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Originally Posted by 70rs
A supercharger would be really nice. But a simple cold air intake, tune and exhaust will make a decent difference. And save several thousand dollars too.
I know it's apples to oranges, but tossing a blower on can lead to tranny issues. If you are on the throttle hard a lot anyway.
I have a 2000 with the 5.3 l. CAI, tune....it does good. And with 210,000+ miles it still runs very strong. And my tranny has never had any issues. (i do not treat it nice in any sense of the word).
I like what Dodge and Ford offer, but after having all 3 and how well my chevy & GMCs have held up I can't see buying anything but another GM truck in my future.
Although a new 2wd hemi shortbed all hot rodded out sounds fun......
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I dont think I will ever put a Supercharger in it....a couple of my buddies have them, one's in a tundra and the other in a F150 I just doesnt seem too practical.
I went and talked to Virginia Speed today....they are still out of power from Hurricane Irene so they are getting a little backed up on thier dyno work.
They are making some phone calls for me to Kooks headers to see what kind of gains I can get. We are planning on a cold air intake full exhaust with high flow Cats and a tune for now. I've been looking at trying to lower the radiator to make a custom scoop that will sit behind the grill. They said the stock box flows pretty well and adding an CAI without a scoop really isnt worth the money. So I may try to build something, its a stretch for my brain given I have never done it and I want it to look good.
I'm going to do some research to see if I can find a way to run the filter and box. Luckily for me there are tons of awesome fabricators on Lat-g that I can study. I got the idea a couple weeks back but now I cant think of what thread it was in...I think it was a 2nd gen camaro, the builder made a scoop that ran in behind the grill(don't kill me for forgetting who you are....the idea stuck that should count for something!)
