Yeah, that look is great, people just don't expect it from a truck. What was wrong with the kit from Procharger, they're normally pretty decent when it comes to their kits?
Since you have a 2012, your limiting factor will be your transmission, not the engine. The engine will handle 7-8psi regularly and can handle 9-10psi with a good tune + water ****. The crank is cast but it and the rods can take a decent amount of pressure but the upper ring land is the weak point of the engine. Lean it out under boost and you'll touch the top ring ends and it will pop the upper ring land on the pistons but you can't just swap the piston like the 6.1/6.4L because the wrist pin is pressed in to the rod, not free floating.
Since you're running the D1SC I would start looking at a new trans because yours is on borrowed time. I highly recommend L&M customs, I've had their trans behind my build for 3 years now and has held up to quite a bit of abuse and hasn't cratered like most 'built' 65/545s.
Thanks man, thats exactly the info I have been looking for. Due to the car scene out here being very minimal/ bought vs built stuff I think I am going to baby her until I transfer off this rock so I can get back to the states and get some quality stuff custom built.
As far as procharger goes, I would say about 90% of the kit was spot on and I was incredibly happy with it. However there was some disparity between some of bracketry they sent me vice updated parts in their inventory. There is a sub bracket that fits to the passenger head that allows the main S/C bracket to line up to the rest of the pulleys on the engine. I had mine powder coated and when they cut the threads into the aluminum bracket they didnt run them all the way through, thus when threading the bolt through she bound up, and trying to pull it out it snapped the bolt. Trying to drill out a hardened bolt out of an aluminum bracket didnt end well so I had them overnight a new bracket. It looked completely different although the mounting holes lined up fine. I bolted it up and finished the kit. I then could not fit the belt they sent, so I had to go find the last 2 belts on the island that were 1" longer. I then threw one of those belts and just destroyed it. Looking at the mounting of the main S/C bracket it appeared to be off just a tiny amount. After tearing the whole thing back down to parade rest, come to find out the new bracket they over nighted me was about 1/4-1/2" too thin thus threw off the alignment of the entire pulley assembly. I was able to repair the old bracket and put it all back together though. I was also missing some hardware from the kit, as well as having to build custom intercooler mounts as the way the designed kit works I was only able to align 3 of 4 mounting locations.
I love their kit and customer support, however I think because this isn't as common of a build as say a Camaro, Corvette, Mustang etc it was kind of destined to have a few issues. I will be writing them to try to give some feedback to help out when others go to buy the kit.
As far as retrofitting a built 8 speed, is anyone aware of this being accomplished and any issues associated with it? I have to say this is my first Mopar, but I have built everything from 80's G bodies to F bodies and even 5.0 Swapped volvos and blown M3's. This is an entirely new animal for me.
