What are my options for a budget friendly reliable street boosted L83? Turbo? LT4? I really cant find much on the 14-18 trucks except on3 and really expensive supercharger kits.

 

Try superchargersonline.com for possibly a used unit that's complete. He was a longtime member here. Otherwise just save your money. I would pull my Whipple kit off to sell my truck but I really don't have the time. I'd probably ask 4k if I did. Good luck.

 

Do you like the whipple? I was looking at those. How is it in a DD? I don't really drive the truck daily but it is my main vehicle.

 

I put a LT4 blower on my 18 6.2 about 2 years ago and its been great. Its around 6psi, still on pump 93 and this is my daily driver. Havent had any issues with it, but I dont beat on it either.

 

Ive got first dibs if you sell it and please don't take her apart, I'll buy her intact...

 

Drives like stock but with 500 cu in is best I can describe. Except for a leaking bypass valve about year 2 it's been awesome. Truck has 74 k on it now so 60k on the blower no issues.
I was just thinking I need more room so maybe 6.2 extended or crew. It's mechanically perfect in every way but as my work truck not quite as pretty as she once was. Paint still shiny tho

 

I sourced the majority of my budget build on ebay. Whatever direction you go, have patience and look for deals on used bits and pieces here and other forums as well as locally. Trying to talk a buddy into an entire turbo kit sans intercooler for $950 that's 50 miles north of me.

I believe I was all in for under 2k, excluding discovering my D1SC had to be sent off for a rebuild, and then discovering a partial "piston ring land delete mod" when I went to do lifters and that discovery initiating a rebuild. That added 1200 for the rebuild at procharger (they don't sell parts for you to rebuild yourself), and I think I have about 3k in 'rebuild' parts, plus another 1400 into machine work. But my motor is brand new, forged, balanced to over 7k, and can handle more boost than I'll be throwing at it.