x2.
And if you think LSx engines are more expensive and complicated to get big HP out of than a duarmax...you are dead wrong!
google "sloppy mechanics".... plenty of sub $1000 builds doing 600++ rwhp.
Seriously. Keep it a 6.0, throw a cheap chinese turbo on there, build the trans, and run the crap out of it. 100x easier/cheaper than a duramax swap. And you dont have to worry about cracking pistons and bending rods at 600rwhp with an LSx.
Ben
Lol
Ben, come on now...
$1000....you should goggle "10's for under $2000" on the TBSSowners forum and get back to me...and yes I've been on the sloppy mechanics forum quite a bit
1) I want to have something that lasts
2) this isn't some junkyard fox body...
:rofl:
Heck, I've got about than that into my cam swap (with full valve train) add in all the Sonnax and trans to parts I've added to the trans and I'm well over that $1000 number..
I could very easily add a magnuson supercharger to the mix for simple mind blowing power.
Or even a centrifugal charger like a vortech YSI or a procharger for that matter. Again tho, there's no "bolt on" centri kits for the centrifugal chargers available for the AWD platform...As last I heard House of boost quit making procharger kits
And their lies my problem..
My rig is AWD so there's no simple way to add a front mount turbo and there's no front mount kits available.
The LS2 will handle about 500-550 reasonably well tho...and that's where my immediate goal lies with the TBSS. I've got the basics fairly covered to get there, I'll need a fully built trans and some N2O to get it, maybe an Alky control kit too...
The jack shaft TVS 2300 kit I'd want is about $6800 (complete) and the built motor I'm looking at will be about $6500, the built trans is about $5500...
That whole set up would easily make 700+whp and I'd have a grand total (including all the stuff I've already done) of about $21,000
