4.3l turbo budget build updates
01-16-2011, 09:52 AM
#31
This truck is built and tuned already. I got my info from syty. Infact, this build thread is on syty lol. This thread is really old. Someone just brought it back from the dead. The only thing left on his truck is a good 5 speed. His is coming apart inside. It doesn't seem to like the turbo. Whn he gets back from deployment we may do some tweaking an add some meth and what not. I highly recommend a 411 computer swap if anybody is running that old pos 4plug thing they call a computer.
05-28-2012, 06:19 PM
#34
well the trans is hating life and he wants to convert to a t56. we swapped out the stock hydro line with a -4 for the clutch. so shifting is easier. then i put a ls1 throttle body on it so the charge pipe would stay on. then i left for deployment and when i get back he will be gone on deployment. so maybe some time in like december we can start on it again. he want to upgrade the rockers and add water meth and up the boost. also will probably change the charge pipes up some more. when the trans isn't rattling and the charge pipes stay on it pulls like a mother ******. lol
05-28-2012, 07:19 PM
#36
a lot... lol i'm not sure. its built with all the right parts, the t70 should be right in its band right where it needs to be. 500-600 i think is his goal. i think we can hit that with ease. maybe we will find out next spring. he will probably need lots of meth or more injector. his 60's are about maxed out now. fuel pressure is good but the injectors are in the high 80's low 90's.
02-04-2013, 06:54 AM
#40
Because that what he had. There is a lot less money in that build than a 5.3 swap. Their might be $3,000 in the build tops. That's including everything, from bearings to turbo. We were bored on det in Guam and had nothing but research time to buy parts. He just ordered a meth kit and higher ratio rockers. After those go in it up the boost time and hopefully dyno time.