5.3 build
Mar 15, 2011 | 03:20 PM
#11
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There's so many things to do, it's hard to pick what to do first and what order to put everything in. Cuz you want more power right away, but then everything starts braking, then you just fix whatever brakes in that order lol. It'd be nice to just start with a big big chuck of change to just do everything at the same time, blower/turbo, cam, heads, tranny, and rear end. Then he'll have traction issues and need slicks and traction bars. There's alot to consider, think about what you really want, and how reliable you want it. My tranny last 2 months after my cam swap. Then about a half a year later I broke an axle. And it's been fun, and expensive!
Mar 15, 2011 | 06:05 PM
#12
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From: Baytown Tx
so how many of yall DD yalls cammed out sleeper trucks. cause im not really looking to run it at the track alot. maybe a couple times
but really im proly doin a stall, cam, headers, and tune first just because i love to hear that lope you get from a cam. how long does a cam take to install?
but really im proly doin a stall, cam, headers, and tune first just because i love to hear that lope you get from a cam. how long does a cam take to install?
Mar 15, 2011 | 06:52 PM
#13
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From: Alabama
There's so many things to do, it's hard to pick what to do first and what order to put everything in. Cuz you want more power right away, but then everything starts braking, then you just fix whatever brakes in that order lol. It'd be nice to just start with a big big chuck of change to just do everything at the same time, blower/turbo, cam, heads, tranny, and rear end. Then he'll have traction issues and need slicks and traction bars. There's alot to consider, think about what you really want, and how reliable you want it. My tranny last 2 months after my cam swap. Then about a half a year later I broke an axle. And it's been fun, and expensive!
Mar 15, 2011 | 07:50 PM
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Lisa
Mar 15, 2011 | 09:22 PM
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From: Baytown Tx
Mar 15, 2011 | 10:06 PM
#16
You can get eBay headers for like 350, cam kit from TSP is Between 600/700 depending on single or dual valve springs, (I recommend dual) stall converter is between 400/900 depending on which one you get. Tune would be between 275-400. Headers come with a high flow y pipe, so you can just have a muffler welded in if you wanna save over a full cat back. Specter has cheap cold air kits, like 100. Shift kits are pretty cheap, get a servo also. I'd recommend a really big tranny cooler, tru-cool 40k, bout 135. All this would set you back about $2500 give or take. And if you were to all this at once you would have easily gained close to 100 whp. And that's a big difference
Mar 16, 2011 | 10:44 AM
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Mar 16, 2011 | 10:58 AM
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From: el paso, tx
