my 2003 ford f-150 supercrew with 5.4 . i want more power!! so should i supercharge it ? how many people have added superchargers ?? any problems with them

 

I would look into Procharger - they make an inclusive kit that is pretty much bolt-on with a few fuel and electrical mods. I have the procharger kit on my nissan and I love it. I went from 246whp to 375whp.

Whatever you do, listen, whatever you do, get a professional dyno tune!! I have heard so many people blow their engines because they get a amateur tune.

 

yeah for sure qualifed people only would do it. been lookin at procharger there nice thanks for the input

 

Installing a supercharger isn't that terrible a job but tuning it is. All the values in your stock tune are for N/A and you will be at different supercharged values. You will be forcing mor air in and will need the corrsponding richer fuel values. Spark values will have to come down to prevent detonation.

 

For the value added just trade up to an EB. You won't be sorry. Figure $4000 plus for the instal and $4 x 8 gallons an hour to operate a blower truck. Thats like $15,ooo a year for gas.

 

whats an EB ?? i dont drive truck hardly its only got 55,000 miles on it so i wont spend much gas its a show truck.

 

He is referring to an Ecoboost. The comment about gas mileage is incorrect though. The only time you burn additional fuel is when you are boosting. When my Whipple was at 8psi I got 18.1mpg verses 18.3 bone stock. Now at 13-14psi and making right around 500rwhp with a built trans, stall converter, 4.11 gears, and much more I get 16-16.5. It's all in how you drive it.

 

I think it would be great as a show truck project. I would pick the prime system, the one You like the most with the best features, fuel injectors, programmer, and finish look. You want a truck to truly be proud of, along with the look goes the performance. My other thought of the other thread was practicallity for the daily driver and using manufactures truck.

 

think i like the pro charger setup since its self contained oil. thats one thing i want dont wanna drill bunch of hole for oil supply. but i was hoping others had done this so i could get feed back from them or problems so i wont have any issues when i do it

 

Sounds like the plan, getting info, technical advise, contacting them for more details. Seems like the ones I have seen were done in shop with a lot of tuning/ Dyno time. I suppose most air induction stuff changes to calibrate fuel ? The'll tell you a lot, even email you much need info and prices. I would think to keep the settings fairly tame for pistons and rings, unless I'm changing them and heads. A stronger than stock set up, maybe a crate motor if I'm looking for some real show stopping value.