Is getting supercharged worth it

[MagicMtnDan]

Not trying to start anything just want to know what your opinion is on SoCal desert off-roading and the temps we drive the trucks in. I see you are from WI. Dan is from SoCal and he and I have done hundreds of miles a day in temps over 100. I've always been told that superchargers don't run as efficiently in hot weather for long periods of time. Again, I'm trying to learn not be a ****.

But Brian, you forgot to ask the question, "Have you ever been days from civilization with your truck?"

 

[DynoDynge]

If you have no concerns for longevity, reliability or price........Supercharge away. Personally, I can afford to supercharge mine, but choose not to due to many years of experience with turbos, superchargers and naturally aspirated motors. It is an indisputable fact that a N/A engine, that was not engineered to withstand the pressures, will face a dramatically decreased life span or catastrophic failure.
As far as offroading, I spent a number of years running in the desert with a N/A 1835cc sand rail & power was never a problem. It would go way faster than the suspension would handle (hint hint wink wink)
So save your money (& your motor) and if you really need to spend that money, do it on some other mod that will give you discernable results.

 

[Kuuaki]

What does it matter? I don't see the correlation between off road and a supercharger.........other than:


A) You can't afford it
B) You just aren't into the extra horse power (some of us gear heads would supercharger our lawnmowers given the chance just cause). You start throwing the practicality clause around your reasoning goes out the window, if we were all practical people we would be driving entry level 1/2 tons (light half tons at that) to do what we do.


Anytime I hear the argument.........less reliable.........more to break........all I really hear is you can't afford it. I have had several aftermarket (and OEM) supercharged/turbo'd vehicles and have had ZERO issues with reliability....ZERO. And NONE of them were left as they were sold (meaner hotter tune or additional add ons)

You want to be a hardcore race car driver in the desert then build a race truck. The Raptor is (flame suit on) an F150 with a wider stance and different suspension...............that is it.....same motor, same frame (with the exception of the SCAB being shorter and beefed up shock mounts), same transmission, same differential (obvious 4.10's), same interior (cosmetics), and same transfer case. How many 6000# race trucks you see? With leather and A/C, Sat radio, Nav.





And the 1st person that says......have you ever been days from civilization with your truck is going to get their birthday taken away

Quite possibly the dumbest explanation and assumption I've seen in a while. More moving mechanical parts means more chance of failure offroad. I can afford supercharging or turbo, doesn't mean I'd do it and bring it off-road.

See if you are even using the raptor to its limits, then if you are, do an engine mod. Suspension will fail before you run out of power on a stock truck.

I've used stock and bottomed out badly messing up the stock skid and bumper. Now I have icons all the way around, icon bumps, deavers, uca, cai, headers, 5 star, custom bumper from Outlaw and still have more power than I can actually use.


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