2000.00 what to do with it. Help please.

[americanthunder]

depending how many miles are on the truck id personally just fix the head and spend the money on a set of headers.. i know the 6.0 had more potential but there isn't much improvement for the time and money hes gonna have to put into it.. he could run one more psi and make up for the difference between the 5.3 and the 6.0 or close to it. fix the head ... cam and headers and a nice tune you'll be cooking .. also think about going up to 4:10s or maybe bigger (depends what you do with the truck) 3:73's are decent ... i just went from 3:23's to 5:13's its nuts to say the least.. I have a t56 tranny though that the only reason i can go that high with the gears (.5 final drive) without slaughtering my mileage. just set it up right and you'll have to change your sig i promise

[zeake]

I was thinking some time next year upgrading to a Trick turbo. The whipple won't be around forever.

[americanthunder]

it all depends on the wallet.. turbo is awesome but you wont gain a huge amount over the whipple unless you can upgrade your internals too.. i know i know turbo makes more hp per psi blah blah.. but it has to spool. no matter what you get there will be pros and cons. i would try setting up what you got better you might be surprised. If your gonna drop 2k on a 6.0 and 5k on a turbo id just spend the money and get a new 6.2 crate motor and be done with it just my 2 cents.. dont get me wrong though a turbo 6.0 would get you movin just lot of money too me by the time your done

[zeake]

Should I replace the oil pump with an upgraded 1 when I replace the cam in the LQ9. Also Do you have to drop the oil pan to change the pump.