Will a stock blower of a Lightning bolt on to my 2000 f-150 4x4 5.4? Are there any major modifications that I would need to perform in order to make it work properly? Any other info that I can get on this upgrade would be great. Thanks

 

Do a search, you will find that this subject has been discussed at least a dozen times during the last six months.

I don't think anybody has done it, waaay to expensive when compared to the cost of most aftermarket systems.

Go to http://www.trixtersracing.com/ Leave a message for Crash or Skid. They will call you back and answer allof your questions.

They are the best!

 

I did it, but I work for Ford and it was all at cost. I did a complete L transformation on a supercab, engine,trans, and rear end, leaf springs, sway bar.
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Hey SVT!

Provide some detail about the install man! What is the most difficult part........does it function properly........is it worth doing....or is it better to buy a used late model lightning for 21-23,000 bucks..........etc.

 

Unfortunately, they don't make the L in a Supercab. It's either the L in a std cab or the Harley in a Crewcab..... BUMMER!!!

 

LSCAB,

If that is true, you just made feel me 100% better about putting a supercharger in my supercab flareside!

 

Like LScab said, they don't make an L in a extracab. As far as is it worth it, to me, absolutely. Runs like a dream, hauls a**, and you can't even tell unitll you step on the skinny pedal, and get pinned in the seat. What a rush. And the Harley only seats 4, what a waste that is, 40 grand for a truck that is slower, only seats four, and insurance is outrageous. I'll stick with my little creation. Can you say sleeper?

 

SVT,

We still need detail about your swap. What is the hardest part? The wiring harness? finding a correct lenght drive shaft? changing the rearend? How did you ensure that you did not have constant "trouble codes" flashing?

 

Why would I have constant trouble codes? The pcm has all the necessary sensors to operate properly. Let's see, the hardest part. That was probably doing the trans swap. Had to change the crossmember, the exhaust had to be lengthened, the shifter cable had to be changed, and the cooler lines had to be custom fabricated, the 4R70W has smaller diameter tubing for the cooler lines than the 4R100. So I had to run braided lines from the trans to the coolers. The driveshaft was shortened 4 inches, that was done by my local driveshaft builder, the rear end was an easy swap, the harness behind the dash was pretty hard too. The whole dash had to be taken out in order to change it, and I had to change the wiring in a couple of the connectors of the harness that goes from door to door, that harness I did not change. That was fun, I had to use a service manual for a '98 and for a '01, to figure out how to repin the plugs. That was really time consuming, going back an forth from one manual to the other, locating all of the wires, seeing where they go, and where they should be. But like I said that is not neccessary on '99 and newer as the dash harness does not have to be changed.

 

hhhmmmmm, that is a critical piece of information that I have not seen before on this or any other site.....

 

Well, I haven't seen this done before. Maybe I'm the first, or second, but you can't beat information from first hand experience can you?

 

.......thats the best kind of info. There is another member that actually does this swap as a second job. He provided detailed info about the swap, but never mentioned that on 99-up, you did not have to change the wiring harness. He made a general statement that, the entire wiring harness HAD to be changed.

Although major drivetrain components SHOULD be changed,.......... in light of your info, I now am wondering about the following, what if you bolted in an L engine and pcm to a 99-up F-150? True, the trans and rearend would eventually fail, but, what if you wanted to do the swap in stages? For example,


Stage I Install L engine/supercharger/pcm
StageII Install L trans., custom lenght drive shaft (if supercab)
Stage III Install beefed up rearend

 

I don't know if you can get the 4R70W to work, maybe if someone could custom burn a chip, but like I said, the pcm needs to see a turbine shaft speed signal from the trans, the 4R70W does not have this sensor. When I first put the engine in, I still had the 4R70W in the truck, the O/D light was flashing, and it would not shift by itself. I had to shift it manually, and then it would not go into O/D, it would stay in third, then when I got to 55 mph it would down shift into second. Boy what an eye opener that was. When I got to work, I hooked up the scan tool, and there was no communication with the trans, it would not recognize it. You can try to fool it with a chip, but I don't think it will work.

 

svt_sc_f150.


"Exhaust system had to be lengthened"

Why was that necessary? If the engine stays on the same mounts, how can this be possible?

 

The exhaust had to be lengthened because the 4R100 is longer than the 4R70W, and the left side exhaust crosses under the rear of the trans.