1949 Studebaker 5.3ls turbo
 

Hey guys,
I'm putting a 5.3 into my Stude pickup and have some questions. I'm not building the truck for drag racing or anything, just a fun truck to run errands in and things like that.

I've been reading alot on the forum and this is what I have bought so far.

03 5.3 stock
ebay gt45
walbro 255
f.a.s.t. 60 lb/hr injectors
hptuners/ but i'll have an experienced tuner do the initial tune
ebay intercooler
arp bolts for the heads,rods,mains
i'll probably do the 317 head swap and upgrade my valve springs and pushrods and an zo6 cam.

I haven't had much time to work on the truck since I've been back from Afghanistan, but I finally had a break from moving across country and work. I cut down an s10 frame to the wheelbase I needed, built my cab and bed mounts, mounted everything,mounted the engine and trans, fabbed the hotside and and built the radiator and intercooler mounts. I rewired the truck and mounted the gauges. i still have to do the brakes and properly mount the steering column, but it's not too far out. I sent my PCM off today to be base tuned so I can at least get it running on just the motor before I head back to the sandbox.

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I LIKE!!!!

When do you Deploy again?

Holy bad-ass project:hail:

I cant tell if I am just seeing it wrong, but is that the hot side crossing over the front of the engine?

That thing looks awesome...... That is going to be a fun truck.

There is a guy around here that has one with an LS1 and a MP112 on it and it is a fast little truck.

Yes there is, he ate my lunch back when I had the lightning out on 820:sigh:

That thing is AWESOME!

And thanks for your service. Be safe over there.

New truck added to my all time favorites list. Ikinda like the rusted look too.

That is a sweet ride!

Oh this is going to be awesome. Keep the pics rolling in of that bad SOB