Now this is a 5.3 vortec!!!!

[AquinoSteven]

check this thing out!!
I wish i could get my motor to look like that

http://www.truckinweb.com/tech/engine/0904tr_5_3l_vortec_v8_engine_buildup/index.html

 

[wmgood64]

WOW!!! I 'm getting a chubby!

 

[AquinoSteven]

haha anybody on here do a buildup like this?

 

[blueflamed03]

nice find, got some reading to do

 

[AquinoSteven]

ive been on performancetrucks.net all morning and they got some good stuff. I got some studying to do haha. So far on my wish list, i want a 80mm throttle body plus an 80mm intake manifold. Currently i have a stock 5.3. i still wanna do intake and cam and a bunch of other stuff. haha idk what to get first

 

[blueflamed03]

headers and tune.
Then cam, gears, small TB stall.

 

[Max]

ive been on performancetrucks.net all morning and they got some good stuff. I got some studying to do haha. So far on my wish list, i want a 80mm throttle body plus an 80mm intake manifold. Currently i have a stock 5.3. i still wanna do intake and cam and a bunch of other stuff. haha idk what to get first

You already have a 78mm tb, no reason to upgrade unless you do a heads/cam package. Start with some longtube headers and a torque converter to match the cam you want, then get that ***** all tuned up.

 

[AquinoSteven]

im going for a BB tune in a couple weeks. Intake should be going on shortly and i was gonna do a flow 50 cat back. Im pretty good with engines but i never understood what a stall was. i saw that people had them from 1600 to 4000. what do they do?

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The cam i was looking at was a TR224, i heard good things about and saw some pretty good improvements in power

 

[Max]

http://www.carcraft.com/techarticles/selecting_right_torque_converter/index.html

typically a 2000-2600rpm stall works best on these big ass trucks, depends if you still want to tow anything.

 

[blueflamed03]

im going for a BB tune in a couple weeks. Intake should be going on shortly and i was gonna do a flow 50 cat back. Im pretty good with engines but i never understood what a stall was. i saw that people had them from 1600 to 4000. what do they do?

---------- Post added at 11:35 AM ---------- Previous post was at 11:34 AM ----------

The cam i was looking at was a TR224, i heard good things about and saw some pretty good improvements in power

IMHO, the TR224 is a healthy cam, but look at the Comp 212 or 218 grind. More of a low end grunt cam, and a Trail Blazer stall. Can get relatively cheap,and will do just fine behind that cam.