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Old Feb 27, 2018 | 03:24 PM
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So I bought a 04 escalade and ripped the guts out of it and am currently in the process of gathering parts. I need a little help with what I should get.

My end goal is 800 hp single turbo set up, but I wont have the turbo for a while. I want to build for the turbo now so in a year or two I wont have to yank apart the motor again. This will also be a daily driver.

So far its a stock lq9 and I have a complete ls3 top end from heads to tb for it.

I am going to tear down the motor and send it to the machine shop to get it cleaned up or bored out. I don't know if i should just get it cleaned up and run the stock size pistons or if I should just have it bored .030 over. Also should I run the stock crank if its still good? I have heard they are good up to 800-1200 hp but it has 200k miles on it. I know I am going to upgrade the pistons and rods. I am looking at either manely or dimond pistons/rods, but don't know what would be the best size to run for the turbo.

I also don't know what cam I should run for it. Should I run a mild cam in it till I get the turbo and change it out when I get the turbo or should I just run one that would be good for the turbo now and not have to worry about it later?
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Old Mar 1, 2018 | 01:15 PM
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Part numbers I am looking at for this build.

Manley crank 193924
Manley rods 14051-8
Manley bearings 30010 and 33030
Pistons either Dimond 11517 or 11516 or Manley 596901c-8

Any thoughts on any of this stuff?
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