ive been thinking about boosting my truck, im leaning towards turbo, but im a little concerned. my question is with my truck 2001 4.8l and right around 100k what do i need to worry about...the engine is completely stock. please school me as i have never really worked with boost, i know how it works just never used it. thanks.

 

Well 100k miles isnt bad as long as the truck is in good running condition. As far a the boost gos, there are many options out there. Kb racing, trick, nelson, they all make great kits. As far as parts gos, turbo kit, intercooler, fuel pump, injectors, and a tune. Tricks has the stg 1 kit for $2k, you can get a intercooler off ebay and a piping kit for another $200- $300 and do that part yourself. Injectors $300-$400 42lbrs or bigger. Fuel pump about $150, tune $250= $500. Hope this helps, Nick

 

Depends on your goals, but before you go FI you need to beef up the following...

-Transmission
-Fuel system
-rear-end
-Cooling system

After that your good to go!

 

^^^Good advice here. BTW, I'm boosting at almost 140K now, no troubles. If you're not sure about the condition of YOUR engine, do a quick compression test and leakdown test.

 

i actually bought a complete universal kit with intercooler and everything except for manifold/header.

yea i figured as much, i def want to rebuild my tranny, its already slippin a little...

how much would that cost me, and can almost any mechanic shop do that?

btw food for thought, a buddy of mine works with this guy who supposedly is a real guru on vortecs, like i said "supposedly" and he says with the amount of miles that are on my engine i could boost 4-5lbs and then cross my fingers bc its only a matter of time before it blows the engine, he says by 100k the bottom end is really tired. then on the other hand my other buddy said i should be fine with 8lbs all day... granted he owns a tbi 350...thoughts?


also where is good place on line for inexpensive headers for a turbo set up...also i believe i failed to mention that my truck is a '01 4.8l 4x4 rclb and for about the past 10-20k ive used fully synthetic, dont think that makes any difference at all but i figure the more info the better...thanks guys

 

Thought 1: As long as your "vortec guru buddy" isn't the guy doing it, yes. Expect to pay 1 to 1.5 hrs at your local shop rate.

Thought 2: Your "vortec guru buddy" isn't as smart as he thinks he is. Do yourself a favor and find another guy to help you work on your truck. Just sayin......

 

True, 100k isn't smak for a LS. You still have cross hatching in the cylinders.

 

ok cool, so with a stock setup not counting the tranny bc im gonna get that done, how much boost can i safely run and still be able to dd everday? btw rear end is a g80 just so you know, ive heard theyre good and ive also heard theyre a pos so idk.

 

your vortec buddy probably still thinks the stock crank is iron

 

what are they now?