Cakes- Id like have the truck broken in and tuned on a dyno but I'll keep Blackbear in mind for the future. The engine builder actually recommended that I take it to Slowhawk. I know the Springfield area, just worked a gun show out there last month actually although I don't venture out that way too often.

Terravast- Did you mess with your compression ratio at all? And I see in your sig you have the 100mm MAF, will I be able to get tuned with the stock MAF or is that something else I'll need before I make it to the dyno? Just trying to be as prepared as possible.

BlownChevy- Thanks! I actually bought my radix through you years ago when Magnacharger had a sale on them in raw aluminum or unfinished I think they were calling it.

Other than a transmission is there anything else I may be missing? Not so much performance wise but the essentials to get this thing moving. Also any pointers you guys have about going to get tuned would be great as this is my first time bringing anything to a tuner. Thanks.

 

Cool build , you'll love having a blower . Your combo should run well .

But don't waste your money , swap in an 80e and do it once and do it right .
I'd rather have a stock 80 with a shift kit than a built 60e any day of the week , I've went thru a few of them lol.

I'm not sure on the injectors your looking at , but I do know deatchwerks 60# are plug and play and have been reliable for me .

 

i have stock compression...i actually went to a SD (speed density) tune and i no longer have a MAF sensor. i think you will be fine with your stock MAF but a speed density tune might be better if you up the boost

 

Good advice , the MAF can do ok up to 10 psi , after that you need to consider SD tuning .

 

Did you get the 3" collector Stainless Works headers? The reason I ask is because I was one of the first members on the board (that I know of) with the Stainless Works headers and y-pipe for our trucks. They worked super well when I had my NA 5.3 with cam. When I went NA 6.0 I felt they were holding me back and then finally when I put the Magnacharger on they definately held me back. I went with LPP headers (knock of 321 stainless versions of the Pacesetters version) with 3" y-pipe, I felt a large increase in power from that change only. I have yet to dyno my truck with the new headers but I did make 452 RWHP and 480 RWTQ with the smaller 2-1/2" collector/y-pipe. I'd guess the swap alone was worth 15HP or so. Something to consider as you grow. I know the Radix cannot perform anywhere near the newer 1900 or 2300 Magnachargers but they can hold their own if everything is setup properly.

 

i also have the old school stainless works headers and the collector has always been an issue for me.......i want to get 1 7/8 into 3" collector

 

I have the 2 1/2" collectors as well, don't think I saw an option for 3" when I was ordering. Just waiting to get the motor back now so I can put it all together and get it to the tuner and see what kind of numbers it puts down.

 

Well I'm almost back together except the injectors I ordered don't fit, the connector is wrong. I thought EV6 was correct but apparently not, what connector am I looking for?? I'm looking for plug and play.

 

Plug and play injectors for gm trucks.

2000-06 | DeatschWerks

 

^^ Thanks! I talked to Bruce FiveO motorsports and got the right injectors on their way. Hopefully get the injectors in time to get running early next week.