some history and build progress of my white 07 RCSB
#1
Turbo 07 Silverado forged 370/80mm front mount, Its alive! Video's on page 9!
Decided to make a new thread and get rid of all the junk in the old one.. just gonna keep it short and sweet!
when i brought her home with 18k, paid 11,000 for it, 07 classic 4x4 4.8 4l60e:
First mods were intake, exhaust, walbro 255 and some long PS tubes... threw on a maggie m90 side mount with supporting mods and ran E85 for a year or so (back when it was dirt cheap and gas was 5 bucks lol), made 320 to the wheels on 5 psi:
Went threw three sets of 20" wheels, ran these chrome TTST;s for a while. Picked up Painted mirrors, and grille tips from a 06 Z71.... also switched to a powdercoated billet bowtie, Z71 Tailgate with the step and added some OE fog lights:
when i brought her home with 18k, paid 11,000 for it, 07 classic 4x4 4.8 4l60e:
First mods were intake, exhaust, walbro 255 and some long PS tubes... threw on a maggie m90 side mount with supporting mods and ran E85 for a year or so (back when it was dirt cheap and gas was 5 bucks lol), made 320 to the wheels on 5 psi:
Went threw three sets of 20" wheels, ran these chrome TTST;s for a while. Picked up Painted mirrors, and grille tips from a 06 Z71.... also switched to a powdercoated billet bowtie, Z71 Tailgate with the step and added some OE fog lights:
Last edited by 89LS1FOXER; 05-30-2013 at 10:04 AM.
#2
Added gauges, SS cluster and TBSS steering wheel/airbag next:
started building a LS2 with ported L92 heads, Vortech V2 kit and a comp TSP 224R cam:
Picked up a OE SS front bumper (LS2 going in):
Got the LS2 running, added a WTA IC setup:
(Made 524 to the wheels on 7 psi running pretty lean, didn't get to finish because it spun a rod bearing on the next dyno pull........... found out engine was built way too loose by a local engine builder... sold it all and started slowly building my forged 370)
started building a LS2 with ported L92 heads, Vortech V2 kit and a comp TSP 224R cam:
Picked up a OE SS front bumper (LS2 going in):
Got the LS2 running, added a WTA IC setup:
(Made 524 to the wheels on 7 psi running pretty lean, didn't get to finish because it spun a rod bearing on the next dyno pull........... found out engine was built way too loose by a local engine builder... sold it all and started slowly building my forged 370)
#3
Forgot to mention the 4l60e let go before the LS2 did, drove it with no second gear for three months while i saved for the 80e swap... couldn't get the dealer to fix the 4l60e under powertrain warranty lol ( i wonder why ):
Picked up these hot pipes and intake setup... never used them and sold them to finish the rear mount i started:
Started to build this junkyard LQ9 with 80k, added some off the shelf LS3 heads and a used LS7 cam, was built for my buddies 66 Chevelle but he let me borrow it for a while so i could get my truck back on the road while i was building my forged 370:
Picked up these hot pipes and intake setup... never used them and sold them to finish the rear mount i started:
Started to build this junkyard LQ9 with 80k, added some off the shelf LS3 heads and a used LS7 cam, was built for my buddies 66 Chevelle but he let me borrow it for a while so i could get my truck back on the road while i was building my forged 370:
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Very cool build(s) there. I wanted to do a car intake on mine, but people want an arm and leg for the accessory brackets. Good luck keeping it living this time buddy!
#5
So then i started on the rear mount turbo setup using a TC78 and retaining my ATW setup from my Vortech V2, Ran this setup for a while... ran mid 14's until i got in touch with Shane and Zippy and got a REAL tune, we switched over to a 2 bar SD setup and tossed in a Pro Yank 3600 converter which got me to my best time to date of 11.66 at 115 with a 1.6' on 7-8 psi, we most likely could have got high 10's out of this setup but we were having boost control issues with only 2 test and tunes left before the track closed for the season and my 370 was ready to go in so we just tore it down:
Last edited by 89LS1FOXER; 01-23-2013 at 04:12 PM.