You can, but you need another couple of grand worth of parts to make it complete. The supercharger is just a part to the system. For the lightning system, there is an intercooler, intercooler pump, I can't recall if it's separate from the engine cooling system, but if it is, then you need another small radiator, a reservoir. Then there is the tuning involved. Plus with the positive displacement supercharger, you gain torque and the power is on demand. There is no lag for spool up. Another plus, you get more 15 seconds of power under tightly controlled circumstances.

Nitrous is not the demon some think it is, however, it's not like the movies either. A no2 system should be operated when the engine can rev higher, and during WOT. Plus you should have some tuning done or atleast use a wet system for the kind of power you are looking for. While it's good for the track and a bit of fun for the street, the supercharger will give you more power for greater spans, it's not an on/off system.

There is also the added benefit of with alot of tuning, you could gain mileage. I've weighed it both ways, and the supercharger always came a head for me.

 

I would like to point attention to what BBender and superdutyscaler have in common. Wether it be a camshaft or port and polishing the heads, you are letting the engine breath. So whichever way you go, there will inevitably HP and Torque gains.

Since the begining of the v8 Ford has always tuned or detuned by flow. The heads on the 302 and 351 have that knuckle in the exhaust port. It is one of the first thing to remove.

An engine is a airpump. more in more out. "Very simple concept".

Computers also control this proccess. Like a said in my opening statement. Both ways your buddys attacked the issues has the same outcome because they both let the engine breath. I do however find it hard to beleve that a guy would dissasemble a head considering it is a n overhead cam engine, go threw the hassle of port and polish, then put the old cam back in.

 

also i wanted to put true duels on my truck so took it to a shop and they said they cant do it because there is a sensor that is in the way but when i looked at it i did not see any sensor in the way so can you do true duels on a 99 F-250?

 

True duals won't give you more power than a properly sized single or SIDO setup. The gas tank is in the way to do proper true duals so you have to route both pipes down one side which will make them unequal length. True duals on SDs and most modern trucks is a waste IMO.

Sounds like you have an O2 sensor after the cat. I would replace the exhaust from behind the sensor back. If you want the dual look use a SIDO muffler and split the pipes after the muffler.

 

1 more thing, If you go with a hotter cam, and you have an automatic tranny. You need to make sure when you buy, or degree the cam your torque converter is matched. That can be acheived by either retarding or advancing the cam (Degreeing) or swapping out the converter.

Reason being, If your cam is installed so your engine makes HP between 2000 rpms and 5500 rpms, and your stock converter flashes at 1300. Your engine will have no power, untill it gets ti 2000 rpms. It will be a slug off the line.

The neighbor guy (25) did just that. PPheads Keith black pistons ect. I told him to give me the converter. We split it open swapped the stator, now it flashes at 2000rpms. Saccrificed very little for drivability. And his truck does one hell of a whole shot.

You can sometimes offset the 2 (cam/converter) with the gears but it is only a bandade

 

I do not have an O2 sensor after the cat its up higher on the right side so i think the guy just did not want to do the work. So what kind of cam fluid do you guys use? I heard high performance cam fluid can really open my truck up

 

Sounds like he didn't need/want the work then. No issues if the O2s are only on the manifolds.

 

Ya i guess so. what do think about accel coils?

 

I have heard of people down in the V10 forum having troubles with Accel and MSD coils. A hotter coil may be benefitial in a supercharged application but IMO is a waste on a NA motor. The OE COPS put out a good amount of voltage and sit right on top of the plug so there is minimal loss between the coil and plug. More important to have a fresh set of plugs IMO.

I've screwed around with ignitions in the past on my 302. I spent close to $200 on a hot Jacobs setup (wires, coil, cap/rotor and increased plug gap) which performed well but didn't really perform any better than the accell coil and autozone wires I have on now.

 

What gears are you running?
Switching the typical 3.73 to 4.30's or higher (numerically) is always good for a quite noticeable improvement in acceleration and towing oomph!

Listen to dkf on coils.

 

won't help the heads flow better, but will make more power by default. sure, port work would be great.. but you're cost is going to shoot up quickly. i guess my PI cam reccomendation was aimed at a bang-for-buck approach.

as far as swapping PI heads altogether; i looked into that as well, but it raises compression on a non-PI motor, neccessitating 91+ octane.

 

All my coils are starting to go out and i am trying to find the best coil for my truck. if im going to spend $400 on coils i want them to be good. I am not really sure what gears i have.

 

Cam Fluid??? Coils going bad. Sounds to me like you, have alot of issue's and 1 would be impossible to diagnose let alon 3 or 5.

 

My coils are going out because i have a 120,000 miles on my truck with original coils still in it.

 

putting NOS throu a engine not designed around it will end that engines life pretty quickly..

esp if u use the NOS alot..

unless ur gunna rebuilt ur motor with upgraded HI-Po parts i would skip the NOS...

have u considered a gear swap into ur SD to gain some power ???