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Old 08-16-2011, 11:12 PM
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Default Worth the swap on turbo 5.3?

Been thinking of changing cams in my truck to a more turbo specific cam.. found a TU0 SpeedInc cam for a good deal, would i even see a gain worth the time and effort of the swap?

My cam now... 212/218 .522/.529 114

TU0 cam is 216/216 .561/.561 114

Thanks guys for your time.
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I think you will see a pretty decent gain, probly 40-50ish rwhp
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man, if you think it will be even close to that it would be worth a few hours labor, i was thinking 20 hp or less??
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If you are running stock heads I wouldn't bother...
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I was thinking about swapping a tu1 in my 5.3L
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Yeah its just stock heads... I just don't want to go through everything for 15hp LOL... I plan on eventually building another iron 5.7 or 6.0 so may just wait till then.
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Originally Posted by black04
I was thinking about swapping a tu1 in my 5.3L
Yeah that cam is the one I was thinking on my 6.0 build but that TU0 may be fine for the 5.3 and a future 6.0 build.
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Anymore Turbo guys got opinions....
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are you buying that cam brand new? if your going to pay full price i would look at the cam you guys or talking about or talk to stock48 and have him grind you one of his infamous cams
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NOT a turbo guy but adding an intercooler would be cheaper


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