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Old Sep 23, 2012 | 09:34 PM
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Thanks in advance for any suggestions and or information given!!

My build so far is an iron 5.3, ls9 cam ls6 springs in a 83 s10. This is a daily driver, I was thinking about a rear mount turbo set up. I have access to a turbo off of an evo 8, numbers on the turbo are TD05HRA-16G-10.5T.
Is this turbo capable of supporting 400 to 450hp at the wheels on a 5.3? Just wanting a fun dd.

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Old Sep 24, 2012 | 05:54 AM
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Originally Posted by hicksport
Thanks in advance for any suggestions and or information given!!

My build so far is an iron 5.3, ls9 cam ls6 springs in a 83 s10. This is a daily driver, I was thinking about a rear mount turbo set up. I have access to a turbo off of an evo 8, numbers on the turbo are TD05HRA-16G-10.5T.
Is this turbo capable of supporting 400 to 450hp at the wheels on a 5.3? Just wanting a fun dd.

Thanks again.
why not just get an ebay turbo thats been proven? and 400-450? people get 400hp with bolt ons and an aftermarket cam.
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Old Sep 24, 2012 | 07:51 AM
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I agree with what your saying, but this turbo is really cheap!! As always I'm on a budget.
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I agree with what your saying, but this turbo is really cheap!! As always I'm on a budget.
that turbo seems as if it will be to small for a 5.3, im no expert though. And i hear ya, i was going to start out on a budget, but **** all if that happened. My budget so far is almost $3k into my setup, and i still have parts to order but i went with a custom fab kit. Get with Denmah, he has a build thread was was EXTREMLY budget friendly
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Old Sep 24, 2012 | 04:18 PM
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Find another one of them and run twins. APS used twin TD05 16Gs.
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Old Sep 24, 2012 | 05:32 PM
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Originally Posted by hicksport
Thanks in advance for any suggestions and or information given!!

My build so far is an iron 5.3, ls9 cam ls6 springs in a 83 s10. This is a daily driver, I was thinking about a rear mount turbo set up. I have access to a turbo off of an evo 8, numbers on the turbo are TD05HRA-16G-10.5T.
Is this turbo capable of supporting 400 to 450hp at the wheels on a 5.3? Just wanting a fun dd.

Thanks again.
That turbo will be far too small for any LS engine.

As others say, you could run them as twins though and they would work ok.
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