Stock GT Spercharger
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OzGT
GT Owner
My tuner had the same idea with mine, put it straight on my Lightning. Apparently, though after consulting with James from RWTD Performance, there is big difference in the config(4v vs 2v), making it a difficult exercise, so I never bothered. This is what James told me:
Putting it on a 2/3/4valve 5.4 would be next to impossible with out the Ford Gt heads and lower intake which would cost about 6500-7500 by the time you were done. Then the blower is set back really far, if you notice the t.b is behind the heads a little, so the t.b would hit the firewall of the truck.
Hope this helps, if you need a door stop it would work great:rofl
Btw will we see dyno no's tomorrow? Can't wait
Hope this helps, if you need a door stop it would work great:rofl
Btw will we see dyno no's tomorrow? Can't wait
Good info, I love this forum.
I hope all goes well at the tuner and I have the Dyno to post tomorrow.
I hope all goes well at the tuner and I have the Dyno to post tomorrow.
You can bolt it on an HP700 merc engineIf that blower is not working. It is the same as ours. Well they look the same. This I am sure doesnt help
I could use a pair of Merc 700's.
tpraceman
THEE GT OWNER
See the problem is the Gt blower does not have a removable rear section so you can't change the way the inlet is.
I have a 38 Fountain 525/XR's, tired of replacing drives. Next one will be 700's and sixes.
sandman
GT Owner
I have a 35' Fountain with Teague 509's (800hp each) mated to upgraded Teague Bravo platinum drives with standoff boxes. After losing one of the stock Bravos I had them upgraded they have held up great so far but the boat is used at 6200' above sea level and I'm pretty easy on her. When used at sea level the throttles must be used judiciously or you are right the drives can go kablammo! The drives are defiantly the weak link but 6's are just lots of $ for a play boat.
Fast Freddy
GPS'D 225 MPH
no need for sixes on 700's. alot of extra weight and power loss through those drives which is not needed at that power level. also a total waste of $$$ for that power level. upgrade a bravo X series with imco or teague parts or get a B-Max drive for alot less $$$ and put more power to your prop :thumbsup
I purchased the -1 Imco lowers and the gear sets from Bob and improved the lenght of time it takes before the backup drives are needed. The remaining "weak link" now is the size of the bearing/upper case and bellhousing and pushing the front of the case off into the gimble housing. The local lake frequently developes a close together 4' to 6' chop, that is difficult to throttle when the boat bridges two or three waves. :wink
NorthwoodGT
GT Owner
Supercharger fitment
while the 5.4 block is basically the same other then the alloy versus iron, the fitment issues would be beyond the realm of making sense to try and even using it. the timing cover, balancer, front accessories and belt routing would be so expensive it wouldn't be worth it even if you had all the good upper end parts. a lot of 2003/04 Cobra super chargers get purchased on ebay with people with good intensions on using them on their stock engines. once they get into it, it's quickly discovered the supercharger was the cheapest part of the whole application. just FYI
while the 5.4 block is basically the same other then the alloy versus iron, the fitment issues would be beyond the realm of making sense to try and even using it. the timing cover, balancer, front accessories and belt routing would be so expensive it wouldn't be worth it even if you had all the good upper end parts. a lot of 2003/04 Cobra super chargers get purchased on ebay with people with good intensions on using them on their stock engines. once they get into it, it's quickly discovered the supercharger was the cheapest part of the whole application. just FYI