fredbear

I've got a 2003 chevy silverado with a 5.3 litre v8. I really want to install a turbo on it and I have a turbo off of 99 cummins. I dont want to buy a remote mounted turbo although I like them since I already have a turbo is there any way to buy enough parts to make it work without changing much?

Beatdown Z

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That turbo won't work too well on your 5.3...

Ender06

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Its possible, but not really woth it. A TURBO is just 1 piece of a bunch of stuff to actually run a turbo in a vehicle. U need a tune, injectors, pipe, oil lines, wastegate, BOV, intercooler, pipes...prob more than that but I cant think of right now. All that would probably cost twice as much as 2 used cummins turbos honestly. I seen a guy somewhere put a D-max turbo as a rear mount, said it worked very well but had to lock the variable veins in place. U could try it but to what succes you have IDK

mmarlow21

i used a turbo from a dt 466 international harvester which is alot bigger then the cummins its not the perfect turbo for your app but i used mine on a 350 chev worked great no tune stock injectors just keep the boost down mount the turbo up front easier to get oil to and have plenty of oil drain back i built my own headers but they have some out there to buy and get a air to water intercooler my intake temps got high the air to air cooler didnt cut it

fredbear

Okay I probably should've clarified a little more but I'm a newbie to the forums..I have the pipes and wastegate and BOV and tune and oil lines..i'm not doing injectors because a guy did a similar project and left everything stock except for the exhaust, intake, and tune....I'm looking at 7-8 psi for boost...I was seeing what you guys would think will be my biggest problem..not going for a monster horsepower rig just something different

kbracing96

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You'll need injectors unless you limit your rpm to about 4000. The stock ones are only 24lbs pr/hr.

viciousknid

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+1 on needing injectors. Mine are already maxed out on a mild cam and tune.

kbracing96

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I guess you could use a Procharger FMU, but these truck already run a base of 58psi fuel pressure and pumping it up that high with a 12-1 FMU might not be the best...

fredbear

alright guys i appreciate the input i'll get back to you in a couple weeks when the project is done tell you how it turned out