Quick turbo 5.3 sbe question
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Quick turbo 5.3 sbe question Used the search and haven't found anything but doing a sbe 5.3 turbo build and have option to get a lower mile 2008 5.3 will this engine be ok looking for 700 or so hp.
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Verdad Gallardo Well you can get Holley for about $800 now, so minus the $275 conversion box, $150 wideband, $150 boost controller, and then factor in HPtuners costs of $100-$500.
Sure, there are instances when the Holly makes sense. But not always. Plenty of people already have EFI Live/HPT so no cost there. They want factory gauges and are good with a $10 manual boost controller. Just different strokes.
Lots of instances it makes sense! Especially when shops are knocking people over the head for $600-1000 tunes and the engine didn't even cost that much. You can make factory gauges work if you take the time to do it. Jesus I pity the fool using a $10 controller lol
Now I have to factor in a shop doing the tuning instead of me?! Come on man!!
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tell m about the holley I am doing a budget build right not to make some noise since my kid is interested but plan on doing a true/ not budget build in the future and could use the holley
You can get a plug and play harness and ECM now from Holley, solid start to getting your stuff up and running as fast as possible without any converter boxes or doodads.
You can get this from Summit or Jegs when they have the sales ($100 off), or Holley's black Friday sale wont be too far away: https://www.holley.com/products/fuel...parts/550-905T
You can get this from Summit or Jegs when they have the sales ($100 off), or Holley's black Friday sale wont be too far away: https://www.holley.com/products/fuel...parts/550-905T
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Hey now, the $10 manual boost controllers definitely come in handy lol.
You should see the torque we picked up using one to eliminate crack pressure from a wastegate with an 11 PSI spring in it lol.
You should see the torque we picked up using one to eliminate crack pressure from a wastegate with an 11 PSI spring in it lol.