5.3 to ls2 86 camaro
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Re: 5.3 to ls2 86 camaro
Do you have any sort of build pictures of the turbo setup by chance? What kind of mods did you do? Stand up the radiator or anything like that?
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Some nice runs there and sweet rides. With your setup you should race them from a dig, might be a different story.
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Exactly, would be great to see what your LS2 ride could do to them Mustangs from a stand still. Love the sound from your engine :-)
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0 traction in first gear. i dont think its too bad for an auto from a roll. ill be swapping to a t56 here in the near future
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Viper output shaft built t56, mcleod twin disk clutch/flywheel, quick time bellhousing, dennys nitrous ready driveshaft and tick adj. Master.
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Everything is installed and the car moved out from under the back porch. Busted the oil pan when letting it down... No I was not using the pan as a lift point.. Wheel on the jack killed it. But all is well and pan has been replaced. Should have dyno numbers thursday
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Dyno numbers were 463/430 which is about what I was expecting. The car is a different animal on the street...and.....the A/C works!


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Nice! What's the details with that driveshaft? I'll need a beefier one as well.
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dennys nitrous ready driveshaft. Lifetime guarantee not to break
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Re: 5.3 to ls2 86 camaro
im lookin for an ls motor. do you still have the 5.3? if so how much?
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dear god the car weighs 3279 with a half a tank of gas and noone in it!! i figured it weigh 31xx... silver pig!
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just the head unit, door speakers, rear speakers and an amp....i know the rims are HEAVY
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Re: 5.3 to ls2 86 camaro
damn :P is that just vert weight or what? from the top and all that?
nice car btw dude..love the sleeper look and those FAST intakes just look intimidating af
nice car btw dude..love the sleeper look and those FAST intakes just look intimidating af
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New 4' plastic cai. I like it and actual iat's should be ALOT lower
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Looks good! What did u use for piping? I wouldn't mind having the same setup except mine goes to the driver side
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redyno'd the car today.. ended up making 449.7 hp.. but this was also with the a/c now on the car so its having to turn that belt/pulley and it was 98* in the shop with 93% humidity.. so it was HOT to say the least
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Re: 5.3 to ls2 86 camaro
I was being facetious. You said it was a 4 ft intake lol
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lol yeah.... never noticed that. got the car retuned thursday with the maf back on and its alot easier to drive vs. the SD tune i had. pulling roughly 96kpa though so i need to look for the culprit behind that.. i have a spectre filter from advance on the car that had maybe has 2000 miles on it that my tuner thinks is my restriction... http://shop.advanceautoparts.com/web...P|GRP2026_____
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Re: 5.3 to ls2 86 camaro
Installed the trak pak yesterday and I couldnt be happier. Its a really nice peice and I can slide a coke can under the "hump" in the crossmember and it doesnt come close to touching. Went on with minor mods and some good country boy welding. Thanks to the guys at bmr
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Nice!
"Country boy" welding is the best kind, right?
Did it affect handling? Any better launches?
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Either going with the 2.9 whipple for the f-body(if they make it), a vortech v-3 with the respaced a&a brackets or a 150 shot direct port setup... Any of which will put me over 600 hp and into the 6's. Prefer'd to go with the whipple setup if its not gonna cost me an arm and my first born.
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Re: 5.3 to ls2 86 camaro
well all the bs of turbo crap ticked me off one day and decided to go n/a. sold all my stuff and bought a fast 90/90, 224/228 cam, and shaved the 243's .030. also bought a rossler stage 3 4l60e(best investment EVER) the car now sits with 352/345 at the tires. and have a nitrous outlet plate kit on the way. 









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not gona lie your car is one of my favs on the board lol.
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Thanks! Lots of time, lots of work and lots of $$
its a stock console out of a 01 trans am had to trim in places for it to fit perfect
its a stock console out of a 01 trans am had to trim in places for it to fit perfect
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yeah my swap is taking FOREVER no money and no time to work on it.
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yup my car has been in pieces for 5 years lol it moves now under its own power but has no interior and covered with hand prints on the spraybomb primer job lol.
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looks perfect under the bay... 

