ya i cant wait till i get the new heads and cam setup in, it will really wake the car up

nice build! its probably a blast to drive!

Love it! cant wait to see the new numbers to come.... I have a 5.3 in my T/A that I want to turbo in a while. I just got a built tranny that can hold up to it so after the tranny goes in thats next on the list. Your car gives me some motivation!

what are you doin for a tune? or did i miss it?

dyno tuned using hptuners

This thread has inspired me to want to turbo my 5.3 goin in my 84 vette. Great numbers and the car sounds great!!!!! Very nice build

Did you just use the stock 5.3 exhaust manifolds flipped and swapped?

well the ones that came from my motor i am using had the EGR setup on them, so i got a set of manifolds from a 2007 truck without the egr.. But yes they are just flipped backwards

Sounds great. Good job. Makes me want one on the GTA

I'm doing the exact same setup in my Z here very soon, only with a 76mm and a pretty stock 5.3 with a ls6 cam, I'm hoping with the cam I can make a little more power!

Nice little setup btw!

Can't wait to see what it gains with heads and cam.

Have you thought about pushing it to 10-12lbs before swapping heads/cam? Just curious how that turbo would work with a little more boost

thought about it yes, but i need to install the rest of my fuel system before doing that.

I would be interested to see how far you could take this setup on the stock cam/heads with the correct supporting fuel system.

want to see numbers with the new cam and heads!

great numbers at the tires, as for the ebay gt45.. should be 1.05 on the ex ar. and yes they hold up well. mine has been daily driven for the last couple of years. every once in a while it will get a full throttle pull and my numbers on a conventional sb are short of what the ls can produce.

The picture fitmen looks goods

Very nice power at only 6psig from above 3000 rpm...

x2. See if that turbo can get you to the 550rwhp range.

not bad at all! good work

what did you use for parts and a set up? I wanna boost my 03 tahoe