Has anyone installed NOS on their trucks? If not why not? I see a lot of mod's going on and it seems crazy not to add some NOS to gain 50-100 horses.

 

bottles are for babies...real men get blown!

don't think anybody on here has nos, but i'm pretty sure there are one or two guys who are planning on it.

 

I am surprised with your reply. It seems like you have added much time and effort in your truck and I am sure you are turning some 16 sec ET's with that '00HD. I had an '00 Ext. Cab with the 5.4L and it was a dog! I hated that Ford came out with the Harley for 2 years and didn't do anything with the engine and even now we are only pushing 340HP's and the new Dodge is pushing 345 with no supercharger. I don't like Dodge but would think that Ford would do something outrageous with how much these trucks cost. I still really love these trucks but want to be first at the Finish line!

 

sure, the new hemi is nice, but you are going to have to wait about six more months before they are available in a 1/4 ton platform. then youmhave to wait for all the tuners to work up engine mods for that engine, when the motor in the 02 HDs are readily tunable, and can produce tons of power with some simple mods. PLus, the 5.4 has been around a while and i am sure Ford is going to do something new in the years to come. it does come down to just how much you want to spend.

 

huh? i've never ran my truck at the track. My HD isn't for racing, its more for the show, but every now and then i do get on it and have some fun, i just dont' beat on it like a dog, i want it to last me a loooong time. I doubt i'll do much more to the engine other than my AF1 than maybe a superchip and magnaflows. If the 00 HD's were s/c, i probably wouldn't have bought it. Too much for gas $$$$. My 85 work truck only gets 10 mpg, and i don't need another pickup just as bad as that..can't afford it. She's got plenty of pep for me for now, and eventually i'll get a white L to please my need for speed

but what do you mean the new dodge is pushing 345hp with no s/c? where did you get those #'s at? Their 5.9L V8 only makes 245 hp, not 345. 345 sounds more like their tq # maybe?
chevy is the one with then non s/c enging with 345 hp in the escalade and the new ss they might come out with.


I wouldn't expect ford to up the hp#'s on the HD's any higer though unless the L's got alot more than the HD's would get. The L is their cream of the crop for performance trucks. And with only one year left in their model run, they wouldn't spend the money to redesign a more powerful engine for just one year, then have to redo it again for the redesigned 05L's. By then the HD series should be over anyway, so it doesn't matter.

 

Dodge reinvented the HEMI - a 5.7 liter with some new technology that allows it to produce 345 hp normally aspirated. However, this motor is only available in the heavy duties until spring of next year. when Dodge plans to put the motor into the 1500 platform. then we get to wait for the Dodge Ram 500 (Ram SRT-10) with the 500 hp Viper V-10. should get interesting then.

 

I actually did some research on the matter of adding NOS to our hd, The techs at NOS said that you can run a 150 hp shot with no problem on out stock engines. The only thing he wasn't able to answer was, if our trucks had a fuel sensative fuel pressure regulator. He said that they make a kit for it but, only if the engine has that type of regulator. I called the Ford dealer here and they weren't even able to tell me if it did or not So, maybe someone here can tell us if the trucks do. I have an 01 hd NOS looks like a cheap alternative to forced induction HELP!!!!1

 

o yeah, now i remember reading something about that. but until its out, i wouldn't believe anything at all that you hear. they change so many things before they come out, lots of things can change by the time the srt10 gets out. it could all end up being a flop like the chevy ss

as for nos, i remember reading that a little nos is good for the supercharged engines to cool the temp down a little. don't know if i'd want to put 150 shot on my engine though
post results though if anybody does it..good info for anybody in the future that does it.

 

Well, I have the part number and and all but, I want to be sure if i have the sensor and all before i do something wrong I wish there was a way to find out the dealer was no help. Oh well, we'll see

 

Good info Marvz. I would think that getting an answer like that from the service shop at Ford wouldn't be so hard. Do the people at NOS have a fuel regulator that can be added. What is the part # for the NOS kit, Marvz?

As for Harley#356, I would expect Ford do do something with the L's to keep up with the SRT if not the L's will not even be able to compete - Not a good thing for the Ford crew here. I could see it happening for '04 with the whole revamp thing going on. Just my 2 cents.

 

there won't be a L for 04. Ford's got enough work with getting the redesigned 04 designed, built, and produced, let alone trying to design a whole new performance truck the same year. Also, the SRT 10 isn't even out yet, why worry about what it could have or if it could even be a threat to the L. Its also going to be around 10K or more above the price of a L. Put 10K more into a L and you have a SRT10 killer already. Also, dodge has said if they do produce the SRT10 it will be very very low production, not high enough to see one on the roads very often. Their bigger competitor to the L will end up being the Hemi ram when it comes out, but even that doesn't have the power to compete with a L. The chevy SS pickup was supposed to be a L killer, now its just turned out to be a heavy exteded cab with 20's and the escy engine. srt 10 may turn out the same way. do a search on the L forum about the srt 10, there are TONS of posts on it. No use in getting worked up for if a L can compete against a vehicle that doesn't even exist yet I'm sure when the time comes, ford will up the power on the L, but not until they get redesigned. This is the last year for this body style, and the 05 L is supposed to get a twin screw s/c, so it'll have more power...as to how much more, nobody knows yet And when that time gets here, the HD series will be over, so nothing to gain power wise after that with the HD models.
It'll all work out with time

 

I would think that a 150 shot would be a bit extreme for stock rods, etc. JMO. I've seen an '02 with a NOS kit at Paul's shop, that he had just finished installing. Don't know what size shot it was.... I'm sure he can answer any question you have about it.

 

Go with the adjustable 50-100 shot. Don't know about here, but there are plenty of people over on the Corral (www.corral.net) that are running their Lightnings with 50shot just to cool the intake temp like said above. If you get greedy, you have the option of upping it to 100hp, but I'd be afraid of gaskets at 150hp!

 

Thats one of the dumbest things ive ever heard.

 

of course they'll tell ya that. they'll make more money on selling you stuff that way, then when your engine blows up, they can sell you another kit