Street-Legal Whipple 2018 F-150 Blower Picks Up Over 285 Horsepower

Street-Legal Whipple 2018 F-150 Blower Picks Up Over 285 Horsepower

If you want your new pickup truck to really haul, but you want to keep things on the up and up, Whipple Superchargers has a compelling new upgrade. The company recently released its supercharger system for the 2018 F-150 with the 5.0-liter engine and it carries a California Air Resources Board Executive Order, which means it’s street legal in all 50 states.

Whipple Superchargers now offers a 50-state-legal supercharger upgrade for the latest F-150s. This system is based on the company’s Gen 3 twin-screw supercharger.

“The EO was very difficult, it took countless hours in the lab to get the calibration work just right while maintaining OEM-type standards,” Dustin Whipple, Vice President of Whipple Superchargers, told us. “I believe having the EO means everything to this market. We are the first to market on the F-150 and the first to have a legal kit for F-150 and Mustang. That shows how well we can design, test, calibrate and build a Ford-based supercharger system…”

That latest supercharger system is based on the Gen 3 blower, which features a higher-flowing case design filled with more efficient rotors. The result is a unit that makes more power from the same displacement as its 2.9-liter predecessor. Of course, a better blower is only as good as its tuning on a modern engine.

The F-150 drives like stock when not demanding extra power, but has incredible tip-in torque that puts you in the back of the seat. — Dustin Whipple, Whipple Superchargers

“Our calibration is unlike normal aftermarket calibrations. With our ability to rewrite Ford software, we program in supercharger code. The factory PCM is designed for naturally aspirated function, therefore it doesn’t have the tables needed to properly calibrate the vehicle,” Dustin explained. “We add in supercharger flow tables, bypass tables, IAT 2 tables, safety features and many other functions for a better overall experience. This allows us to have accurate torque control, as the PCM is torque based and requires accurate torque.”

The Whipple Stage 2 F-150 system is complete from the calibration and fuel system upgrades to the belt-drive and intercooler system. The standard finish is black, but you can upgrade to Red, Texture Blue, White or Polished finishes for an additional $600.

“The F-150 has a speed-density system, which is far more difficult to calibrate versus previous applications. We believe it’s nearly impossible to do with aftermarket controls,” Dustin added. “We test from -20 to 120 degrees Fahrenheit, from sea level to 6,500 feet and are able to use one calibration, as we’ve calibrated in all different environments. Whether you are towing a trailer up the Grapevine or running four-wheel drive across an ice lake, it doesn’t matter, the vehicle will start, idle, and drive with incredible reliability.”

Livernois Motorsports tested the Whipple Stage 2 supercharger system on a 2018 F-150 with four-wheel drive and factory 20-inch off-road wheels. The results were quite favorable. Belting out 12 pounds of boost and burning 93-octane pump gas, the truck gained 285.51 horsepower and 163.73 lb-ft at the rear wheels.

The result of this blower-specific programming and plenty of real world testing is a supercharger that you can essentially bolt on and forget. At least until you need the extra power and step on the loud pedal. When Livernois Motorsports put the new Stage 2 system (PN WK-2315B-STG2; $8,200) to the test on a four-wheel-drive 2018 F-150 the truck put down 606.69 horsepower and 501.40 lb-ft of torque to the wheels.

Whipple Gen 3 F-150 Stage 2 System Features

• 132mm elliptical throttle body

• Air-to-water intercooler w/ 2-plus-gallon aluminum intercooler reservoir

• Billet belt-drive system

• Billet fuel rails

• Bosch 37 lb/hr, dual-pattern fuel injectors

• Crusher high-flow inlet

• High-flow intercooler pump

• Lightweight, pocketed supercharger pulley

• Self-contained oil system

• Tomahawk flash tool w/ CARB-certified calibration

• W175ax 2.9-liter twin-screw supercharger

“The Gen 3 is now a proven upgrade over other superchargers. Couple it with the massive intercooler, big-runner manifold, front-feed design, billet-belt-drive system and massive air intake system and combine that with the new 10R80 trans, and you’ve got a true street daily driving, tire-frying beast,” Dustin concluded. “The F-150 drives like stock when not demanding extra power, but has incredible tip-in torque that puts you in the back of the seat. The track guys, launching with four-wheel-drive, can keep some of the Mustangs honest!”

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If giving Mustangs a run for their money with your Coyote F-150 sounds like fun, you can learn more about the Whipple systems for the latest trucks right here.

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Steve Turner

Steve Turner brings decades of passion and knowledge in the world of Ford performance, having covered it for over 20 years. From the swan song of the Fox Mustang to the birth of the Coyote, Steve had a front-row seat.
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