Dangit Phil, - did you have to post those

You got me counting pennies and looking around house for stuff to sell

The kids got new TV's for Christmas

 

hah well i mean cheap as in reasonable for me to spend. they were selling it for about 1500 im pretty sure when i thought that they were usually around 5 6gs brand new? maybe im off sorry if i was :/

 

damn thats nice. is that the lightning motor that i would be getting or is that a motor that you had built like it says in your signature?

 

ohh ok so its not like a whole different motor its just s different crankshaft that is reworked to give better performance. gotcha
is that what the term "stoked" means? just a different crankshaft to give a better performance or am i bridging onto a whole different topic ha

 

,,,That is just the intake assembly you would need to put on your 5.4,,,No motor...lol
That's what I meant by(you don't want to buy just the blower) You need the blower,upper plenum,throttle-body,intake-manifold,injectors,fuel rails,coil on plugs,wire harness with all the censers,hoses.
"Complete assembly!"
The silver one came on the stock Lightning and the black one came on the stock 02 03 Harley trucks.

Phil

 

hahah wow dont i look dumb. definitely have to give me the slap on the forhead for that one ha. oh well. im not gonna bs with u guys, im no mechanic but i did stay at a holiday inn last night ;] haha jk but no i really am trying to just grasp all the components to the engine swap/engine/trans itself. so sorry if i say or do somethin dumb. just tryin to learn

hmm but i do do alot of research. i called the ford dealer today and asked about this swap and they said they sell the "long block" is this referring to the block pistons crank cam and all that good stuff assembled and excluding the alternator water pump and that stuff? enlighten me oh great ones ha

 

i see what your saying now though. you cant just "put" a supercharger on there like nothin. it has other components that need to be installed. definitely gettin the hang of it now.
hmm i also asked if the 5.4 reg and the lightning 5.4 were really all that different as far as assembly i.e placement of certain things and the guy said kinda. alt is different and belts and pully system is different. along with some others.
would it be possible to take the regular 5.4 and "make it into" the lightning motor? would this be cheaper or am i just making things hard for you guys to explain ha.
it would be almost the same right? 5.4 supercharged vs 5.4 lightning supercharged. they are essentially the same thing right?

 

Those kits above will bolt right down. Need a belt, air intake, MAF and custom tuning and your good to go. Hell , they even come with the EGR pipe and gaskets.

Ooops , you need an intercooler set up as well. My bad.

There's a list here - http://www.madenterprise.com/scparts.htm

 

Here ya go,,,just saved ya 100 bucks..

http://www.johnnylightningperf.com/s...roducts_id=182

 

^^^^^^^ You must of got sidetracked with all the pretty pictures..
In other-words,,the pistons are different,,,every thing else can be bolted on to be the same. Both 5.4 blocks.

Phil

 

I know I did

 

Don't worry about it,,,,,I didn't know shi* about the Lightning when I started..

How much did they tell you for a long block?

Long block is the block,all the internals & heads.

But without the fancy valve covers...lol


Short block is just the block with all the internals. Crank,rods,pistons.



Phil

 

ohh ok. he told me 4,480 for the long block. but the thing was he said nothingggg would bolt up. that it was all specifically made for the lightning which i was kinda iffy about because think about it. why would u make a base engine. then take that base engine and completely rework it so that nothing from the base engine worked on the reworked engine but yet still call it the same things almost and sell it? i just didnt think ford would do that sorta thing ya know? if it were me ide say no, lets take this great engine and make it scream while still using most of the same base engine parts so we dont have to machine specifics and add to build cost which would take away from my profit costs. ha

 

so you saying that putting that crank on there would be a better alternative then doing the supercharger set up? or is it kinda like a preference thing.

 

No,,a stoker crank is not good for a every day driven truck!
It's more for racing.

This is what my builder told me,,,,otherwise,,,I would have one.

Phil