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Did the LQ9 swap 7 years ago. With milled and hand ported 317 heads and 11:1 comp. stock truck intake, stock exhaust manifolds and 234 242 114 cam. It went 1.68 60' 11.9 112mph. 3665# race weight ( DA 3800' ). E85 tune and 5.3L heads milled .060" went 11.8 at 113.9mph. Same 1.68 60'. All runs were at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway Mayem NO PREP track, not even water.
Bored the LQ9 block to 4.070 and used Mahle LS3 pistons 10:1, the stock crank 3.62 and Ported GM LS3 Heads with the Holley Hi Ram and 234 246 115 .625 .625 precision camshaft. Purchased the Hoosier 315 drag radials to see what the motor can do first on 8/22/14 at LVMS. Purchased the Borg S480 1.32 from Smeding to start the turbo build. The thread that Hellbents10 posted really got me going on this project, hood exhaust exit, no intercooler and all. Here are some pics to get things rollin.

chevydillan

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Good looking truck

chevyrules85

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just curious, what are you planning for the hotside? custom headers or log manifold or a stock gm manifold? I have a first gen that has a 5.3, and im starting my hotside, but the steering shaft clearance is pretty tight.

hellbents10

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Very cool, that will be a fun project for sure!

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At first I wanted to keep it simple and run a log on the pass. side. Now I'm going to try making the headers.

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Thanks, Do you have any suggestions?

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The turbo arrived today. BW S480, the fun begins. Its more like an S475 machined for the 80mm wheel.

76TALS1

Built a log manifold and moved the ECU to the inside. Cut a turbo relief in the hood. Working on the x-over next. Hood exit or fender exit 5"? Decisions.

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Finished the X-over last night, wrapping it tonight. Final assembly tomorrow!
Here are a few pics.

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Wrapped up and added a 60mm ebay wastegate. Finished the turbo to ram pipe, short and sweet.

hellbents10

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I like it, looking good.

m8w6r77

what size is the x-over pipe going into t6 flange? im building a similar setup in 87 s10 blazer. using the same turbo too.

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Thanks Hellbents10, m8w6r77 its 2.375 I.d. going into the T6 flange. Only another hour of work to do before I can drive it and I am tied up at SEMA for 11 hrs. a day. I got it tough. Ha ha... This weekend looks good! This is as close as I could get to Farm truck. Billet Carb 2500.00

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Got a few more things done today. Had to cut the hood for the K&N air filter and started on the fender exit. It always seems an hour away from driving, then another hour goes by.

1320

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haha....hour upon hour.....Hey did you see the guy selling the exhaust trim rings.......? I asked about a 5 inch for the volvo.....

Next year is gonna be fun.......

Your ahead of me on the build.....but Im doing ok on mine....we have months now before the track opens. I still need a waste gate, and I think Im going to walbro 450's.......

Your gonna have to back half the truck ......at some point

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Yes the neighbors love me...Ha ha Not exactly Stealth http://youtu.be/-v42bYppjwM
John, I did not see the 5" trim rings.

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Installed a SuperTrapp tip to quiet it down. 3 allen screws and its off. The tune is going slow. So far 1# at 4500 and 10.3# at 5300 to 7000 RPM. Timing is 22 at 1# and 16.5 at 10.3#. All at 56% throttle. lol .. The 3.73 gear, 25.7" tall tire and 350 trans, is going to be changed soon. I am thinking 3.08 gear, a glide and smaller camshaft.

Dragtruck2

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You make it look easy. Nice fun build

oakley6575

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Cool build man. Good to see another member from Las Vegas too. I'd love to see it in person some day if you head out to a car meet or anything.

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Thanks Dragtruck2, Oakley6575, I go to the VegasLSx car club meets on Friday nights around 8pm. LVBLVD & Sunset! See you there. Here is the idle video with the SuperTrapp exhaust tip.