Specs- 2000 chevy truck 5.3L stock shortblock comp cams 224/224 .580/.580 112 cam. Heads are 6.0L truck heads ported and polished by me, Combustion chambers polished, REV dual springs, Final compression ratio comes out to 8.6:1 Intake Is Edlbrock Victor Jr with a custom made elbow by me. Fuel injectors are 60# Mototrons. Turbo is a GT-45 with Tial 44mm wastegate, Tial 50mm Blow off valve, header primarys are 1 7/8 to 2 1/2 collectors merged to a single 3" into the turbo. Down pipe is 3 1/2". Wire harness is a stock 99 Z28 harness and using a 99 pcm with a 2 bar upgraded operating system from HP Tuners. All tuned by myself with an Inovative wideband. Engine is mated to a TH-350 full manual valve body with a TCI super streetfighter nitrous converter. rear is 3.50 gear ratio. All ignition and electronics are supported by the factory F-body PCM.

Future plans- this engine is just a test/concept engine to build the turbo around. Once together and everything worked out I will rebuild the same 5.3L with all forged internals. Cam selection will be a changed to an actual turbo grind cam.

Update Dec.24 2005 - Engine is in car and everything is pretty much ready except the harness and some small stuff. No new pics as of yet. But car will be going to a friends and I'll finish it there. My garage just has too much stuff in it to work in right now. Theres a couple pics of the wastegate piping in the link below.

Update Nov. 18 2006 - Car is done and running insane. 15psi of boost and is uncontrollable in 2nd gear on the street. Here is a video of some 3rd gear passes. One with the shaky camera is in 2nd gear letting off it a bunch of times cause of wheel spin. And more pics at the cardomain page.
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click here to see more pics in thumbnail form from my friend Chad's website.







Dont bitch about how the intercooler looks! In the space I have to put it, That is the biggest and most effient way it could be built. it will support up to 900hp. i dont plan on reaching that with this engine so it will work fine.





2-15-05 Engine is mocked up in car for header making. one side is done. motor mounts are made. collector will come off of header and go under the waterpump. it looks close in pic but plenty of room.


7-8-05 engine was taken to work so i could do the exhaust/turbo piping. it is all stainless and the elbows are not polished yet, so it looks kinda funny. also its not completely welded. Crossover pipe in front is not made yet.


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