I've got a 2003 chevy silverado with a 5.3 litre v8. I really want to install a turbo on it and I have a turbo off of 99 cummins. I dont want to buy a remote mounted turbo although I like them since I already have a turbo is there any way to buy enough parts to make it work without changing much?

 

That turbo won't work too well on your 5.3...

 

Its possible, but not really woth it. A TURBO is just 1 piece of a bunch of stuff to actually run a turbo in a vehicle. U need a tune, injectors, pipe, oil lines, wastegate, BOV, intercooler, pipes...prob more than that but I cant think of right now. All that would probably cost twice as much as 2 used cummins turbos honestly. I seen a guy somewhere put a D-max turbo as a rear mount, said it worked very well but had to lock the variable veins in place. U could try it but to what succes you have IDK

 

i used a turbo from a dt 466 international harvester which is alot bigger then the cummins its not the perfect turbo for your app but i used mine on a 350 chev worked great no tune stock injectors just keep the boost down mount the turbo up front easier to get oil to and have plenty of oil drain back i built my own headers but they have some out there to buy and get a air to water intercooler my intake temps got high the air to air cooler didnt cut it

 

Okay I probably should've clarified a little more but I'm a newbie to the forums..I have the pipes and wastegate and BOV and tune and oil lines..i'm not doing injectors because a guy did a similar project and left everything stock except for the exhaust, intake, and tune....I'm looking at 7-8 psi for boost...I was seeing what you guys would think will be my biggest problem..not going for a monster horsepower rig just something different

 

You'll need injectors unless you limit your rpm to about 4000. The stock ones are only 24lbs pr/hr.

 

+1 on needing injectors. Mine are already maxed out on a mild cam and tune.

 

I guess you could use a Procharger FMU, but these truck already run a base of 58psi fuel pressure and pumping it up that high with a 12-1 FMU might not be the best...

 

alright guys i appreciate the input i'll get back to you in a couple weeks when the project is done tell you how it turned out