My Turbo LS 5.3 build


  • My Turbo LS 5.3 build

    Posting this here in case anyone is interested. I'll be adding to the imgur album as I go. Car made 567whp on 93 octane pump gas

    Basic Build specs:
    5.3L LM7 out of a 2003 Tahoe, rings gapped
    Summit Stage 2 turbo cam
    PAC 1218 valve springs
    241 heads off a Fbody
    VS Racing billet 7875 Gen 1, 3" exhaust with Vibrant resonator
    LS6 intake, Stock Truck TB
    Z32 transmission with gforce adapter and flywheel
    Z1 Motorsports Z32 TT performance 6 puck clutch
    MS3 Goldbox with 24x harness
    Snake eater 80lb Deka injectors
    Walbro 450 fuel pump
    EFI source 3bar MAP
    Flipped truck manifolds into a hotside I made, Tial V44 wastegate
    2.5" intercooler piping, 13"x24" intercooler, Greddy type RZ BOV
    NGK TR6 spark plugs
    Corvette accessory drive with ICT billet alternator bracket
    Post with 75 views. Z31 LS swap
    Last edited by BLITZERKING1; 11-05-2019, 01:52 PM.

  • #2
    Nice build. how much boost were you running on the VG setup. Im curious because I was planning to run the S362 in the future but 480hp is short of my goals.
    Own:
    1986 Z31 2+0 Turbo GLL ---- spearco IC ,3" exhaust, Poly everything with solid subframe and diff mounts, HX35/40 Holset Turbo, CLSD, Nistune with 1220cc FIC injectors on E85.
    1993 Jeep Cherokee 4X4
    Owned:
    1995 Z32 2+0 NA Black
    1985 Z31 2+0 turbo Black
    1986 Z31 2+0 NA Red
    1988 Z31 2+2 NA Auto
    1988 Z31 2+0 Turbo White ---- Stripped for all of its goodies.
    1984 Z31 2+0 turbo Brown
    1985 Z31 2+0 NA Black
    2003 Nissan frontier D22 supercharded vg33e 4x4

  • #3
    Originally posted by Wilsonthesphere View Post
    Nice build. how much boost were you running on the VG setup. Im curious because I was planning to run the S362 in the future but 480hp is short of my goals.
    16psi