Supercharged 8.1

[neat]

My dad has decided to supercharge his 04 extended cab 8.1 litre 6 speed truck. He is totally internet phobic and get's all his information via telephone from prominent tuners (Doug Rippie, LPE, etc...) Everyone he talks to tries to tell him their kit is the "best." Obviously every tuner in the country can not have the "best" kit out there. Anyway, lemme know what you guys think. Here is the deal:

 

Reliability is number 1. He is 55 years old, and doesn't want to spend ANY time under the hood.

 

12k-16k is the budget for a complete install, and preferably a 2 year 24,000 mile warranty.

 

The truck all ready has headers and exhaust cutouts.

 

He lives near Canada in Montana, so tuner location is semi relative. Doug Rippie is in Minnestoa, which is doable. He is also considering a tuner in Davenport, Alberta.

 

Living in the sticks also re-enforces the reliability theme. If the truck goes down, there is literally no one within 500 miles qualified to work on it.

 

What, if any, drivetrain componets should he worry about? I am under the impression that the ZF 6 speed is plenty stout, clutch is good to go, as is the 4.10 loaded rear-end. Am I wrong?

 

He is sort of stuck in the 60's and would prefer a roots typer supercharger vs a cetrifugal. Basically, he wants the fuel to travel through the impellers like an older carbed blower set-up would. He doesn't like the idea of adding the extra fuel fuel via larger fuel injecotrs. I don't think that's a possibility.

 

Anyway, being a somewhat reasonable guy, he has pretty much given up on the roots system and decided on an intercooled Vortech kit.

 

Phwew, sorry for the length, but I appreciate any info you guys could give me.

[8100HD]

Well, I for one give the nod to Whipple....install was a breeze and reliability has been great...so far 5k miles on it without a hitch....could it be that Whipple has finally gotten their crap together?? I am running their electronics and was very leery at first, especially hearing others horror stories. I know there are a few of us on this site that run them and as far as I can tell have had little to no problems or complaints with them.

[dannyukonxl]

i agree go with the whipple but if you going to get it tuned then in the middle of the night sneak into his garage and stick some bigger injectors under there and tune it for the blower (theres something about me that doesnt like injecting gas into a dry manifold nor splicing into the stock wiring) and im pretty sure that manual six speed would be good and the rear diff. is a 14 bolt 10.5 inch i think so thats top of the line right there. but i think the units you want are the kenne and bell (twin screw) and the whipple (twin screw), and those exhaust mods will compliment the s/c