lets me start off by saying i love this forum i breathe this **** ha. well i just got done rebuilding my car so its my truck's turn. i have a 2001 silverado 5.3 z71. I got the heads off ready to install my upgrades. heres my list of what i got ls9 cam, ls9 head gaskets, ls9 springs, ls1 efans, arp head studs, ls2 chain, ls2 lifter trays and summit lifters. things i need are ls2 timming cover and harness extension, (intake valve cover waterpump timing cover gaskets) and 1x timing gear is that all i need? i wanta do the main stuff before i slap a turbo on it so i kno its gona hold so that been the case, im gonna stay NA for like 5 months. will my combo atleast be making decent power for right now in NA mode?

 

this is what my truck looks like right now. i wanta do a 3/5 drop on 22in ltz wheels and do a hd front conversion.

 

Only thing id change- the cam. LS9 cam is not ideal for NA or turbo.

 

X2, you get what you pay for when it comes to the LS9 cam. Think about what it was designed for...

 

That's what I was thinking but the guy at summit had me sold on this cam saying its great for boost wether its supercharged or turbo and that boost is boost and and I'm new to boost so I was like ok and got it plus it was only 150$. I did some research on it and lingenfelter had the same cam but called the gt2 i believe and it did wonders on there turbo corvette

 

Run it and let us know how you like it.

 

Trust me I'm planning on it just so we can see something different and there will be more info on this type of setup with that cam. I'm Gona have Nelson tune it then on my way to Mexico I'm gona stop by his shop and dyno tune it. I'm from GA

 

im gonna clean my pistons and bores with mopar ccc cuz my 5.3 has 178k miles what do ya think about that product. i heard fill bore up 2in let sit for 30mins then wipe away and put vasaline around piston where rings are and rotate the engine so the piston goes up then on it way down the vasaline gona catch any trash that was on left on the rings then after that do step 1 one more time and good as new wat ya think?