When I saw the second run I came running to the comment section to tell you that if you put long tube headers you'll get better quarter mile time and that's exactly what u did next love the video
A truck with a 6.2 in it can cost more than 7 to 10k more than the 5.3 when u get a denali vs sierra or silverado vs silverado LTZ with a 6.2.... I got a 17 sierra fully loaded 5.3 for 35, the denali was 42.... didn't wanna spend that damn much. The 35k bout killed me as it is. Lol
@@streetconstruction541 yeah it is ridiculous how much pick up trucks are now, those Highcountry Silverados are around $60k I think, duallys are $70-80k, my buddy just bought a TRX for $105k, he’s doing pretty good financially but he’s not really rich, I’ve heard him stressing over making the payments too. I am more in the market for an 83 square body lol 😂
My truck is a 14 with the l83. Made 363 with a stage 2 cam, l86 intake and tb, k&n cold air, tuned on 93 that’s insane the power numbers y’all are getting
Not bad for some bolt ons that you can diy. But $2500 for about 60hp. And E85 gives you a good chunk of that in any Flex fuel... Kinda hoping for a bit more, closer to say 100hp gain.
@@samiam830 not quite. The 6.2 uses the same trans. And puts out 420hp stock. But if you're going much beyond that, then the trans needs a few upgrades too.
The white truck at the end had about 600 lbs of wheels and tires.... that kills acceleration and fast! Not bad for stock cam 5.3 man. She runs pretty good. I'd do a freeflow straight through muffler exhaust and put a turbo on it. You also could have got a turbo kit for 3000 and made 500 plus... that's another option
I have a 2021 STX F150 Super Crew, 6.5 ft bed, 2WD, 3.55 rear end, 2.7 Ecoboost. I have just a KN drop in air filter ($50), MBRP 3" dual exhaust ($650), AFE intake snorkel ($65), -1 step colder Ford Performance Plugs ($65), a Livernois Bar and Plate upgraded intercooler ($700) and a JB4 tuner ($650). So around $2200. I went from about 15.1 to 13.61 @ 101.5 with Map 4 (E30). I would say your increase in power and performance was really good for the amount of money you spent.
5.3 are definitely slow, but they're designed and tuned for fuel efficiency. If I could do it all over knowing what I know now I would definitely have shopped around until I found the 6.2 configuration that I was happy with. I ended up with a truck I was happy with except it had a slow 5.3. I started the mods almost immediately because of how sluggish it felt. I'm still modding, but so far I'm happy with the results. So far after the whipple went in I upgraded to the lt5 throttle body and pieced together a really cool custom intake and upgraded maf sensor. Next? Inline fuel pump and probably hpfp while lt4 injectors are being done...wish I had done that during the blower install. Finishing off with a pulley swap and custom tune engine and transmission. That'll be the end of that project. I have to admit that if I had the 6.2 from the start I would have only put in a cai and canned tune and called it good. It was having to commit to serious mods with the slow ass stock 5.3 that got me into real mods. Second time around I'll start with the biggest engine I can get, pull the engine out and strengthen the internals, cam swap for higher fuel lobe and then start a new FI build. It'll be a couple of years... I'm hoping the new GM interiors are worth the upgrade.
I'm glad I waited around and got the 6.2 crew cab. I Can run 14.00 seconds to 14.10 seconds consistently in the quarter mile bone stock. I think the weight is just too much for the 5.3 in stock form, it just needs a little boost.
@@HeathsHobbyLobby Thats accurate! We just picked up a 2018 6.2 / 8 Spd and it does 14.1 stock with a passenger , Cant wait to see how much it picks up with fbo and E
im with you💯 i love my truck but i settled for the 5.3 i tuned it installed a intake and borla atak exhaust.. it pulls pretty good but my next truck will be a 6.2 or im gonna switch to the f150 with a 5.0
@@Louthemailman Those new 5.0 f150s are no joke once you boost them. They take to boost nicely and decimate All from a dig. Only problem is everything is so damn overpriced now. I completed all the mods on my list and added a few things along the way. My little 5.3 is sitting at a healthy 535whp/549wtq. Piston/rods/springs and brian tooley cam are next. I decided to keep what I got and build on it. Besides, my wife would kill me if I started a new project. Shooting for 600+whp!
That’s a monster cam though.. TSPs stage 2 cam gives roughly 65 horsepower to the crank.. anything larger starts to become a challenge for daily driving as well.
@@TheycallmeSoviet he made 358rwhp the last Dyno, so he would only need 42 more rwhp to achieve 400hp which is ~50HP at the crank. Most basic cam swaps with an appropriate stall converter can gain 50HP. The TSP stage 1 cam for L83 adds 52HP at the crank, and the stage 2 adds 67HP at the crank.
Save your money and go turbo thats one thing GM will always have on ford i spent less then 2k on a homemade turbo kit and cam looking for 600whp to daily, even the full turbo kits online are around 2500k
Lifting the truck you are just making it slower. Less aerodynamic, more weight from the lift kit. And change in driveshaft angles. More ground clearance means more air would be going underneath.
now all you need is a cam. those other mods added almost 25% more torque which means if it's camed all the mods will aid 25% more of what would be a much larger jump
That's crazy I would never go to ford over a few seconds if that 5.3 Lt, ls , is way more reliable, and stronger you can throw up words of 800 900hp maybe more on just stock enternals.
i have a 2014 gmc sierra 4 door and i run 12.8 at the track with favtory E85 and tune only nothing is done to my truck but i see mods and tune and it doesnt run the same why is it the tuner ?
