I was browsing around and found a decent price on a Powerdyne SC for the new 5.4. My question is that in searching for reviews, alot of people are happy, some are not. Does anyone have first hand experience with these superchargers?

I would love to go with whipple, however, I am binded a bit to spend too much. Any help is appreciated!

 

I don't have any personal experience with PowerDyne, but from what I have gathered... they dont really produce alot of power with the 5.4... compared to other Superchargers... If you're really wanting to go the Centrifugal route.. look into a Procharger or Vortech.. There are a couple 04+F150 5.4s on this site with the Vortech and Procharger...

If I was gonna get a Centrifugal blower for my truck, it would be a ProCharger. Price isnt much higher that PowerDyne.

 

General rule of thumb:

Centrifugal is for power mainly on the top end (high rpms) and is best suited for race car type driving i.e., keeping the rpms up all the time.

Roots and Twin Screw is for power thru out the powerband and is best suited for a truck and/or those that want "big block" torque and power everywhere.

 

Kind of depends on how good a deal you are looking at. In my opinion which doesn't mean much any supercharger is better than no supercharger.

 

One reason Powerdynes don't produce as much power as their counterparts could be flow. Without knowing which Powerdyne would be used, I can't compare. However, here are some flow numbers for the popular Vortechs:

A-Trim = 800 cfm up to ~11 psi.
S-Trim = 1,000 cfm up to 20 psi (including S/SC/SQ Trims)
T/R-Trim = 1,200 cfm up to ~26 psi

All centrifiguals that I know of with the exception of the Powerdyne are gear driven... a ton of people in the Mustang community have had belts break in their Powerdynes once you start changing out pulleys for more power. There is a kevlar belt that is supposed to be more reliable...