What's your budget?
What do you want the truck to do? If your goal is maximum power, you'll want to pull the engine, put a honking big crate motor in, and then do twin turbos.
Sounds like you're in the market for a supercharger. They're a lot cheaper than a turbo setup, and you can install yourself. It will still add on 100+ HP, but not as much as a turbo.
Procharger makes a good product. You're looking at ~$5k. on thing that you need to be aware of is the fact that the supercharger is powered by the engine directly, therefore putting some additional stress on the internal parts of an engine. If the engine is old, or has very high miles, you may want to replace some internal parts with performance parts. I have a big block in a boat that I want to put one in, but it's so old that I need to replace internal parts first. So, im slowley saving $$$. Good luck.
I cant answer the "what would you do" part. There's a lot of research and eventually money involved. That's a decision that only you can make. With that being said, the more power the better IMHO
I think the real question here is what are you towing that is so heavy that the 5.3L will have those kind of issues. There are more variables than just acceleration. Braking something that heavy continuously with 1/2 ton brakes and the other handling characteristics may warrant that you just break down and buy a HD truck. I know in another post you were talking about how much the differences were in trading off for a diesel, but it may be your best bet. You seem to be only looking at the initial cost, whereas there will be some reliability trade offs if you go the supercharger/Turbo route. As far as putting that much horsepower on the 4L60E, good luck. If your going to add the ponies, you better look at getting the 4L80E. Now when adding all those costs together plus the extra wear and tear, I think the Diesel option looks a little more promising.
ya i think your right. but the weight im looking at is with in spec for the 6.2l 1500. but ya no 6speed. 27ft camper is 6600 empty. and no the 5.3l wont reasionably pull that. Im not going 45mph on the hiway getting 3mpg. I have 373 gears and am rated at 7300lbs but 3400lbs is to much for my truck. i bet a 1500 hood and grill wont work on a 2500 diesel will it.
I pulled a heavy dual axle car trailer with my jeep and a bunch of other stuff, total weight was 11,800 lbs. My 5.3L did fine pulling it. It wasn't a rocket but people shouldn't drag racing with a camper. I think you would be surprised what the 5.3L is capable of. I got 11.5 mpg over a 135 mile trip with that load with some pretty decent hills. I would say that the brakes should of been set up a bit better on the trailer, as they weren't working very well, but the chevy didn't have too many problems. My truck is a 2007 5.3L nnbs 4 speed auto, and 4.10 gears. I would not be scared to put your camper on it as its less than what I had on it. As far as getting 3 MPGs, if thats the case you have more problems than just installing a supercharger... BTW that will probably get you closer to the 3 MPG than the camper you want to pull.
well with 3400lbs i only got 9mpg the truck is like new with 40000 miles on it. my uncle is the original owner
ill probably just buy a new 2500 w Z71 appearance package and a 6.6l diesel. when they finaly settle my contract. $200 more a month but its a 2012 2500 diesel 4x4 compared to a 2008 1500 5.3l 4x4
Procharger makes a good product. You're looking at ~$5k. on thing that you need to be aware of is the fact that the supercharger is powered by the engine directly, therefore putting some additional stress on the internal parts of an engine. If the engine is old, or has very high miles, you may want to replace some internal parts with performance parts. I have a big block in a boat that I want to put one in, but it's so old that I need to replace internal parts first. So, im slowley saving $$$. Good luck.
they both put strain on the engine, whether it's a supercharger or a turbo, a supercharger is only powered by a belt, Powering the belt is NOT hard on a engine,its the power that it produces that's hard on the engine
Hot Rod magazine recently put twin turbos on a bone stock 4.8L, and they got over 1300 HP over it, before they ran out of dyno time. I doubt that a newer 4.8L or 5.3L with low miles will have any issues handling a turbo or supercharger. The transmission might complain, but the engine won't.
all electrical wll plug in? I have a tuner and can get custom tunes
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