Well you might try and post over on the NLOC site in the GEN 2 forum. His best bet would be to put on a blower. You might watch ebay, the web, and even the NLOC for a GEN 2 Lightning supercharger for sale. One of those would work great on his truck. If he wants performance now you've got the right idea already. Exhaust, underdrive pullies, and a custom chip. There are some very good chip tuners over at the Lightning site that could probably hook him right up with an awesome chip. Nitrous would be about the only other alternative. Also an electric fan to replace the stock pulley fan would help free up some extra hp, too. Since he's dealing with a 5.4 I'd go over to the GEN 2 forum of the Lightning club. Link is in my sig. Have fun
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