5.3L, want more power!!!!!!!!!
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5.3L, want more power!!!!!!!!!
alright here is the deal i just sold my other car and now i have 1100$ to put into my truck i want to get the most power out of my truck my current installments are in my signature and if i left any out that people may post i will let u know if i have it, well i want to get some easy installation upgrades, but me and my dad were going to try to find a cam and some heads, any other ideas? my dads friend owns a shop that strictly does LS based engines and he said i could get 400RWHP with just 1000$ and ideas on how to get more with the same amount of money?
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400rwhp on a lm7 is pretty difficult. IMHO heads on a 5.3 aren't the best bang for the buck. Id rather put the money towards a 6.0 than heads on a 5.3. Sometimes, increasing RWHP is not always the most efficient way to better E.T.s at the track. A properly setup bolt on truck can outrun a head/cam truck without the appropriate supporting mods. Put the money in a tires/tune/stall/gears/headers. In respective order. I tried everything backwards and it was not the best idea.
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You're going to spend $300 on a custom tune, 300 on a cam, not including everything needed for a swap including the gaskets, new crank bolt, etc. 500 for a set of LS6 heads if you're wanting a budget build.
Unless your dad's friend is building a turbo kit out of scrap pieces of stuff lying around, there is no way that he's getting 400 RWHP out of a 5.3 in a truck for $1000. Unless he's dropping a 150 shot of nitrous on one, but that can be done for less than $1000.
Unless your dad's friend is building a turbo kit out of scrap pieces of stuff lying around, there is no way that he's getting 400 RWHP out of a 5.3 in a truck for $1000. Unless he's dropping a 150 shot of nitrous on one, but that can be done for less than $1000.
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ive got a 5.3 with headers, full exhaust, cam, tune, and stall which all together is well over a grand and im pretty sure im still under 400hp by quite a bit.
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Alright my dad called comp cams and we are having them grind a cam that will add 60RWHP also will increase the RPM range to 7500 for 750$ anything I could easily add for 400$? Maybe some headers??? They are going to be Shorty headers