boostin the trans am
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boostin the trans am alright guys an gals im debating on turboing the trans am, downside its a 99 what would i have to do in order to make it hold the boost? i herd the rod bolts were crap so if i replace them will it be good to throw boost? and if i does how much power will it support?
anther option is going 5.3? which 5.3s would be good to look at? ive never build anything fi so all the infornation you guys could give me on these motors is appriated
thanks
tj
anther option is going 5.3? which 5.3s would be good to look at? ive never build anything fi so all the infornation you guys could give me on these motors is appriated
thanks
tj
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yeah just wondering what the max it will hold and if i replace the rod bolts will it make it stronger i can also either get the 4.8 or 5.3 and boost so and just throw the ls1 into somthing else just curious at what all these things will hold stock so i know which one to get and build up for now
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If you want big power move away from the ls1. Id do the 5.3 or a 6.0. Rod bolts wont help all yhat much on your ls1. The issue with boost is strenght of the rods. Plus ls1 goes for mint on the blacck market. Sell it off buy a 5.3 and have money left over to turbo. Just my opinion.
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Mines a gen 3 5.3. Running 10lbs. Sbe. 799 heads with pac 1218 springs. Stock cam. Ls6 intake. 550whp. Runs like a champ. Wouldn’t worry about building motor. My 5.3 was $600. On3/cx racing turbo build was 3-4kish. Cheap! And reliable as long as u don’t get greedy with boost lol
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I'm in the middle of the doing research for my 02 trans am twin turbo build. So far the kit I'm most interesting in is modularturbo I've heard good thing about it but I can seem to get a hold of them. I don't know if they are even still in business the last time they were active on this sight was 2014.
I'm not trying to highjack your tread. But I'm doing the same thing to the same car. There is no point starting a new one and make people answer the same things twice.
I'm not trying to highjack your tread. But I'm doing the same thing to the same car. There is no point starting a new one and make people answer the same things twice.
