Diggin It In Dallas Texas

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04-03-2009, 05:13 PM
Fastime09

Diggin It In Dallas Texas

HEY PEOPLES JUST WANT TO SAY WHATSUP.... I WAS JUST LOOKING AROUND ONLINE AND FOUND THIS PLACE AND THOUGH TO JOIN. I HAVE A 2000 SILVERADO EXT. CAB W/ 5.3L THAT I'V HAD FOR 3 YEARS, I'M AN OLD SCHOOL HOT RODDER AND WANTED TO FIND OUT HOW GOOD THIS GEN 111 ENGINE COULD RUN I HAD ALOT TO LEARN, IT'S ALOT DIFFERENT THAN THE OLD SMALL BLOCK CHEV. I STARTED WITH THE CAM, HEADS & FUEL INJECTORS, THE STOCK HEADS WERE MACHINED FOR THE LARGER LS1 VALVES, FULLY PORTED & MILLED 030, INSTALLED A LINGENFELTER LS1 CAMSHAFT 500/220 114las AND 35LB INJECTORS, JET DST PROGRAMING, EDLEBROCK HEADERS, NO CATS, FLOWMASTER EXHAUST, COLD AIR INTAKE, 373 REAR GEAR, 80MM THROTTLE BODY & 100hp SHOT OF NOS....SS WHEELS, 285/50R20 GOODYEARS, 2IN REAR DROP, REAR SWAY BAR, LATE MODEL TAIL LIGHTS, SO FAR IT'S BEST TIMES ARE 14.92-MOTOR & 13.86-JUICE... I'M WANTING TO BORE THIS BLOCK AND INSTALL LS1 PISTONS TO BRING COMP. UP AND STEP THE CAM UP TO LIKE 525/ 235...AND A GEAR OF 4.10, HAS ANYONE BUILT A 5.7L FROM THE 5.3L,,, I HERE IT'S POSSIBLE....ANY INFO WOULD BE HELPFUL....THANKS
04-03-2009, 05:25 PM
ducky

welcome to the site! post up some pics
04-03-2009, 06:18 PM
TATERNATOR

Welcome
04-03-2009, 06:24 PM
RedHeartbeat

wow, you've left a lot on the table for improvement. Did you see the 100HP gain on a 5.3L for under $1000 on the front page of the website?

Yes, 5.3 bored to 5.7 dimension is very common and a good investment in adding HP. I'd say do it!

Welcome to the site. you're going to love it here, your banker is going to hate you. :laugh:
04-03-2009, 09:10 PM
Botlfed

that 5.3 has alot more potential, believe me.
04-03-2009, 09:14 PM
foggy

welcome :hshake:
04-03-2009, 09:19 PM
WARLOCK

Welcome to the site.
04-04-2009, 06:31 AM
Show&Go

You are headed in the right area. Being here already means you will get faster. Welcome!
04-04-2009, 11:17 AM
GasGuzzler

Welcome.
04-06-2009, 12:07 PM
Fastime09

Quote:

Originally Posted by duckysbht

welcome to the site! post up some pics

Trying to post pics, but not able, shows they are to large, whats the best way to post...?
04-06-2009, 09:59 PM
GasGuzzler

Resize smaller.
04-07-2009, 08:26 AM
ChevyLee

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fastime09

Trying to post pics, but not able, shows they are to large, whats the best way to post...?

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Make an account, post the pics here with IMG code.

Welcome to the site.
04-07-2009, 08:49 AM
DUALLS

Welcome from Montana
04-07-2009, 09:28 AM
Fastime09

I think i got it now...Thanks
04-16-2009, 11:07 AM
txarkitekt

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fastime09

SO FAR IT'S BEST TIMES ARE 14.92-MOTOR & 13.86-JUICE... I'M WANTING TO BORE THIS BLOCK AND INSTALL LS1 PISTONS TO BRING COMP. UP AND STEP THE CAM UP TO LIKE 525/ 235...AND A GEAR OF 4.10, HAS ANYONE BUILT A 5.7L FROM THE 5.3L,,, I HERE IT'S POSSIBLE....ANY INFO WOULD BE HELPFUL....THANKS

Welcome to the site! Nice amount of mods for an old school SBC guy! After looking at your mods, you should have better times than that! First thing--get a custom tune! Second, that cam you have is too small. You can go up to a high 220's duration and high 500's lift with a 5.3L. Are those Edelbrock headers long tubes?
04-16-2009, 05:32 PM
Fastime09

they are the shorty's & i'v been wanting to install some LT these are not worth the money, i got the cam real cheap but after seeing what u guys are running, makes me want to step it way up, my goal here is to build a 5.7 from this 5.3 and use these heads, at that time step up the cam & other bolt on's....i'v been slowly but surely self tuning with my DST tuner and its starting to come around....these times were ran before the tb, & gear, swap also servo's.
04-16-2009, 06:52 PM
SLO TRUCK

Welcome. If you are gonna self tune you might as well get HP tunners software. Its way better than the DST stuff.
04-16-2009, 10:01 PM
GasGuzzler

What cam do you have again?
04-20-2009, 04:57 PM
Fastime09

This Cam is based on a 99 camaro SS Grind w/ a hair more lift & dur. & less LSA, ground by Lingenfelter 500/218 on a 116 LSA, not the hottest cam, a little step up from stock, but at this time the engine has 115,000 miles and i can't be to hard on it, when i build it up, then i'm stepping up the cam..
04-21-2009, 10:08 AM
banker099

nice truck...youve come to the right place...well help you spend your money, i mean well help u make your truck fast :naughty:
04-22-2009, 10:20 PM
txarkitekt

Miles are nothing. That motor can take the bigger cam, just do simple maintenance on it and make sure you use the supporting mods to go with the higher lift cam. And LTs are waaay better than those shortys.
04-24-2009, 06:12 PM
Fastime09

I thought the same thing about mileage, About 15 years ago I had a 79 smokey & bandit trans am, I bought a used 400ci Cheap w/ around 90k and installed some good hi-po heads & cam, set of headers, the motor ran very good until about 2 months after I got on it real good and it started knocking in the bottom end, when i disassembled the motor i found all the crank bearings very worn, (alot of miles) since then I build all my own engines I'v built enough engines in the past and have seen the way the bearings wear, Im not looking to trash the motor just yet, Keeping the Rev's down, I need to save some money so i can build it...Planing on a 5.7 out of this engine w/ these heads.
04-24-2009, 06:17 PM
Marillita

Welcome
04-24-2009, 06:47 PM
GasGuzzler

Miles are nothing for an LS engine. An old Chevy is a lot more ready to make miles than an old Poncho and an LS will go 5 times farther under the same conditions as an old school Chevy so it's an apples to oranges comparo. Besides, a lot of those T/A's had something worse than a 400 Pontiac....the dreaded 403 Olds....
04-25-2009, 08:24 AM
Fastime09

Yea but with an engine thats got alot of miles/wear & tear one dosen't know when it will go until it's to late..