5.3/6.0 cam

[carfreak07]

That's what I've decided to do. I already have the 05+ truck fans and tr220 114 lsa cam with dual valve springs. I still need the get the trailblazer torque converter (I was told this would be a good match for my cam), shift kit and servos, and pacesetter long tubes w/ORY. I would also like to put on a ls6 intake but I don't want to fabricate my accessory drive to make it fit; I heard you can use the f-body accessories to make this work, but I'm not sure(I've only heard). I see that you're planning on putting a trailblazer ss intake manifold on your truck.. do you know what all is involved in doing this? Do you have to modify the truck accessories to make the TBSS intake manifold fit or will it go on without any clearance issues?

My truck intake made power all the way to 7,000rpm, dont really see much gain on the LS6 over the truck......I seen a test hot rod done and the truck intake performed almost exact as the LS6.....save your money in that area in my opinion.

I lucked out and got the complete set up off of a member who was demodding his truck. I believe all you need is a fuel rail crossover. A extension on one sensor and thats about it. And you use the same acc drive. Its alot easier than the ls6 swap. OHH if i could do it over again I would look into gettin the edlebrock or weiland intake for the ls engines. They look sweet and supposed to have more up sides then the swaps already named.

I definately wouldnt run the Weiand or the edelbrock due to heat soak.....they perform like crap....look pretty but dont go fast. Hope all this info helps ya, your will be flying before you know it!

I have a buddy that has a tr220 and Circle D Converter for sale if you have not purchased them yet!

[RedHeartbeat]

the new Weiand is a composite, how does it get heat soak?

[carfreak07]

the new Weiand is a composite, how does it get heat soak?

Guess I am behind, Have not seen that unit! lol

[Show&Go]

The new weiland is clean man. I saw the pics and read up about it. Looked back at the TBSS intake and was like..... perhaps i rushed into this haha.

[408.Luke]

that new edelbrock intake looks good to and it dosent look like you have to modify anything for it to fit and is suposed to be better than fast92mm dont think its out yet

[AdioSS]

I have a 2004 Silverado RCSB with a 5.3 in it, I'm looking to add some serious horsepower but I'm trying to get the best bang for my buck. Current mods are Nelson Tune, Cat Back, and K & N intake. I was planning on putting a TR 220 cam with 114 LSA in but I'm not sure if I want to put on the supporting mods, such as long tube headers and torque converter.. The reason being is I don't want to deal with leaking headers and I also don't wasn to go to the trouble of dropping out my transmission. I've also thought about the fact that if I'm going to all the trouble of putting a cam in/dopping the transmission why not just swap in a 6.0. I've looked around and found that I could probably buy a LQ4 for about the price I could sell my 5.3. I want to run my stock exhaust manifolds, but I don't know what cams I can run in either motor with them. Depending on which motor I went with, what cam/cams would be a good choice for my daily driver? Thanks

It sounds like you might consider a forced induction setup.