Eaton set up for F250 SD, Will it work??

[drkhrse]

Hi guys, I have a 2000 F250 SuperDuty with the 5.4 in it and I want to upgrade it to Lightning specs. What parts are involved, and is there a kit out there that is worth buying?? If I can track down the parts a blower is easy to find, however all that connects it is the problem. I have access to get it Dyno tuned after, would it need a new computer? Thnx

 

[mc01svt]

not worth the time or money. ATI (procharger) is the ony manufacture that makes a bolt-on blower kit for a 5.4L superduty.

Just my 2cents. Even if you were to put a lightning blower on that truck it would still be a dog. I'd leave it alone. If you needed more pwr you should've just bought a V-10 or a diesel. :bash:

 

[SID297]

It would be much easier to buy an aftermarket kit, unless you can find a complete donor engine.

 

[RIDE THE]

^^^^ What they said.

 

[Z7What]

I dont think it was hard to do the swap at all on my truck. Just gotta make sure you get all the parts before doing the swap. I have a friend of mine with a F-250 and a L blower setup on it, he loves it.

I'll be honest, i didnt think i could do it. Had a friend that did 2 other swaps before do most of the work, after watching him do it i beleave i could do it. He is the one that install the setup on the F-250 also.

His name on here is Brahmus

Wayne

 

[Ginther]

not worth the time or money. ATI (procharger) is the ony manufacture that makes a bolt-on blower kit for a 5.4L superduty.

Just my 2cents. Even if you were to put a lightning blower on that truck it would still be a dog. I'd leave it alone. If you needed more pwr you should've just bought a V-10 or a diesel. :bash:

I agree. No gas engine is going to have the power/torque/reliability of a Powerstroke in a Superduty. It would probably be easier and cheaper in the long run to just hunt down a good deal on a used diesel Superduty. Then mod that Powerstroke and enjoy some awesome torque and still get decent fuel economy. :beer:

 

[drkhrse]

This is the path i was on, I was trying to sell the truck to buy a Diesel, however it's not worth much in todays market. My thought is to make it "better" to get me by for a few more years.

 

[inuswo]

It'd probably be more fun to drive, but it wouldn't ever be an L.

I'd be more concerned with the internals when applying boost like what the stock L eaton provides. You have to think of cooling, fuel, and lots of other small things. It all adds up.

 

[Dr. Matt]

I agree that it's not a very economical plan. I have a superduty with a V10 and have done a lot of towing with both it and my L. If you never haul or tow anything heavy you will be fine supercharging it. However, I bet you will be in the boost so often you will get a lot of heat soak even running around with no load. I know my Superduty weighs 7000#'s so just hauling around that much weight would be enought to heat an Eaton up if you drive like me.