no fpc here Another of the secrets to the 5.3’s success is how high Jon spins it. The engine regularly sees speeds above 8,000 rpm. Yes, you read that right. 8,000 rpm on stock pistons, rings, rods, rod bolts, bearings and gaskets. All of this on a hydraulic roller setup with LS7 lifters no less. Even the rockers are stock, albeit with Brian Tooley Racing trunnion upgrades. To say that we were shocked to find out how quickly it was turning without coming apart would be an understatement.
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I just don't get how this is possible. Maybe he has ET tech somewhere in this setup. I have a Chevy 5.3 in my truck if I add a blower it's probably blown in 1000 miles with my luck.
Fast ass car.
LS on a Ford?? Doesn't count in my opinion. Enough of this blasphemy, keep LS' on chevy only.
Still quick.
Bad fast. I have a hard time believing that's a stock bottom and holding at those powa levels.
120 passes which is a whole 30 miles till the engine blew.
Bad ass machine.
its only stock if your running the OEM oil pump, bearings and Ring gap, which i highly doubt this is the case
That motor ISN'T an untouched shortblock, yeah it has oem internals BUT it has been disassembled.
I don't believe it for a second either. There's a local dude around here who is always claiming "sbe" 6.0 but he pulls the motor every month to replace Pistons, rings, bearings ect. He even admitted that after 4K miles of abuse the motor is worn out.
Aren't the 5.3's cheap as hell? I'm thinking of using an LS for a project car but most people go with the LS3's. This seems like a pretty bad ass alternative.
Iron Block 4.8,5.3,6.0 is what you want for Turbo LS. My co-worker is building a Turbo LS 1980 Fairmont (Same Chasis as Foxbody but 4-Door) and I've learned a fair amount about these setups over the last couple months.
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The big draw for the turbo LS craze is that you can make :
550RWHP on 4.8/5.3/6.0L Gen III 99-2003 $300 stock chevy LS truck motor with a cam, valve springs, & $400 single chinese turbo
800-1000 RWHP on 4.8/5.3/6.0L Gen IV 2004-2006 $300 stock chevy LS truck motor with a cam, valve springs, & $400 single chinese turbo.
There is a self taught tuner in PA (Matt Happell of Sloppy Mechanics), he gives out all his HPTuners tunes & combinations for free. his whole forte is how to make hotrodding economical and cheap.
https://sites.google.com/site/sloppywiki/
550RWHP on 4.8/5.3/6.0L Gen III 99-2003 $300 stock chevy LS truck motor with a cam, valve springs, & $400 single chinese turbo
800-1000 RWHP on 4.8/5.3/6.0L Gen IV 2004-2006 $300 stock chevy LS truck motor with a cam, valve springs, & $400 single chinese turbo.
There is a self taught tuner in PA (Matt Happell of Sloppy Mechanics), he gives out all his HPTuners tunes & combinations for free. his whole forte is how to make hotrodding economical and cheap.
https://sites.google.com/site/sloppywiki/
Way to many people claiming stock 5.3 so I ignore it all its just like anything else out there, always someone else with a faster or more power even if you can't find it as some people actually like keeping stuff like that a secret. Fastest documented on video maybe but there's always a bigger fish. Last time I saw claims like this it ended up the people got a stock spec rotating assembly, threw new bearings in and cleaned up the block and called it "stock" bottom end so that kinda sh*t doesn't even really mean anything anymore because you can't exactly drop the pan and scope the fu*king thing so claims are claims.
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