I just wanted to know if there were any other mods done to the motor that you may have "forgotten." I'm not trying to be a dick, and you don't have to say what they are. But I'm pretty sure I'm going to pull the trigger on an a 5.3 engine swap and eventually put the TVS on top to make a combo like yours. I don't want to spend close to $12K and come up way short on my results because I'm missing a couple of important add-ons. I've been searching for years trying to find the sweet spot for performance vs total investment, and I like this combo the best.

Do you have a speedo acceleration video that you could post? That would really help too!! Thanks a lot for sharing, great to see such impressive results coming back with the TVS stuff.

 

well done.

 

Thanks Evil and Yurs78 all the mods are in my sig, no hidden stuff here. Also I'm sure that the HP tuner tuning definitely helped get me those numbers. I have been planning to post a speedo vid but have been crazy busy. It's definitely worth posting though. Just yesterday I was blown away by the top end power when I was cruising at 80, hit the gas and before I knew it I was pulling 110 and the truck just wanted to keep going.

Now my big issue is traction. I'm really considering drag radials, a 4 link and a new locker (my G80 seems to work sporadically...). As far as power goes a cam is next and should easily get me close to 500hp to the wheels (well over 500 ft lbs for sure), still at this point I'm gonna start dumping my money into making more traction.

 

Nice #'s... fo sho

 

Thx AV8R27. Also forgot to say that Yurs78 I think your idea for a build is great. With this TVS the 5.3 is a whole new animal and I am VERY impressed with its power, torque, smoothness and "drivability".

 

Thanks man, like I said I've looked and looked and this is by far the best bang for the buck. I can't believe how much of a beast that thing is. You've got 400 tq to the wheels at 2K!

Russ

 

Ya in my opinion, for the money, this kit is THE way to go. The tq is insane, and you can really feel it pull even at 90-115+ mph. I couldn't imagine how it would run with a cam, head package, new rear locker and 4 link!

 

thats such a big increase in hp/tq with one mod! looking forward to some speedo vids!

 

That is incredible power. One may look and saying "only 429 rwhp"....but the torque is just insane. You wouldn't even see torque like that out of a 427 that low in the powerband.

 

NICE! Im really thinking about getting one of this for my 2004 RST silverado. I love the way it looks and it seems to really perform!


Justin