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Well, Bought this car a few months back now and bought it with 5.3 with a homemade single turbo kit, Blow through CSU carb and all the typical things done to a 5.3 with a little 7668.......Car went 9.70 at 140 on 93 pump gas when the previous owner had it and I bought it thinking it was going to be a turn key car which I guess technically it was
Well then I wanted to make the switch to E85 and put a more suitable turbo on it, So I Purchased a VS racing 7875. So with this Goal in mind I went ahead and had a cage put in the car. And discovered something behind the Dash
Great Cage work by a local racer here but this is what was found under the dash
Literally a mess of wires with 0 time taken to actually do it right.....No relays or anything for the fuel pump just a straight power block and just an all around mess,
This got my wheels turning about all these wires......If I make the cage to EFI then I could program a tablet to work with it to display all my gauges an just open up a ton of possibilities over the carb set up
In comes the MS3 Gold Box
Low and behold another issue is ran into.....This turbo kit will only really support something small like the 7668 and the 7875 is quite a bit bigger in physical size so John at Roastin Performance and I discussed the Hurron performance kit and pulled the trigger.
As we wait on that I went ahead and picked up some parts and such and will list old combo compared to new
Old Combo
Gen 4 Iron 5.3
BTR Stage 3 Turbo cam
706 Stock untouched heads
Victor Jr
CSU Carb
Daytona Sensor products throughout (Smart Spark, Boost controller,)
Turbonetics 7668
Homemade Blow through style turbo kit
The changes were making are pretty big but were going the route of the SBE to see what we can do with it
New set up will be
Aluminum Gen 4 5.3
MS3 Gold Box
Open Ring gaps
243 heads
China Studs
Little John Stage 2 Turbo cam
Hurron Performance Twin Turbo Kit
VS racing 6765s
NNBS 5.3 intake
210# Injectors
Aeromotive Eliminator EFI pump
Were have everything ordered and are waiting for it to come in to get to work the aluminum 5.3 should be here tomorrow to start tear down and inspection. Car will be a street cruiser type deal that we hope to get some good times out of and make great numbers with here she is now waiting for all her new parts
You in the Vero beach area? Ever make it up to speedworld or you shoot south to go to West Palm?
im in the Viera area lol. Maybe a half hour was overstated. Yeah I go to speed world every now and then. West Palm is way farther for me. Been waiting for some decent weather to take the SS since I put the blower on it.
Well as far as the build the new aluminum 5.3 should be here today and going to tear into it and see if there is any major issues that need to be addressed
Was told "it's hard to turn over but being a DoD motor it could be the lifters" I'd figure the seller was smart enough when the oil was drained that it was a milkshake that may be the reason it was tough to turn over....
10-12-2017, 11:25 AM
"How Original".......Billet S480 Fox Body 
