Supercharging 01' 5.4 Crewcab
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Supercharging 01' 5.4 Crewcab
Hey guys I wanted to get some input on which supercharger system you might recommend. First off I've got a 2001 Lariat Crewcab f150 with 5.4. I am sick of all the diesel guys around here thinking that their chipped trucks are so big and bad. I've decided to break down and supercharge my truck. I was wondering what you think is better a procharger kit or attempting to configure a lightning roots style blower on there? Its a stock motor so I will probably keep her under 10psi or now. Would it be hard to put a lightning charger on my motor? What about tuning? I know some guys like SCT and others like quarterhorse with Binary Editor.
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My uncle and I had similar mustangs i had a root he didn't. Root blower is almost instant boost. I would get him from the line by the time he started catching up it was to late. I think this would be even worse since diesels lag so much till they make boost but when they do oh boy. I would be looking for more of a saleen blower out of a roush pickup similar as your 5.4 truck or find a late model harley and get the blower off of that.
As far as tunes i had a SCT it was ok i had a Diablo tune i liked it even better.
You do know you will need to upgrade your fuel pump and maybe go with a boost a pump. Get bigger injectors, throttle body mass air upgrade your brakes and anything else i forgot.
As far as tunes i had a SCT it was ok i had a Diablo tune i liked it even better.
You do know you will need to upgrade your fuel pump and maybe go with a boost a pump. Get bigger injectors, throttle body mass air upgrade your brakes and anything else i forgot.
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Hey guys I wanted to get some input on which supercharger system you might recommend. First off I've got a 2001 Lariat Crewcab f150 with 5.4. I am sick of all the diesel guys around here thinking that their chipped trucks are so big and bad. I've decided to break down and supercharge my truck. I was wondering what you think is better a procharger kit or attempting to configure a lightning roots style blower on there? Its a stock motor so I will probably keep her under 10psi or now. Would it be hard to put a lightning charger on my motor? What about tuning? I know some guys like SCT and others like quarterhorse with Binary Editor.
Thanks guys.
Thanks guys.
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its actually been a while since that post. sad part is I sold the 5.4 back to my mom and bought an 05' F350 with a 6.0 Ha Ha. The 05' is a beatiful truck but as soon as the opprtunity arises I'm gonna try to sell it and get a similar year KR Crewcab F150 and supercharge that. the diesel runs good but oil changes costing over 100buck, over 100bucks to fill er up and what not just gets expensive.
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i have a stock 05 Screw 6.0 4x4 short bed 6" lift and it gets better miles per gallon then my 05 stock F150 Screw Lariat both cost the same to maintain and both cost the same to fill up going from a f150 to f350 I would never go down again just my 2 cents from having both
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Fair enough. yea mines an 05' Lariat Crew cab, short box 4x4 as well. Mines stock height but have 5inch exhaust, egr delete, Edge CTS evolution programing but soon to be Innovative SCT tuned and using the CTS for the monitor. but I get like 11 city and 16-18 hwy. Just put an injector in it this week, dreading the day it when it might need gaskets and studs, Cheapest injectors i've found are over 1000 a set. diesel are defiantly more expensive than gassers. granted they are fun and serve more than one purpose. The F150 has always been Ford's cream of the crop though.
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