Swap vs procharger
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Swap vs procharger So I'm in a debate. I have a 2000 single cab silverado with a 5.3. I'm debating if I should procharge the truck or do a swap. I'm looking at about 10 grand to procharge it but I was debating if I should just putting a newer motor out of maybe around a 2015 camaro or corvette. It's a gen 3 5.3, gen 4 piston and rod. 243 heads port polished and milled. Dual springs and trunion upgrade. 102 mm intake and throttle body on e85. Also on nitrous but I'm tired of filling bottles already and wanting to go a different route. NA it's close to 400hp rw
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yeh that's what I was debating, I already have a btr stage 3 truck cam in the truck. I wanted to go turbo but my tuner swear by the procharger. He tells me that the way I want to go considering I drive the truck and am looking for reliability along with the power. I have an aeromotive 340 pump and 36 pound injectors. Hes telling me add a second pump and get 50 pound injectors and a procharger and I'll good to go. Which procharger model would I need to get the power level I'm looking for.
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honestly I haven't looked at any different ones. I will take a look at them though. I'd be ok if I could get 600 out of it
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Talk to Bob @ brutespeed about his kit with new procharger bracket, it’ll be alot cheaper than $10,000. A d1x will do 650 on a 5.3 but you’ll have to be on e85 and 10-12lbs maybe more lbs. if you’re engine is healthy and has no issues id lean towards the blower over engine swap because you dont have to touch any wiring and its gonna be 10% of the work vs swapping. I can install my procharger & bracket in under an hour and the intercooler kit takes about another hour because its a2w and has alot of connections.
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Talk to Bob @ brutespeed about his kit with new procharger bracket, it’ll be alot cheaper than $10,000. A d1x will do 650 on a 5.3 but you’ll have to be on e85 and 10-12lbs maybe more lbs. if you’re engine is healthy and has no issues id lean towards the blower over engine swap because you dont have to touch any wiring and its gonna be 10% of the work vs swapping. I can install my procharger & bracket in under an hour and the intercooler kit takes about another hour because its a2w and has alot of connections.
Nope. Id run your setup by Bob and see what he recommends. I like the d1x because they offer the helical gears which make it alot quieter and better to daily. I personally recirculate my dual bov’s back into the intake and that eliminates the constant surge of air you get at part throttle cruising. I just vent to atmosphere if im gonna race it and dont care about noise and it helps lower Ait’s
my biggest complaint about the procharger is the part throttle noise, its just dumping air at 2,500 on the highway it’s obnoxious.
my biggest complaint about the procharger is the part throttle noise, its just dumping air at 2,500 on the highway it’s obnoxious.
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Nope. Id run your setup by Bob and see what he recommends. I like the d1x because they offer the helical gears which make it alot quieter and better to daily. I personally recirculate my dual bov’s back into the intake and that eliminates the constant surge of air you get at part throttle cruising. I just vent to atmosphere if im gonna race it and dont care about noise and it helps lower Ait’s my biggest complaint about the procharger is the part throttle noise, its just dumping air at 2,500 on the highway it’s obnoxious.