Boosted3rdGen

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Great work on the painting the parts.

5.3swap

ebay, $92 a piece they came with the fan and they have a long life motor so i thought that was a great deal. a guy had two of them left so i jumped on them there going to look sweet in the location I'm putting them.

5.3swap

thanks, i love painting

5.3swap

i finished cutting up the subframe's today and welded one of them up. came out of for not welding in about 15 years and my first attempt at subframes..... i think flux core wire isn't the funnest to weld with but it do the job.

Boosted3rdGen

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Putting in work, any stiffness to the chassis of our beloved 3rd gens is welcomed.

5.3swap

thanks boosted, ya it was fun making them. i still have to clean them up and then paint them red but shouldnt take me more then an hour or so.

NVUSZ28

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Subscribed!

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thanks

Spoolin_Notch

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Got to respect the time and effort you got going in to this project. Whats the plans as far as mounting the turbo goes?

NightmareTA

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Flux core wire, eh? God bless you lol! I made a few welds with it and couldn't do it. Went out and picked up a tank after that and my welds looked a million times better.

Great looking project you've got there as well. Looks like your doing some nice work and it should move when your done. I'm not so sure you will hit the 850 RWHP goal, but regardless it should make some good numbers. Most turbo 5.3's are in the 500-600 RWHP range. I def think 700 is possible with either E85 or race gas, but 850 is a lot for a stock bottom end. Either way, best of luck on the build! I'll keep an eye on it.

02sleeperz28

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Kool build.

5.3swap

not to sure yet, i want them symetrical and clean looking. i have the truck manifolds so i'm going to see where that puts them and if i dont like it then i'm just going to make some headers. i want them up front flush with head height, we'll see

"Flux core wire, eh? God bless you lol! I made a few welds with it and couldn't do it. Went out and picked up a tank after that and my welds looked a million times better.

Great looking project you've got there as well. Looks like your doing some nice work and it should move when your done. I'm not so sure you will hit the 850 RWHP goal, but regardless it should make some good numbers. Most turbo 5.3's are in the 500-600 RWHP range. I def think 700 is possible with either E85 or race gas, but 850 is a lot for a stock bottom end. Either way, best of luck on the build! I'll keep an eye on it. "

thanks for the input.. i have to say check out this artical http://www.hotrod.com/techarticles/h...g_bang_theory/on stock 5.3's and hp. 1,203hp on stock bottom end is pretty impresive this article is what made me choose the 5.3, and at the end of it you find out it was'nt even a 5.3 it was a 4.8. when it finally failed it was'nt the bottom end it was electrical. i'm hoping to get some crazy numbers. the turbos i'm using are just the starting point.

thanks

NightmareTA

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I've seen that article in hot rod. Very impressive on a 4.8 none the less! I was always under the impression that engine dyno's were nowhere near as tough on an engine as actually driving it is. Thats why I ussually take engine dyno tests with a grain of salt. But there is no doubt that the truck blocks have been proven to hold some big numbers. I'm shooting for 600ish RWHP on mine to try to make it last. I'm def curious to see what you will squeeze out of yours though!

5.3swap

well my motor came out of a 2002 truck and has 90k orignal miles on it. i do plan on having the lower end redone just for piece of mind. since i'm not planning on having this done till NEXT summer not this coming summer i MIGHT opt to go with a forged bottem end.... but we'll see. i do plan on doing as much as i can to he top end to support as well. if i can see a solid 700hp to the wheels i'll be more then happy. so ya i'm with you i'm interested to see what this set up does as well

grifter757

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Just a heads up but truck manifolds stock will not fit facing forward in our cars. I think we even figured that if you cut the flang and put a V-Band on it it wouldn't work. Maybe a set of flipped C6 manifolds?

5.3swap

Thanks for the tip. I have a friend that has a pair of the c6 manifolds. so I'll have to check them out.

5.3swap

new parts are fun intercooler and piping. i also have two extra intercoolers if anyone needs one. they are for single in and out. one is 12hx27lx3w and the other is 7hx27lx3.. just throwing them out there before i put them on craigslist and ebay.

now for the new parts for me

camaroboricua

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great looking car and build....looking forward to more pics...

5.3swap

Thanks

5.3swap

hey guys any suggestions on cams? i want as good as i can get for a street car. i will be having my heads worked so if there is a cam that needs x lift and x flow to get the best cam for this set up then throw it out there and i will have the heads worked for it.

thanks