Daily Driver 4.8 Looking for 420-450hp
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Daily Driver 4.8 Looking for 420-450hp Long time listener, first time caller. I've had my truck about 5yrs now finally paid off and I want to add some performance to it. I drive it to and from work and around town. My only transportation. Im looking to get around 420-450hp out of it. I've read these 4.8's love boost. My original plan was to do a budget turbo build with an ebay turbo and a piece by piece of everything else needed, but now I kinda want to see if I can accomplish the same thing, just all motor. Was thinking a cam..maybe one that is also spec'd and ready for a turbo if I ever decide to make that jump. Maybe heads and exhaust from there back. I'm pretty new to the performance game and kinda dont know what I dont know. If i'm missing any important details that would help with advice, Im all ears. Thanks in advance fellas
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If its your only means of transportation i wouldn't put a cheap turbo on it and risk blowing it up. You also shouldn't aim for a dyno number. I highly recommend leaving it alone and buy another one or something similar if you'd like as a toy. Reaching 420 tire on a 4.8 on an honest dyno wouldn't drive too nice. But that's subjective.
You could put a small tow max cam in it with an upgraded valve train, headers and exhaust, better heads and intake and on and on. Talk to your local tuner I'm sure he has seen combos that work well for making power and great driveability
You could put a small tow max cam in it with an upgraded valve train, headers and exhaust, better heads and intake and on and on. Talk to your local tuner I'm sure he has seen combos that work well for making power and great driveability
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Being a heavy truck and a daily driver , you can't beat the reliability and low end torque of a LSA setup it will easily make 500 whp without breaking a sweat on pump gas . It'll be hard to do 400 wheel all motor on a 4.8 , you would need a 4000 stall converter and loose a lot of low end torque.
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If its your only means of transportation i wouldn't put a cheap turbo on it and risk blowing it up. You also shouldn't aim for a dyno number. I highly recommend leaving it alone and buy another one or something similar if you'd like as a toy. Reaching 420 tire on a 4.8 on an honest dyno wouldn't drive too nice. But that's subjective.
You could put a small tow max cam in it with an upgraded valve train, headers and exhaust, better heads and intake and on and on. Talk to your local tuner I'm sure he has seen combos that work well for making power and great driveability
You could put a small tow max cam in it with an upgraded valve train, headers and exhaust, better heads and intake and on and on. Talk to your local tuner I'm sure he has seen combos that work well for making power and great driveability
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Yea maybe I dont need the horsepower as much as I just want it to be altil more fun to drive on the daily. I dont know if im thinking about boost anymore....for now
Im also not looking to break the bank on anything when it's not going to be something thats tracked. Will I have some fun at a stop light on occasion?..Probably, but I really just want that bump in performance while keeping some daily reliability
Im also not looking to break the bank on anything when it's not going to be something thats tracked. Will I have some fun at a stop light on occasion?..Probably, but I really just want that bump in performance while keeping some daily reliability
Last edited by RockChevy; May 2, 2019 at 12:12 PM.
