You got any pictures of this?

 

There is a guy on the board with a Silverado SS who spent a lot of time and money making his own rear mount turbo. He was pretty cocky and confident that he was really getting one over, that he was smarter than the average bear. And he may have actually been smarter than average. But let's just say that fabricating his own deal humbled him pretty well and gave him new-found respect for building a good kit. It's not as easy as it looks.

 

Face it, every thing is expensive these days, you gotta weigh your options and against your wallet. The STS kit is a quality kit sans the cheesy oil return system, that was the first thing i upgraded. The kit can be upgraded as funds alow, Mine really performed well, but over the 2 years i had it i fought a lot of bugs that really discouraged me and also fought tuning issues, and i began to get frustrated with it. I really like the way the new Trick performance front mount kit looks, i would probably buy that kit next time around. But dont underestimate STS either, they DO make alot of power and some guys on here are really gettin em dialed in and puttin down great ET's.

 

How did you upgrade your oil return system?

 

what can you expect from the basic STS kit on my truck (see sig) without an other modding? (power wise and ET wise) . Is it a must to upgrade other stuff like a torque converter/stall/headers/etc?

 

torque converter/stall is the same thing and no it is not necessary

you dont really want headers on a sts anyways they release more heat and get you less boost

if you are going to tow you will NEED either an intercooler or meth injection

no just the kit and a tune and some gauges(boost, fuel press.- and egt if you tow) and you should be good to go

 

I'd upgrade the injectors and fuel pump personally, but that could be done down the road. I just wouldn't invest in a tune until I had the injectors and pump, then install it all at once and get it tuned then.

 

Couple of htings you said are wrong here.

Headers can and do work with the STS kit, according to quicksilverado boost came on quicker with lts. Also you exepreience boost drop on supercharged engines NOT rear mount turbo setups. Why is that? Beacause in a supercharged app the exhaust gases exiting get out easier creating less backpressure in the exhaust netting a boost drop usually aorun 1-2#s of boost. With a rear mount turbo you are making the exhaust gases flow easier but there is always going to be backpressure directly related to the size of the A/R size of the exhaust housing. Boost drop isnt a bad thing. If you ahve 8#s of boost and are making X hp, when you put on headers and are only getting 7#s, that 7# combo will make more hp given everything else constant.

If you are going to tow with a turbo you absolutely need to go with a intercooler. Meth does nothing for you until you hit the window where meth turns on(usually ~5#s), so when you are pulling up a long *** hill with your trailer and are only hitting 3#s of boost your IATS are going to be climbing ike crazy whereas with an IC the IATs will stay nice and cool. Meth is great for racing but not for towing. You could always set the meth to come on at lower boost but your meth resevoir will be empty shortly.

What can you do to upgrade the oil system on an STS kit?
-Instead of using the cheezy oil cap return line you can tap your valve cover(looks gaudy and retarded to me) or tap your oil pan. Here is a link to some pics of my setup.
https://www.performancetrucks.net/fo...d.php?t=381141
-Also I would replace the rubber retrun line with so hardline and ss line, something bout rubber line hanging under my truck with oil going through it scares me. What happens when you run over a road gator? I will have a write-up on doing this with my setup. I plan on running continous hardline that I picked up froma specailty shop here in Austin that was able to make me one continous line instead of having to use brass unions for 5ft lengths. Im going to run the hardline down the frame rail then use a 1ft piece of ss braided line form the framerail to my oil pan using AN fittings and then tie the other end into the STS oil return pump. Then run a ss braided line from teh oil pump to the oil return port on the turbo to get rid of any rubber line carrying oil, definately not necessary but will make me feel better baout driveing it plus it looks alot better.

IMO the STS kit is the best bang for the buck, it can grow with your needs with a simple turbo swap, a radix cant grow and has ben proven to hit a brick wall at mid 12s in an EC and only ONE RC truck has hit an 11.99. Whereas Quicksilverado hit an 11.3X with an intercooled kit on a LS1 and minimal other mods. The days of people being able to say STS trucks are "Dyno Queens" is over, and if all works out right for me I should be putting my STS truck in the 10s.

 

dude, we have got to meet up sometime so I can check out your kit. I want to ride in a turboed LS before commiting the money. I live just north in Georgetown.

 

i was under the impression from reading other posts on here from members with personal experience that headers (unwrapped) dropped boost but did increase power ( i said nothing about less power with headers on sts)

i also know that wrapping the exhaust on a sts will result in more boost - from other posts

i thought meth came on with as little as 1psi of boost my bad(never checked into it at all since i would never have it)