Specs- 2000 chevy truck 5.3L stock shortblock comp cams 224/224 .580/.580 112 cam. Heads are 6.0L truck heads ported and polished by me, Combustion chambers polished, REV dual springs, Final compression ratio comes out to 8.6:1 Intake Is Edlbrock Victor Jr with a custom made elbow by me. Fuel injectors are 60# Mototrons. Turbo is a GT-45 with Tial 44mm wastegate, Tial 50mm Blow off valve, header primarys are 1 7/8 to 2 1/2 collectors merged to a single 3" into the turbo. Down pipe is 3 1/2". Wire harness is a stock 99 Z28 harness and using a 99 pcm with a 2 bar upgraded operating system from HP Tuners. All tuned by myself with an Inovative wideband. Engine is mated to a TH-350 full manual valve body with a TCI super streetfighter nitrous converter. rear is 3.50 gear ratio. All ignition and electronics are supported by the factory F-body PCM.
Future plans- this engine is just a test/concept engine to build the turbo around. Once together and everything worked out I will rebuild the same 5.3L with all forged internals. Cam selection will be a changed to an actual turbo grind cam.