boostnut

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Nice build. Are you an EIU grad?

thatredgt

No I am not. My brother is though and had the car with him there for a little while. It got broken into there so I brought it back home

thatredgt

its been awhile. and my bad luck strikes again. got the new motor together. ran great, only to find metal shavings again. seems like something is wrong with the journals on the cam and its eating the cam bearings up. got a few good pulls in though. Had the car on 10psi for awhile. Now im on 12 and im in the process of wiring up the boost controller.



exhaust gets dumped in front of the rear axle



Boostedgt at kots 2014

thatredgt

Anyone interested in the hood off my car? It's located in tinley park Illinois. Message me or post on here if interested

thatredgt

well havent touched the car itself at all this summer. but i have been working on a new motor for it. An aluminum 5.3 gen 4 rods and pistons balanced rotating assembly, ported 243 heads should be done and running again by the end of february.

deonls1

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I'm in the process of doing a 5.3 swap myself, and after reading your thread it kinda scares me lol. The car is in really good condition no rust or anything, but I'm just a little apprehensive about the whole process.

thatredgt

What are you afraid of? The swap itself is very easy

deonls1

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Mainly the wiring, and the fabrication. I see you have made a lot modifications as far as fabbing for yours.

thatredgt

Yes I did a lot of extra fan that isn't needed. And the wiring isn't that bad. It may look confusing at first but just get some wiring diagrams and dive in. Label all your wires

deonls1

iTrader: (2)

That's what I thought as well. Everything seems a lot more difficult if you're not physical doing it. Did everything else pretty much just bolt up? Like the k member to the motor etc?

thatredgt

Upr motor mounts needed the holes opened up a bit to get everything to line up properly. There a pain to install and take part IMO not the end of the world tho. And doesn't seem like the powdercoating isn't holding up very well. Haven't driven the car much. And already has some that on the Kmember

deonls1

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What would you say was the hardest part about the swap?

thatredgt

There is nothing hard about it really. The swap itself is just like putting a normal engine in. Since you can buy everything to swap it. Everything will just bolt together for the most part. If you wanna do it that way. You can even buy pnp harness so a swap can be as easy or as hard as you wana make it

deonls1

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Well that really makes me feel a lot better about the whole situation. I was under the impression that their would be a lot of fabricating involved.

ArcticFox

Sub'd. Looking forward to seeing what this thing does when finished. Nice build!

thatredgt

havent posted in forever. car has been up and running all summer. the aluminum 5.3 is doing great car made 560whp on 13-14psi and low timing. its now on 16psi and 20 degrees timing. will be turning it up to 18psi once i get a chance. it went a best of 10.3 at 136 on the 14psi and a 1.5 60 foot. havent been to the track since i turned it up and dialed the tune in. messed with the 4 link and have the car leaving on 12psi off the transbrake on the street. but like i said havent been to the track yet. heres a bunch of pictures and videos














never a good sign

oops had a problem with the wastegate. too much boost on pump gas. took it apart. threw another piston in it and put the car on e85

switched to hoosier qtp's

street car takeover indy 2015


blew the posi out. started doing 1 wheel peels. it was time for a spool

street test pass

street car takeover dyno. 14psi low timing and hot!

local street car shootout

thats it! car is doing good. hoping to get to the track soon. possible forged motor and twins over the winter. we will see