So after long diliberting i've decided i sorta want to ditch the 383 afr superram setup and go with a lsx base motor with a single turbo. i was thinking like a 5.3 with a cam and ls1 intake and a 76mm turbo intercooled. im just wondering if anyones gone turbo on a lsx motor how bad was making piping, and such. i also was gonna use a 98 ls1 harness and pcm from a auto car to make it all go. i was thinking that the lsx turbo would allow the car to go mid-low 11's and still remain driveable, as apposed to a high compression big cam 383 were brakes (vaccum) and idling and such would become a issue. what do you guys think ?

 

No replacement for displacement, there are plenty of 5.7 and 6.0 liter LSx blocks out there. Sounds much more streetable like you say, as opposed to a big cam motor. LSx does love boost.

 

you might want to try to get hold of those guys from parish racing that did that chevy ss pickup.

check it out..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0ZTA...elated&search=

only thing is they dumped some major coinage on it. I read the basic read up and it was crazy.

 

If mid to low 11 is all your after stay N/A LS1 you can hit that and still be very driveable with decent head cam package. Heck drop a stock bottom end 6.0L in there with the L92 head swap with decent cam and run 10's streetable N/A