2005 Ford F150 - Centrifugal Power

Today's late-model Ford F-150 5.4L truck engine offers a factory fuel injection, three valves per cylinder-two intake, one exhaust-a computer-controlled cam and ignition timing. Also, it is rated at 300 hp and 365 lb-ft of torque. After scanning the market for bolt-on horsepower, we bolted on a supercharger that would deliver the most gains for the buck.

The intercooled ProCharger system delivers large improvements in performance and power for increased towing and all-out horsepower production. Recently, we installed a ProCharger centrifugal supercharger with intercooler on an '05 Ford F-150 5.4L V-8 engine and made gobs of tire-smoking power.

The Procharger Intercooled System Will Allow Power Gains Because1. Cooler air is denser, so its molecule structure is smaller and more compressed.

2. Cooler air temperature reduces total spark advance closer to create ideal peak power and boost production.

3. The use of an intercooler produces higher peak-boost levels for pump gas, which means that cooler air densities double that of atmospheric may be used on some pump-gas applications, resulting in power output nearly double what is obtained when operating naturally aspirated.

Beginning the install, the...        read full caption Beginning the install, the four mounting bolts were removed on the air filter box by Dorian, an technician from ATI ProCharger, who then removed the 5.4L air filter box.	The Mass Airflow (MAF) meter...        read full caption The Mass Airflow (MAF) meter connector was carefully disconnected and removed. The Mass Airflow sensor meter will be reassembled later.	With the air filter box removed,...        read full caption With the air filter box removed, we can clearly see the throttle body and intake manifold runners.
After removing the fan shroud,...        read full caption After removing the fan shroud, Dorian used a special fan removal tool (NAPA P/N 3472) to remove the factory clutch fan.	Due to the increase of fuel...        read full caption Due to the increase of fuel needed to feed the ProCharger system, the factory fuel injectors (PN SC3Z9F593DC 24 pound) were replaced with larger 39-1/2-pound injectors.	The ProCharger 39-1/2-pound...        read full caption The ProCharger 39-1/2-pound fuel injector (blue) is noticeably larger.