from procharged small block to turbo 5.3 nova

[denmah]

posting this here since i know some of you like this stuff
so my friend has this 383 f1r procharged nova, blow thru carbed, i talked him into selling it after all the trouble he had with it, and going turbo LSX.





he sold the whole setup minus the trans. (built th350 with a brake)


him and my friend corey pulled a fresh race motor




my buddy cut the pan down for clearance




test fit.


so yesterday we built the hotside






he bought the denmah special from VSracing, GT45(68mm one of my personal favorites haha)

intercooler, wastegate etc, its getting that gold MS3box from EFI source and 80lb injectors,
we are installing pac1218 springs and leaving the stock cam and everything go for now, going to see what kinda power it makes, then i would like to see what kind of improvement martin can make on those numbers with low and high boost.

[Teku18]

What kind of numbers was this putting down before the switch?

[denmah]

650 wheel.
but it was finicky to say the least, and got 4mpg on a good day.

the turbo 5.3 should put down 500-550 with just the stock cam or more.
then we plan to cam it later and pickup a few ponies.

should get low to mid 20s on the highway even with the 3 speed auto, he plans to do a 4l80e farther down the road.

[HickRocket1258]

Out of curiosity, what would you charge to do something like that into a roller car? Pm me if you don't want to post it here.

[SpendOne]

I saw his seup posted on DVR and the bullet for sale.

[87fierogt]

car is beautiful and turbo ls is awesome. hope to do something similar this winter for the mpg improvement + power compared to a gen1 sbc. props to you and him

[99corvette]

Sick build. Love these new ls power plants in old cars.

[denmah]

Originally Posted by HickRocket1258

Out of curiosity, what would you charge to do something like that into a roller car? Pm me if you don't want to post it here.

i am hesitant to do this for people, as i dont build anything pretty and i dont wanna be responsible.

[Bigrick]

Pretty doesn't always mean power full. Who's looking under your hood when there Watching your tail lights lol.

[HickRocket1258]

Originally Posted by denmah

i am hesitant to do this for people, as i dont build anything pretty and i dont wanna be responsible.

This is something I honestly would like doing years down the road, but my knowledge with all this is nothing like yours. Plus the car wouldn't look pretty anyways, so doesn't bother me.

[denmah]

Originally Posted by Bigrick

Pretty doesn't always mean power full. Who's looking under your hood when there Watching your tail lights lol.

yes this is ok with me, obviously but when someone is paying and i plasma their fender open and then duct tape it shut they might get upset while i am laughing.

[denmah]

anyway we are looking to fire this thing on the weekend i am pretty excited

[Teku18]

Originally Posted by denmah

yes this is ok with me, obviously but when someone is paying and i plasma their fender open and then duct tape it shut they might get upset while i am laughing.

Sig'd this golden statement.