WOW, Well for the FIRST time i have to go on Custm2500 side. My last turbo set up i built myself, i might and i mean might have spent 1500-2000 dollars building it. Hell even this turbo setup wont cost much either.

Precision billet turbos = 1400 shipped
turbosmart 38mm wg = 200 shipped
turbosmart 50mm BOV = 200 shipped
A2W intercooler setup = 550 shipped
log manifolds = 400 shipped
Misc parts and couplers = 300 shipped

Thats only a total of 3050 dollars and thats for twins. Its all in shopping and waiting for good deals to come along.

 

2 available, 1 sold....come on guys, who bought it? Lol

 

We may as well drop the turbo argument, I dont plan on running a turbo anytime soon. Lets move on from that.

Would anyone be in favor of modding the 200,000 mile 4.8?? Just think for the price of 5.3s, it would be a better choice but kind of curious to see what the 4.8 could do. May throw a nitrous kit on it and see what it could do before swapping, I'm sure the original trans will probably puke its guts out on the first hit.LOL

 

custm2500

 

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lmao!

 

Since you want to stay N/A the cubes rule. Nitrous dose make up for cubes but a nitrous kit is cheap to add to any N/A set up.

Just think of it this way, say a 5.3 costs 700. If you can find a 6.0 for as 1100 or less you are already ahead. A cam will cost at minimum $300 and the whole job often costs $1000 if you do it correctly. So lets say you only stab a cam you are maybe making the same power the 6.0 makes stock and you have lost one opportunity to upgrade the 6.0 with it's own cam. There just is no two ways to look at it unless the 6.0 is twice as much as a 5.3.


As for modding the 4.8 why the hell not! Squeeze the **** out of it(200+) and see what happens. Get some headers, exhaust, maybe a NNBS intake. They will all swap over the the 6.0 if you ever blow the 4.8 up. Just don't waste money on a cam right now because it will probably not be well suited for any future engine swaps.

 

It didn't make more power with my custm TB so I use it to dry my ***** on a hot summer day!

 

I will be talking with you when I start my turbo build! That is if you don't mind! What about injectors? Only big part i don't see on the list.

 

4.8 can make decent HP when wound up to about 6500rpm, but does not have the TQ (***** lol) to back it. At a very minimum do a 5.3

 

6500 sounds scary at 200,000mi.