My buddy Luke has 160K+ on his 5.3 and has only replaced an alternator.
My buddy Luke has 160K+ on his 5.3 and has only replaced an alternator.
Boats and hoes
Stumble in to the liquor store
With a dollar-fifty for a bottle of wine,
I know just what I'm lookin for
Thunderbird will do just fine.
mast motorsports dynoed a ls1 with ~150k at 320ish hp.
I drove a suburban with a 5.3 and that thing screamed! Peeled out from a stop and was more than fast enough for me. I guess the 5.3 winds up quicker than the 6.0?
Originally Posted by Graystroke
My 5.3 runs ok in my tahoe...nothing to write home about at all. Wide open throttle and part throttle leave a bit to be desired in my tastes. But then again, I think everything I drive could use more power. I Would definitely love to put a supercharger on mine, but the "miracle transmission" would probably run out of magic dust if that were to happen.
"You know, this car is so fast, that giving Corvette owners this car, is kinda like giving an AK-47 to a pysch ward."
-Ron Fellows (Corvette C6R Team Driver)
I got to thinking about this after I posted a few minutes ago. This would pretty much be my breakdown of how to get the most out of your 6.0L without hurting mileage substantially. This is what I would do to my 5.3 anyway...same thing I would do to grayson's burb.
K&N Filtercharger
Exhaust, probably Magnaflow because for the money, its a pretty good system
2005-UP GM Electric Cooling fans with adapter harness
1.85 ratio rocker arms and new valvesprings
programmer
"You know, this car is so fast, that giving Corvette owners this car, is kinda like giving an AK-47 to a pysch ward."
-Ron Fellows (Corvette C6R Team Driver)
fred, how did that electric fan swap work out? did you ever do a tech writeup on it?
I've never done it. I've thought about it, but everytime I see a set of the 05 and up fans come up for sale for a decent price, they sell before I get to them. From what I can tell, the fans are a direct bolt on if your truck comes with the 34" wide radiator, and nelson makes a factory style wiring harness to tie them in with. From there it's a matter of getting the fan controls enabled in the computer which on 03-up isn't a big deal. On 02's I don't think it is either, but I haven't verified that yet. Seems like a pretty painless process other than the cash to do it.
"You know, this car is so fast, that giving Corvette owners this car, is kinda like giving an AK-47 to a pysch ward."
-Ron Fellows (Corvette C6R Team Driver)
this is the part im curious about
Well, if it's like the OBDI or OBDII LT1 ecm's, it's a matter of turning the controls on or off in the programming and setting the temperatures. Knowing GM, it's probably still this way. I don't know, I've never messed with any of the LS motor ecms. Flem might know, but I could probably find out from a couple people if I was really serious about doing it. I guess I need to look into it again because I don't really see anything but positives to putting the factory fans on.
"You know, this car is so fast, that giving Corvette owners this car, is kinda like giving an AK-47 to a pysch ward."
-Ron Fellows (Corvette C6R Team Driver)
so are you yanking the mechanical one? or do the electrics run in conjunction?
Drive your Land Rover for a few days...the Burb will feel like while you were gone someone transplanted a rocket engine into it.
HE LIVES!
Well...lost my join date and post count...but I'm here...and I don't have to lurk as the old man anymore...
sign the petition!Well...lost my join date and post count...but I'm here...and I don't have to lurk as the old man anymore...
http://www.tamor.org/forums/showthre...241#post194241
Ah...I'm over it.
I'm just happy to be here
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