone notice how in the new Revision 7 install instructions, there is zero mention of the small signal pass LTR....
My guess is the larger dual pass LTR is Whipple's new standard heat exchanger.
Could be..Might have just gotten lucky on sending mine back in time.
There a was a truck load of Shelby leaving the plant that I past coming back from lunch...Supercabs no less...I was wondering the same thing about those. I think maybe I have become a Whipple geek.
07-24-2018, 06:57 PM
