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Oct 10, 2008 | 08:17 PM

manningjr

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Technical question from the desert

Sorry i haven't made it to jakes or anything lately, currently hanging out in the sand for a few months.

And now for the question:
I'm looking at buying a supercharger for my truck. Is there anything I need to do with the heads or anything for the 5.4 when I put this on?

Oct 10, 2008 | 09:27 PM

DAFBFD58

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The only thing I know for our trucks would be to swap in the top end of a lightning motor and get the CPU

Oct 11, 2008 | 04:34 AM

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Nice sig Kenny! Did you buy a new truck or something?
lmao

Oct 11, 2008 | 07:08 AM

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I'd say you have a lot of research ahead to find out the info on this and its not going to be a simple swap. I agree with Ryan you will probably need to change the upper end but I've heard of people not doing that. Do a search in the forums your likely to find a thread about it

Oct 11, 2008 | 11:49 AM

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Thanks for the help guys. Just something I was looking at doing and didn't know how much was really involved in the swap with the stock parts.

And no george, still same o truck. Just improving slowly, but i also got 36" military issue humvee tires. And i dropped $8000 on it to pay it off.

Oct 11, 2008 | 10:49 PM

DAFBFD58

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Don't forget about the crank shaft as well. They don't like the extra power the supercharger puts into the motor. You better off finding a stock lightning motor and CPU and just swapping it in. I know I guy that did it in his SD Let me know is you want his addy so you can chat.

Oct 20, 2008 | 04:50 PM

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Originally Posted by manningjr

Depending on how much power you want to make,,ported heads and better cams will make some good power. But are not needed for the install of a supercharger.

The best kit that I have found is to put a Lightning/Harley intake assembly on your 5.4
http://www.f150online.com/forums/par...-sc-parts.html
Then you will need most of the parts on this list....good guy to deal with and very helpful with info!
http://www.madenterprise.com/scparts.htm
You will also need a tune for the computer to make it all work.
Just let me know if you need more info.