Troll...

 

Yes I know... didn't mean to offend u....

Bgray what are you running on your 6.0? I'm leaning more towards all motor now that i know i can go with the extra cubes space is at a premium under the hood so a turbo setup would be hardest to pull off

 

Go all motor and put a 572 under that hood and you will have plenty of power.

 

so your dad had a vortech that didnt make power so that means all vortech blowers cant make power ?

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Vortech blowers can make great power especially for the price kits can be found for now a days . is there better out there yes but it all depends on what kind of deal you find on a kit if your minding budget and power.

for the out of the box kit , maggies are hard to beat .

vortech has released a lyslom style manifold blower that is a bit late to the market but some have made good power with as well .

vortech is known for centrifigal blowers like procharger though so i would probably stick with a blower the maker is known for .

depends on your goals and capital.

 

is this going in a truck or a benz ? if its a car then i would look at a large cube n/a as adding a new motor to a car is a job in itself adding F/I on top of that will be even more .

 

It's going in a benz, NA is seeming like a better option the more I'm reading. My original plan was all motor I just started getting a boost bug again and decided to look into it. 400 to the wheels shouldn't be very hard at all with a 6.0...a 572 would be awesome too lol but it's a little too much the car is pretty small.

 

???? who on earth would recommend an all motor on this engine. Maybe a 6.0L but not the 5.3. I wonder if yall even have fuel injection or have modded these engines. You're talking about the same amount of tuning either way when its all said and done, and with a head/cam/top end swap you're still limiting yourself, you're gunna get shitty idle, terrible mileage, and power will be no where in the same league as you can get with even an old used vortech blower.

Turbo can make more power at less boost, but I prefer vortech for a number of reasons. Mostly because I don't like losing hair and stock option returns over my engine.

Lets say you can make 500bhp/tq out of the stock 5.3 with a full top end swap and exhaust and dyno tune for 4-6K$.

Why not invest the money you woulda wasted on the top end into a centrifugal blower, it won't care how expensive your top end is and you'll still get 600hp, along with nice low rpm driveability and still decent gas mileage. Centrifugal s/c over turbo any day for cost, low under hood temps, and ease of modification/uninstall if needed. It's all about getting the most out of the fuel injection and computer tuning... top end is old school now, limits the engine on the street to a toy instead of being versatile

 

If I stick with a 5.3 I would go boost, but there is not alot of room at all it would take more modding. I like the idea of having a 6.0 better I can still get the power I want and have it street-able, it's incredibly tempting to go 6.0 and do nothing more than just slap a blower on it (plus supporting stuff) but again, space is a huge issue the v8 by itself is gonna be a tight squeeze I'm going to have to do some cutting to fit long tubes and I might have to end up making my own headers even then.

 

If you are running tight for room under the hood I would stay away from the turbo set ups especially in Texas you would have a huge problem with under hood temps, if you go FI go with a maggie, or take the money and build a 6.0l and still have the ability for more power!

 

I really haven't heard of anybody on this site every having problems with heat from a front mounted turbo, either it be melted hoses or high IAT's. That heat stuff is mostly stuff you hear as propaganda to scare people away from TC.

Welcome to the forum btw...