supercharger
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supercharger
I posted a thread a few days ago saying that i wanted more power for my 5.4, i got some suggestions for a supercharger. and was wondering if this is a bolt on and also how much more power can i expect. i was also wondering where i can find one and how much? Also how good is this for a truck that is a farm truck that pulls a trailer and is often in very dusty or muddy conditions with a lot of idle time. (would this hurt my motor) any info on that or other means of more power easy would be appreciated thanks.
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You have two options for a supercharger (not turbo) centrifugal or blower. You can bolt on the lightning blower or get a kit from whipple, kenne bell or the ilk. However, they are all for the F150 and will take a little plumbing to set in the superduty. You should be able to find a direct bolt on centrifugal kit from vortec, paxton or their ilk. The down side to the centrifugal systems is they have a lag similar to turbos. The upside to the blower is it adds phelonic volume and the power is instant.
Either way power depends on boost. You can make enough power with either type to destroy the bottom end. Remember the lightning uses a forged crank and lower compression heads than the N/A motors.
Either way power depends on boost. You can make enough power with either type to destroy the bottom end. Remember the lightning uses a forged crank and lower compression heads than the N/A motors.
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Originally Posted by i eat hybrids
Doesnt a root style or a blower type of supercharger make more boost and hp then a centrifugal one?
A blower S/C will make postive boost at low, medium and high engine RPMs. But the blower steals more power from the engine compaired to the centrifugal S/C (or turbo). The blower gives a much more even increase to HP/tourque accrost the entire RPM range. But it wont give a huge increase to the max HP like a centrifugal S/C (or turbocharger) will.
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Look on ebay! they always have all different kinds of superchargers for 5.4L motors its were i bought mine for my V10, I spent about 30 hours installing mine, because i ran into alot of problems, I bought a kenne bell and it added A LOT of power.
