Supercharged 8.1

neat · August 19, 2004

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.

042500HD · August 19, 2004

congrats man thats probaly gonna be a bad motor when yall get down with it

miket · August 27, 2004

NEAT---great idea and I personally would love to do it to mine----too many toys though...

this search has a ton of info on it....it should help

Whopper809 · August 27, 2004

Being from Alberta, I can tell you that Davenport in Calgary is a great option, There name has been involved in many builds that you would come across at the track and that's across the province and of course could be cheaper to get the work done across the boarder for you guys with a dollor that's worth a dollor. That being said I have heard large raving about Magna chargers for the 6.0 and 8.1, it's a nice looking install and claim large HP gains and torque.