Hey there everyone I am back to work on my Vega finally. I am trying to get it going by this spring. I have an aluminum 5.3 with a pair of 57mm turbos and Holley HP EFI computer. I just bought the waste gates, intercooler, radiator, exhaust and lots of small stuff. I am also going to order a powerglide trans and converter form PTC.

I have a quick question about cams for this engine. I was going to go aftermarket but don't think that is in the budget anymore. I would like to run the ls6 cam but haven't been able to find one I felt comfortable with. I have also read about people having good luck with the ls9 cam.

Is it possible to use the ls9 cam in my engine with the 799 cathedral port heads? If I use it I wont have to change the timing set and all right now which will also help.

I am not trying to set any records or make stupid power with this car just 400-500 rear wheel will be perfect. Just want a really fun car I can run down the track with and still beat around town.

Sorry for the long post and Thank you for all the help.

 

Does anyone know if I can use the ls9 cam in my 2008 5.3?

 

Here a few pictures of the car and what I have done so far

 

I am going to run the carb victor jr. Intake I have and mill out the injector bosses and build an elbow for the throttle body.

 

Very cool car! Yes you can use the ls9 cam (58x) in your motor. L33 (05-07 classics) are gen 3 24x tooth, then with the body style change of 07 they were all 58x tooth which could be 4 aluminum blocks (LH6, LH8, LH9 and LC9). All versions have Active Fuel Management except for the LH8, LH9, LMF.

 

Thank you very much.

 

Awesome combo look forward to seeing more of that monster

 

Bad *** looking vega. I like the simple placement of the turbo's off the manifolds.

 

Yea very nice car. What do you have planned for the exterior

 

Thank you all so much for the encouraging words. I don't really know on the exterior yet. I wanted to paint it gm stone grey but will probably run it in primer for a little while. I want to get it running and driving first. Then I will work on making it look good.

 

Very cool build....can't wait for more pics and updates. Keep up the great work

 

looking good-there are a few Vega builds around, always wanted to do one, but decent bodies are hard to come by
keep up the good work and more pics

 

Yea definetly make sure to post plenty of pics for us : ))

 

Here are a few of the parts I have gotten in so far.

 

Nice stuff there

 

I got my ls9 cam in today and have got started on the throttle body elbow.

 

That's a pretty badass lookin wagon. I don't see too many of those around.

Definitely different, I especially like how it's being built in a barn dirt floor and all.

 

Very different build! Very cool! I need your exhaust turbo manifolds too!! lol

 

looking good man! should be a blast to drive

 

Thank you all