Towing with a supercharger

[donut slayer]

Truck is stock except for a BB tune on EFI live. 4x4, 3.73 gears. I do have 35x12.5x17's on it.

 

[JennaBear]

You should be fine, provided your transmission is in good shape to begin with. A TransGo HDII shift kit wouldn't be a bad idea.

Keep in mind, the vehicle will still need the same amount of HP to tow the trailer, with or without boost. So essentially you will be towing in a higher gear, than you would otherwise.

We do drop all major brand superchargers, happy to get you info on any.

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[Deephaven]

I've got a Whipple and will be towing a 7k lb boat around....once I fix my melted transmission. The 6L80 didn't like the extra power.

 

[JennaBear]

How much boost were you running?

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If you are running Whipple's standard tune, that would make sense. They remove all TM from the transmission, which is not safe with that much power.

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[rob76]

A supercharger is going to wear everything out years before they would otherwise, that's just the cost of it.

 

[Deephaven]

How much boost were you running?

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---------- Post added at 07:26 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:02 PM ----------

If you are running Whipple's standard tune, that would make sense. They remove all TM from the transmission, which is not safe with that much power.

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It wasn't the supercharger that took out the tranny, it just exposed the flaring really fast. Had full TM on doing my first WOT run and I flared. Trans was shot before I put on the Whipple.

 

[JennaBear]

Yikes!

 

[Javie]

Is anyone running a supercharger on the older 02-06 tahoe ? If so can i Please get some feedback? Really interested in supercharging my rig . Just wanna here from anyone with this sort of upgrage/experience! Thanks

 

[JennaBear]

I had a blower on my 04 Z71 Tahoe. It also had LTs and a cam. Great setup, never an issue!

 

[Rocket Man]

Is anyone running a supercharger on the older 02-06 tahoe ? If so can i Please get some feedback? Really interested in supercharging my rig . Just wanna here from anyone with this sort of upgrage/experience! Thanks

I installed a Whipple on my 02 Denali a few weeks ago. Install was rough due to their crappy instructions but now it's on it's a blast. Next up is a cam and longtubes. Yee-haw.