5.3 turbo build questions?

[George C]

heres some food for thought on another route


I have a weak rod 53 in the truck. I have 06 5.3 243 heads, fast 102, 230/236 cam and on 12.5 psi at 4700lbs ive trapped 130 mph with an aggressive tune up. you do the math as for power

so there is gain to be had running better parts then stock with boost. you can run all stock parts and cram more boost into motor...then youll have heat issues so I prefer less boost more power NA

killed the clutch when turning truck up to 18psi

my motor has ARP rod bolts as they were cheap insurance but like john stated from rods ive seen broke I haven't seen a bolt failure only in the 97-98 motors really.
my motor also has ARP head studs over torqued with Ls9 gaskets

[o2camaross]

Yea no doubt if you have increased VE with the NA setup, it will make more power in boost. Just depends how much he wants to spend since he said it was a "budget" build lol. Thats some damn good mph, but Im sure the turbo setup has a lot to do with that mph just as much as the heads and intake do. I also have arp rod bolts, studs and ls9 gaskets and torqued them like you suggested George

[George C]

Yea no doubt if you have increased VE with the NA setup, it will make more power in boost. Just depends how much he wants to spend since he said it was a "budget" build lol. Thats some damn good mph, but Im sure the turbo setup has a lot to do with that mph just as much as the heads and intake do. I also have arp rod bolts, studs and ls9 gaskets and torqued them like you suggested George

I paid 200 for my 5.3 and 200 for the 243s so shit can be found and had on a budget

I recently picked up a set of trick flow 220s for the 53 but wont be playing with that setup anymore. would of liked to see what truck would of done on 18psi, I calculated around 136mph if stars were aligned