new here! want performance, have $1500 to spend.silverado 1500
05-22-2008, 06:23 AM
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TWEST, I agree with what everyone has said. As always, air in - air out. Cold air kit, long tube headers (Texas Speed has/had them on sale), and cat-back exhaust (or no catalytic converters). A tune to take advantage of the air flow and remove some/all torque management. This is a good start.
It is a good idea to add the shift kit and servos to the transmission until you are ready for a full upgrade. Down the road you can look at torque converters and a gear swap if you have 3.42 or numerically smaller.
Once you have maxed out the bolt-ons, you can always look at a motor swap. And actually you could get away with the 6.0 swap without the bolt-ons. Your tranny may not like you very long.
So if you think you are going to want to do a motor swap, then you could always buy the motor and then upgrade it with cam, pushrods, springs, and so on while it is out of the vehicle.
It is a good idea to add the shift kit and servos to the transmission until you are ready for a full upgrade. Down the road you can look at torque converters and a gear swap if you have 3.42 or numerically smaller.
Once you have maxed out the bolt-ons, you can always look at a motor swap. And actually you could get away with the 6.0 swap without the bolt-ons. Your tranny may not like you very long.
So if you think you are going to want to do a motor swap, then you could always buy the motor and then upgrade it with cam, pushrods, springs, and so on while it is out of the vehicle.
Last edited by Silver-Dollar; 05-22-2008 at 06:29 AM.
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