Just wanted to post the results of a install of a powerdyne SC on a 2001 Supercrew. I read a lot of the posts on here about what brand to use. After acessing what i really wanted from my truck i chose the powerdyne. The reasons being this i only wanted the boost when i wanted to get down on it so to speak. Everyday driving i didnt care but when i wanted the HP i want a boat load. Also what i wanted was about 15 seconds worth of HP so i didnt think the aftercooler was a nessesity. 15 seconds worth will put a frown on a lot of people. So here is what happened. I ordered a Powerdyne from Ford motosports for 1995.00$ It arrived in about a week. I unboxed it and it looked great. I had read about other installs and i decided to have a shop pull the harmonic balancer and install the new one that comes with the kit along with the drive pulley. He also installed the new fan that comes with the kit. He charged me 75 dollars, and i thought that was a deal because i didnt own a puller and would have had to rent or borrow one.On the next day i proceded to install the kit and let me say everything went together perfect only one minor snag. The instructions were straight forward. Remove the old intake filter system. Insatll the monting plate for SC. Install the FMU hookup the gas lines. Insatll the new intake. install the filter assembly. Install belt tensioner with belt. And crank her up. Just 4 hurs later. The only problem was the bracket that holds the power steering resevior was rubbing the header, and was sending viberations thru the pedals and steering wheel. Just a little bend and all was clear.Took her out for a spin and WOW!!!! I was pleased. The next day i installed an Autometer and pod to see boost preasure, and was getting about 4.5 lbs of boost at WOT and she was shifting at 4900 Rpms. I decided to order an 9psi pulley and get my superchip custom burned to raise the shift point in order to get into the rpm range to take advantage of what the supercharger has to offer. When the ship came and the new pulley i installed thme and off to the races. She is now shifting at 5300 rpm at about 7psi and let me tell you this things Rips for a big heavy 4X4. I will tell you it would not spin the tires before the mods but now it will sQueel them from a dead stop it wont smoke them but its nice to hear them bark. It will also chirp them at WOT 1st to 2nd shift. I bought a Gtech Pro and it will run at the present in the low 15s with a best so far a 14.99 and a 91.131mph speed in the 1/4. I plan on a Catback of sometype soon, and after that i will do a Dyno run. And will maybe reburn the chip at that time to shift from 1st to 2nd at the peak HP rpms. Am also thinking about 4.10s to get into the rpms a little quicker from a dead stop. So far im am very pleased with the results and have put 4000 miles on with the SC. Its nice to be blown!!!!!!!!!!!Oh one more thing at cruising speed on the Interstate this thing will not shift out of OD where it used to on hills as you start uphills and open the throttle the boost just eases up to about 1.5 lbs and this thing just climbs so easy no downshifting like before. If any one wants more detalied info just let me know. Also Mike T knows his stuff and the service he gives is great. I can really see the diffrence with the superchip and the improved shifting performance.

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2001 Screw
4 X 4
5.4 Liter
Black/Harvestgold
Lariat, Removed pin stripe and 4X4 stickers
Powerdyne Supercharger
Autometer Boost Gauge
Superchiped Custom
Spray X Liner
Westin Nerfs
Airaid
Captains Chairs
Towing Package
6/CD Changer
Moonroof
Sliding Rear

Future plans:
Exhaust???
Gears! 4.10??

 

WOW What a truck!!!! I think I want one just like it. Do you know the weight difference between the screw and supercab with the exact options?

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1999 F-150 Lariat SC 2 WD, White/Silver, 5.4L, 3.55LS, K & N FIPK, Superchip, underdrive pulley set, Dynomax Super Turbo Series Exhaust, six disc CD changer, towing package and captain chairs

 

I forgot to ask you, ToDaBone, have you had a chance to do any top-speed running, and if so, do you have any idea of how fast you were running?

I don't mean to encourge anything illegal of course (!), just curious if you've topped it out.

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Mike Troyer
Performance Products, Inc.
National Distributor of Superchips
(540) 862-9515
Email: mtroyer@compuserve.com
Performance Products F150Online Superchip ordering system: F150Online Superchip Ordering System
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I have not tried to top it out. It is shifting from 2nd to 3rd at about 90 mph. I have run it up to a 100 mph and it was still climbing fast. One day when i feel frogy i will let her strech her legs, and i will let you know.

 

Hi ToDaBone,

Very informative post.

You've got that way-heavy 4X4 Super Crew into the high 14's already, that's one heck of a huge improvement! Those Powerdyne blowers are *excellent* bargains when you don't go crazy with extreme boost levels, and a number of guys have been installing the so-called 9 PSI pulley (Powerdyne actually rates them in terms of airflow, which they then roughly eq. over to boost PSI, but they'll tell you that this is only an approximation) to replace the standard 6-7 PSI pulley on these heavy trucks. I'm glad to see you've got a good boost gauge on board, so you can keep an eye on it and make sure you're not hitting extreme boost levels when changing those pulleys like you did. What happens when you go to the 9 lb. pulley is you get not only more total boost, but you get the boost a bit sooner than the normal 2500 rpms at which the Powerdyne kit usually starts making good positive boost at. This can be an excellent technique to close some of the gap in low-rpm performance between a Powerdyne and the twin-screw "Roots-type", or "positive displacement" blowers that cost over $4000.

If you're still running the factory exhaust, you're going to see *very* nice gains from exhaust changes at this point with that blower, and they don't have to be noisy.

I would do 2 things on the exhaust with that supercharger, I would install a nice set of Jet-Hot coated headers, and I would install a good cat-back exhaust system as well. With that supercharger, a good cat-back exhaust should be worth 15 hp or perhaps a bit more, and headers a like amount, so you could easily pick up another 30+ horsepower by opening up the exhaust, without it being "noisy", for example.

Let's see, headers, exhaust, & 4.10 gears, that should get you well into the lower 14's at the very least, and perhaps a bit quicker even.

That's one *strong* Super Crew, congratulations!

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Mike Troyer
Performance Products, Inc.
National Distributor of Superchips
(540) 862-9515
Email: mtroyer@compuserve.com
Performance Products F150Online Superchip ordering system: F150Online Superchip Ordering System
First National F-150 Online Rally Event Organizer

 

Hi ToDaBone,

I was just curious if you had already done that, I don't mean to encourage you to do something dangerous!!

With as much speed as that truck is capable of now, you'd probably want to have tires rated for at least 130 mph, I would think, and maybe more. Most people don't run those types of tires on their F-150's, of course.

Best of luck,


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Mike Troyer
Performance Products, Inc.
National Distributor of Superchips
(540) 862-9515
Email: mtroyer@compuserve.com
Performance Products F150Online Superchip ordering system: F150Online Superchip Ordering System
First National F-150 Online Rally Event Organizer