I came across an article in Road and Track about a shop in Australia that used a stock 7.3 Godzilla motor, added a supercharger/tuning and E85, and made 1015 hp/988 tq on the dyno.. Pretty darn impressive!

https://www.roadandtrack.com/news/a36545678/ford-73-liter-godzilla-supercharged-v-8-1000-hp-dyno/

 

Cool?

 

Saw that. I guess if you dropped the 7.3 into a Stang it is useful for those who maybe run drag but for my truck, I just want reliable stock power and towing ability for my RV and utility trailers hauling tractors.

 

I do wonder if just a throttle body change to that gt350 would do the trick. Without the front end junk, the 7.3 makes 506hp on the Dyno. The alternator and stuff robs 76hp.

 

Supercharged engines can be just as reliable as NA engines. Before turbo diesels were developed and perfected many big trucks were supercharged. In fact that is where the early hot rodders got the superchargers for their drag cars. Aircraft have used superchargers for decades.

BTW - how do you like the Grey Wolf ?

 

Had an 02' Mustang with a Kenne Bell supercharger on it. Damn that car was insanely fast (500+ rwhp). Sold it to an 18 year old kid with his parents after a quick drive around the block while two others were waiting to check it out. His dad paid me cash on the spot watched him drive off and hoped he wouldn't wrap it around a tree.

 

I'd like to know too. The Grey WOlf 26dbh is at the top of our purchase list next year.

 

I agree, and I personally wouldn’t be interested in making that kind of power in a new Super Duty.. But I’m more impressed with the stock motor holding up to that, and hopefully it speaks to the robustness/longevity of the motor (especially in stock form).

 

Ya, Same here. If I were to do any mods or tuning it would be for improved MPG gains lol.

 

The day my 6.2 ever goes ****-up, I’m ordering a 7.3l crate engine for it with a supercharger.

 

Brian wolfe has been playing with these engines and with a 3.0 whipple and some other mods has made almost 1500 crank hp and 1050 ft lbs. This one is supposed to be going in a drag car.

 

Y'all must not get out much. There are plenty of videos online of LS' and Coyotes on the pump putting out that kind of power with stock internals. Boost is an incredible drug.

 

this is very impressive. I love big HP and boosted is always nice. However, for my intended purposes, the stock 445 should be fine for my driving and towing runs. I will know more if I ever get a truck. The 445 makes a lot more torque off idle than my SBC and the 4.30 gear will help al lot also.

 

Big difference between an engine that was designed around a supercharger and built specifically for one versus just slapping a supercharger on any engine. Sure it will work for a bit but your maintenance hours to actual run time are going to be excessive unless you upgrade a number of parts to make it work reliably for any length of time.

 

The crazy thing is they are just getting started with this engine and its catching on fast, already 3 superchargers developed/being developed and several internal mods. Will be very interesting to see what it is capable of a few years down the road. Not saying I would want to do any crazy mods to my truck now as it has plenty of power in stock form and dont want to affect reliability, but down the road when the motor is a little tired could be fun to make a 1500hp hot rod out of it. Also afraid this may be one of the last large displacement gas motors to be developed with the way things are headed.