For my brother to make 575-600 hp, it took twin turbos, 90 hp injectors, head studs, full billet trans, exhaust, intake and a Diablo sport turner. The truck has 30K on it right now and has not been to the Dealer for anything, but it has had 3 trans re-builds, two different sets of turbos (ATS 3k/5K combo and DPS Twins which have proven un-reliable), and the transfer case is now inoperable due to a bad shift solenoid. the truck has held up well, no squeaks, rattles and no doors falling off
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That being said, my truck can still lay waste to his with tuning, intake, exhaust, trans and a lift pump.
Cost comparison:
His trans would retail for around 7k, turbos - 4k, injectors - 1k, head studs - $600, tuner - $369.99, Intake elbow - $400, Raptor 150 - $389, smokers stacks - $750 and labor for those parts installed around $3000.
Total = $17508.99
My parts at retail, trans $4500, lift pump - $430, intake - $269, Exhaust - $385, EFILive - $749, tie rod sleeves - $130, Cognito Braces - $216 and labor (minus trans cause it is included in price) would be around $700.
total = $7379.00
I could go buy a used Duramax for the 10K difference and start all over again.
The only Caviat to this is, I blew my first motor at 44K at a cost of $5500 and another thousand in misc. parts. So my cost to go fast has cost me a littler over $13879.00
