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I know I have seen it but for the life of me I cant find it. Anyone have weights on a bare iron block 5.3 truck motor vs rb26?

I did. Used a pipe bender barrowed from a friend.

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When I mounted the bracket I had the windage tray snugged down and the pickup tube tight with gasket installed. Then I just played with the different ways the bracket could go together and fit. in the end there was a specific order to how it went together. I will see if I can find some pics.

Cold side is done. now on the exhaust

More progress.

Worked on cold side for a bit today.

Justin, They are CXracing 240SX headers for their Ls swap. I flipped them to give me more room. Only bad thing about them is it makes changing plugs a bear.

Some progress pics. I have the Driver side hot pipe tacked and ready to weld. Need to fab up passenger side, waste gates, and downpipe. going to be tight in there when its done.

Well I have made some progress. Mig skills are not the best but they will work. A little grinding and seam sealer and will look good ;> at any rate. Lower Bar and intercooler mount done. upper radiator support bar (removable) done. just need to make the tabs for the upper intercooler mounts and the radiator mounts. Then on to the turbo hot side.

I used -16 for the RB setup and had not issues with cooling. will this size not work with the truck motor?

That was the pic from where I bought it. forgot to take pics. Came with instructions and 2 different o rings.

Drivers side plugs are gonna be a BIATCH! !!! Will be easier to pull header to get at plugs. Also stock wire will not work. Will need some serious heat protection for the boots also.

Well Other then not being able to use the old RB mount tabs (wasn't planning on it) the CXracing 240sx single turbo header fits like it was made for the 240z. My motor is mounted a little more forward as mentioned previously and maybe a little higher then most but I still think if it was mounted in the normal JCI location the headers would work.

Here is a pick of the pan.

LS3 C6 pan. found a complete kit on ebay for around 400. it had everything, windage, gasket, hardware. Basically everything you need to install. The baffling is really good considering its a stock pan.

I'm looking at weld in fittings for the radiator supply and return. anyone ever try to remove the pipe in the top of the water pump and weld in say a -16 fitting ?

After 15 years I decided to move away from my beloved RB and jump over to the dark side. As most people can attest to once you go fast its like a drug and you want more and more. Well I had reached the depth of my wallet with the rb. If I wanted to go faster and not eat up cranks and rods, I needed to drysump. I crunched numbers ,sold the rb and got into a truck motor and everything I needed to go fast and had enough left over to have anti roll installed and a parachute ;> . So here it is. 2000 Silverado 5.3 w BTR stage 2 turbo cam, rocker trunnion upgrade, titanium springs and retainers, LS7 MLS head gasket, a hi volume/pressure melling oil pump, 1600 cc injectors spraying E85, and a Borg warner S480 turbo. This will be mated to a powerglide with 3:70ish gearing in a 8.8 that is 4 linked. This was a finished project that I'm swapping motors so if you want the specs on the rest of the car swing over to the rb forum and check out my builid thread over there. I have a build thread going called Unnatural Aspiration part 4 ;>

Well I have most of the core support prep done. Not sure how I'm going to do it yet but intercooler and radiator will be as far forward as possible.

LS is the same here as 2j. got a complete longblock with 40k on it for 400bux. it was just the 2j was going to eat up too much funds in cams springs, ect ect. LS is done and should be good for 1000hp. and all the parts I put in the motor cost less then a set of cams for the 2j.

Well for me to continue down the road I was going I would need to dry sump the rb and its stupid expensive. I will more then likely need to do the same thing with the LS eventually but they have much better off the shelf pans that work well. also when its time to go dry sump the ls is a lot cheaper to do. And again for the same reason I was considering a turbo NA 2j.... I cant find junkyard motors in the use for 300 bux.

Well, after pounding the calculator trying to figure out how I was going replace the rb with a 2j.... it just wasn't adding up. was going to cost way to much to transplant the 2j in the place of the rb. SOOOOOO I did some research and picked up a bone stock 5.3 truck motor just in case. After I did the math and sold the rb.... I was able to get everything I need to put a turbo 5.3 in the car and have a bunch of cash left over ;> Specs stock 5.3 truck motor with 40k on ticker. chromoly push rods BTR trunnion upgrade stage 2 BTR turbo cam titanium springs and retainers. Melling hi volume/pressure oil pump I also pulled pistons and checked bearings. Damn things looked like new and measure good so I reused and increased the gap on the top rings for boost. All this will be mated to the same drivetrain I had in the rb Combo. Powerglide, ford 8.8, currently 4:56 gearing but will be going to a 3.70 Do to the way the trans tunnel and chassis was built around the RB the ls motor will sit a little more forward then a typical install which will make getting the BW480 in there a challenge.

Holy crap dude I didn't realize you went Dark ;>...I'm currently working on getting a 5.3 truck motor in mine with a 80mm turbo!!!

Cool thanks exactly what I'm looking for.

I'm in the process of building my budget turbo LS motor. Its a 5.3 truck motor with cathedral heads. Looking for cam, oil pump (hi volume/pressure) c6 ls3 oil pan and windage tray, turbo headers 100+mm throttle body and intake to match. ect ect I basically have the stock engine torn down to the short block, regapped top rings and once I start gathering some parts everything will be going back together to go in the Z. So post up what your selling.