When Edward Martinez decides to release some stress from his daily business at PSE Superchargers, he doesn’t have to stray too far. As his custom twin supercharged 960 hp monster resides at the company. Ed’s been working on this unique project since 2007. Learn more about Ed’s creation on our online profile and view some of the videos already available on the internet from the links below.

In November of 2003, while driving his brand new 2004 SVT Lightning home from the dealership, Ed Martinez found an open stretch of road, dropped the hammer, and the tires went up in smoke.  By the time he arrived to his Supercharger shop he realized it wasn’t enough so the transformation began.

With only 600 miles on her, the engine was removed and professionally built with the best racing parts available at that time.  Both the front and rear suspension were completely removed and replaced with tubular components.  The rear suspension was beefed up with heavy duty traction bars that are over 4 feet in length. The transmission has been modified with electronic programming, and valve body.  The new Precision Industries 2,700 stall converter definitely improves the launch.

In March of 2008, the decision of converting the Lightning to a 4 valve cylinder head and twin Lysholm 1600AX Superchargers was made using the professionally built 5.4 block with Manly Rods, C.P. custom pistons and a balanced and lightened forged crank.  The timing cover is from a heavily modified Navigator and the pulley idler support is OE. Numerous parts and pieces to make this conversion were purchased and most all pieces were modified or reengineered.  Knowing that this achievement had never been performed 320 hours of engineering time was needed to precision R&D each component to be perfect.  The cylinder heads are 2006 Ford GT Supercar that have been stage III ported and flow 345 CFM @ .475 lift.  Cam shafts are stage III supercharged from Crower.  The intake manifold is from a 2007 Shelby GT-500 that has over 24 hours of porting and machining.  The upper intake is a Whipple Quad Rotor used in the marine industry that also has over 55 hours of machining.  The Twin Lysholm Superchargers were mounted atop custom made adapter plates. Twin Kenne Bell Corvette supercharger inlets were modified and mounted in place and a pair of 75mm throttle bodies are used.  Modified Shelby GT-500 injectors flowing 78lbs were made by Spay-It-Racing.  Twin air intakes were designed and twin mass air sensors mounted in place.  The air filters are mounted below the front bumper where the air is nice and cool.  To handle the fluid reservoir needs, Canton Racing Products provided the aluminum tanks for the supercharger intercooler, engine coolant and the power steering fluid.

To finalize the project, Belltech 2” drop Spindles were added to the front suspension to accomplish a total of a 4” drop. The spindles are perfect as they don’t change the O.E. steering geometry. Back in the rear additional lowering was provided by the Belltech shackles and hangers, totaling a 6” drop.  To smoothen out the ride, 4 brand new Street Performance shock absorbers were installed. 

“At 165 MPH, Controlling a 4300 Lb SVT Lightning with 960+HP can be a handful. That’s why PSE Superchargers chooses Belltech Sport Truck Suspension Products. Quality engineering ensures correct steering geometry for stable control”    Ed Martinez, PSE Superchargers Inc.

Owner: Ed & Marlene Martinez Owner’s Age 46 

Vehicle: 2004 Ford SVT Lightning F-150 5.4 S/C                 

Occupation: President, PSE Superchargers Inc

Purpose/goal of build? To build the most unique and powerful street/strip Lightning using no nitrous oxide

When did you start this project/How long did it take to build? April, 2007-June, 2009

What KW automotive products are you using? Belltech 2 Inch drop spindles, Street Performance Shock Absorbers and 3 inch rear drop shackles.

Why did you choose them? The quality of product, the finish and fit.

What do you like about them? All O.E. geometry is retained.  The strength of the forgings is usually stronger than O.E.

Cost to build? 30k for the truck new, and 30k for modifications over the last five years

Estimated value? 75k

Trophies/honors/awards? Approximately 20 to date, including 3-Best of Engine and 12 Best of Class.

What are the most unique features about your vehicle? The engine is the only Twin Supercharged, 4-valve per cylinder ever made in a SVT Lightning.

Future of vehicle? Continue to attend different car shows and add small improvements through time

Here is the interview with Edward Martinez at the SEMA Show 2009:

Courtesy of www.tuningsuche.de for cooperation

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Here are some videos as well:

streetfire.net: PSE Superchargers - Twin supercharged SVT Lightning Part 1

streetfire.net: PSE Superchargers - Twin supercharged SVT Lightning Part 2

streetfire.net: PSE Superchargers - Twin supercharged SVT Lightning Part 3