New Guy From Cerulean, Kentucky

Hey everyone, I just bought a 01 Sierra with 4.8(I know, I know but eh, it’s different from everyone else) I was quite surprised with the performance of such a small motor but man I’m tickled Pink.lol...I welcome all suggestions and have a lot of plans for this lil' beast. Ummm a lil’ about myself I guess, I'm 19, live in Kentucky, I rebuild starters and alternators for a livin' at my family’s business, we build everything and welcome the challenge of custom built stuff. Hit me up if ya'll ever need anything 'Nuff about that though. I had a '94 Chevrolet but saved and bought this one and I can tell I'm going to love it and I can already tell I'm going to love this site!! Thank you very much.... Josh :)

Welcome

Welcome. What are your plans for your truck?

Welcome.

Welcome to the site!

welcome

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Originally Posted by Show&Go

Welcome. What are your plans for your truck?

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I would like a small cam
STS Turbo system
or a vortec supercharger idk yet
I would like to be able to run with my buddies 87 camaro he put a LT1 in
He runns 9.17s on the 1/8
My old chevy with a 5.7tbi and a 5-speed ran a 10.89 one night and thei 4.8 runs so much better so I'm thinkin it shouldnt be too hard to catch him...any suggestions?

And Thank All of yall for the welcome

I vote for a stall and gears to be put into your plan. Shouldnt be that hard to get it I dont think.

Welcome aboard Josh. What all do y'all build over there in Kentucky?

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Originally Posted by bangbangskeetskeet

Welcome aboard Josh. What all do y'all build over there in Kentucky?

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We build every type of starter imaginable, we make Custom Amperage Alternators (from 28-340amps) We specialize in Making parts for ANY type of starter, Alt., or Generator. Earlier this year we rebuilt a starter and generator for a 1928 Fire truck. Took us 3 days to make the brushes and bushings for the starter and about 5 hours on the generator. I specialize in Alternators...I hand wound a stator and rotor for the alternator on my truck, it puts out 80 amps at idle and 235 at just 2250rpms...lol

Welcome to LS1truck Josh! Good starter truck-----for a 6.0L swap! hehe But you could prolly end up starting with the basic bolt ons...LT headers, CAI, tune, exhaust, etc. Then move on to the cam. A supercharger would work great in that thing--and a STS kit wouldn;t be bad either.

Man there are so many things that I wanna do to this truck...I dont know where to start...but i will most likley start with CAI, Exhaust, Tune...than likley headers, than cam than...turbos:D..than I might be able to eat that LT1:flipoff:...lol BTW thank you...has anyone else done anything with the 4.8s??? what can I do to it that later might bolt up to the 6.0??? I need some input lol

Welcome!
Man thats impressive what you do over there! Would your shop happen to have a website or a basic pricelist?

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Man there are so many things that I wanna do to this truck...I dont know where to start...but i will most likley start with CAI, Exhaust, Tune...than likley headers, than cam than...turbos:D..than I might be able to eat that LT1:flipoff:...lol BTW thank you...has anyone else done anything with the 4.8s??? what can I do to it that later might bolt up to the 6.0??? I need some input lol

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Yeah there are all kinds of s**t you can do to this truck. Pretty much everything you do to the 4.8 will swap over to the 6.0....virtually same blocks, just different bore/stroke. I like the turbos idea...that should work out nicely!

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Originally Posted by Turbo_smh

Welcome!
Man thats impressive what you do over there! Would your shop happen to have a website or a basic pricelist?

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Originally Posted by Turbo_smh

Welcome!
Man thats impressive what you do over there! Would your shop happen to have a website or a basic pricelist?

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Well actually we have been workin on a website for the shop...It should be up and running in about a week or so. As far as prices goes...It just depends on what you have and what you want done to it. If you let me know what you want than I can get you a quote, untill the website is up. Its good to know that everything will swap from the 4.8 to the 6.0....um does that mean heads and cam too?? it would be awesome if the would. Thanks for the input...letme know if you have any more please...Thanks!!!

Yeah, most things can bolt over...but not the heads--different bore size. I would also NOT recommend using a 4.8L cam on the 6.0L. But if you do buy a healthly cam for the 4.8L, you can install it on the 6.0L.

OK...Thanks

I think that for now I'm just gonna do some stuff to the 4.8, because theres nothin like the look on the guy with the 350 you just beat when you tell him..."its just a lil ole 4.8" lol I love it. one more question...catback or custom exhaust...from y pipe back 3.5in pipe to _Muffler undecided_ to 3in pipes into a 4in rolled tip. I'm lookin for a muffler that tells you this aint no ordinary v8...lol

After the socket joint (after the Y-Pipe), do a 3'' inlet/dual 2.5" outlet Magnaflow muffler with 4'' rolled tips. That would look and sound great!

Well you dont have to put the echo/cowboy tips on it like good ole tyler runs.jk. Im a fan of Dumping it under the bed. haha. Just my 2 cents though. Mangaflow will sound good and perform great though Its all I have run lately and probably all I will ever run from here on out.

Kick A**... thanks alot for the input... im kinda torn between dumps and tips tho...i love em both