83 z-28 5.3 turbo

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ashford
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83 z-28 5.3 turbo

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this is a friends car basic rundown
ms3/x
5.3 from the junkyard with ls1 intake and oil pan
ford 9 rearend
th350 manual valve body
B&M nitrous converter
ebay gt45 turbo
15 lbs boost

the car today ran a 10.42@132
i have a vid of a 10.52 run
http://youtu.be/FUIrDDRfBrs


thanks james for listening to my complaints of the ls1 decoder and fixing it. btw you are gonna have alot of fun with your 5.3 on boost.
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Re: 83 z-28 5.3 turbo

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an update for this car, it recieved a 6.0l ls and upgraded turbo, electric water pump trans etc. took it to the dyno today maxed out the 80#injectors on e85 at 13lbs boost
dougsdyno.jpg
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Re: 83 z-28 5.3 turbo

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posting tune
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Re: 83 z-28 5.3 turbo

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i was wondering why you went with toothed wheel rather than ls1 in ignition options/wheel decoder?
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Re: 83 z-28 5.3 turbo

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it worked better on this particular motor, not always the case though
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