waltsfastz

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First off pretend I dont know anything about trucks.
Guy I work with has an 04 SWB with a 4.8. Rear main leaking and trans slipping. Looks good with 184,000 miles. Should be able to buy it worth the money. Id like to go with a reliable turbo setup eventually. Questions are. Do I keep the 4.8 or find a 5.3 or 6.0 and give it a minor rebuild. BUy a turbo kit or make one? Also what is a good turbo? also what is a truck like this worth. Ive never messed with trucks much, so this is new to me

Atomic

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You can keep the 4.8, or upgrade, it really just depends how much power you want to make, reliably. Yea you can make the 4.8 do a couple glory runs at 900hp but thats not a reliable setup regardless of what the internet says. So what are your goals?

KBRacing or Trick make good kits for these trucks, I would go with one of those unless you just want to make your own. Making your own will probably be more expensive and not as good though unless you are a pro fabricator.

Turbo depends on your goals again....Borgs are popular with the truck crowd.

Depending on condition the truck may be worth 2-6k I would say.

waltsfastz

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These truck have gotten crazy expensive here. You can buy a 4WD Extended cab in better shape cheaper than a SWB.
Not sure on my goals, Dont even have a truck yet. However it would rarely if ever see the track, Ive got 2 cars for this. Im not a professional fabricator but can fab and tig pretty well. Thanks for the reply