Literally having my l83/lt2 swap done as we speak on my lifted '15 suburban(HER NAME BUBBY 🐳😂)BTR stage 2 installed already due to valve collapse 😂 with lt4 injectors supposed to have my dang hpfp as well but it's on NATIONAL backorder since forever👎🏽👎🏽 LT5 TB and am soon to purchase an ON3PERFORMANCE medium turbo kit with the bells n whistles after the upgraded radiator and reservoir and all aluminum thermostat with weaker spring cool er down quicker solid motor mounts and upgraded drive shaft should be right at 6-700 whp gonna make a few shorts soon 🙏🏽🤙🏽🤙🏽💎❤️🩹 trucks are heart fixers hahahaha
Great video bro. It's nice to see the 5.3 getting some love. Definitely got some decent power and performance gains, especially for those who cant afford a new 6.2 or a Coyote F150.
All of this and it still doesn't touch a tuned 5.0l. I get that performance isn't what everyone is after, but this seems to be quite a bit of money for not that much gain
I know this video is a year old! I have a 2018 silverado 5.3 I’m about to put a Corsa c.a.i on with the Borla s type exhaust. I don’t know much about this kinda stuff. what headers would you suggest with my exhaust. I put a 2” leveling kit on the truck with 20” wheels and the tires are 285/55/20. Lost some gas mileage so that’s why I’m putting the c.a.I and exhaust on hoping it’ll help with the mileage a little
They make 1 3/4” and 1 7/8” for our trucks 1 3/4 should be plenty if you don’t plan to mod it much. I use speed engineering for the low prices they offer. But if you have the cash, kooks make top of the line headers also texas speed. Just a little more pricey. Just make sure to get a tune to take full advantage of the bolt ons.
@@rogerjohnson4998 long tubes for sure. A cheap good upgrade is the l86 intake (off the 6.2 model) and the throttle body on your 5.3 Something to look into.
Yeah those trucks should be putting down better times than that. My best was 14.0@96mph on 93oct on my dragy with 500ft da. Mine is a double cab though with stock 18” wheels and 31.5” tires. Putting the lt2 manifold on soon with my custom ram air intake. I have a yank ss3600 stall waiting to go on as well.
I’ve got a 14 with l86 intake and long tube headers , before the intake I was hitting 8.50 at the 1/8th wonder what it will do now . Still has no aftermarket cam
I really wonder what the lt2 manifold is like on the l86/6.2 tho ..... mines a 18 highcountry 6.2 8spd , long tubes and CAI and was really wanting to get a ported lt2 manifold , but after watching the l86 vs the lt2 , thinking bout just porting the l86
Im a intake e85 tune just a simple magnaflow and have raced 6.2 tuned and gotten them by a truck next move is lt1 manifold and throttle body and headers but 2500 is no where close to what im spending more like 1500 for everything
I think I had one of the fastest time with Rickifast my 14 5.3 fbo e85 hit 8.7 1/8 with his draggy but that was on stock tires spinning I’m sure I was in the Low 13s if I did the quarter mile bro. But switch it in for a 5.0 10spd and never looking back lol
I did a 14.0@96mph with the l86 manifold and Zr1 tb on 93 octane. I think I can get it into the 13’s with more tuning on 93 octane and a low 13 on E85.
Not hating on the 5.3 but the 6.2 is so much easier to get power out of. I’m makiMing about 550ish with headers true duals cai ported l86 manifold lt5 tb built heads bigger injectors and fuel pump with 4.56 gears front and rear. Factory cam but does have Johnson lifters amd tuned for e85. Whipple coming soon with even bigger injectors. What killed my power was 7” of lift and 35s it should’ve made more but tires killed it. It still hangs with the 392 scat craps and the hellcats but I usually have to catch them. I raced a full bolt on and cammed 5.3 right after I got my work done and even with a cam the 5.3 fell on it face. But it’s mainly a work horse motor not really built to make big power easily with out boost
Built heads is a huge difference, breaths better and bigger fuel pump makes a big difference after you do all of that. Yeah the 6.2 is easier to gain power, it's a bigger motor with higher compression that was designed for that. They just decided to jam it into a truck lol.
That dyno is way off !!!!! Lm7 which has nowhere near as many advantages as L83 is 310-325hp at wheels 355hp at fly , so how does higher compression, vvt and direct injection equal less power than previous version!!!!!
@@SimbaCortez1320 cool thanks for the feedback bro , yeah I wanna get a two piece drive shaft before tuning it , I don’t trust me self once the limiter is removed so I’m scared to break it
Yes bro don’t go over 105 in these with a stock driveshaft it’ll snap in half and leave you stranded on the side of the road if you plan on doing any top speed runs upgrade your driveshaft bro and you’ll run 135 no problem in it
I got a stock 18 crew cab a10 5.0 by about a truck and a half from a dig, catch him on a 50, mines a 5.3 6l90 E85, intake tune. I already know a tune only would get me by a lot lolololol, and the 21s are faster than the 18s!
@@ryanaustin1970 I had a silverado L83 with a 6 speed it was weak! Then i got a 2019 5.3 with an 8 speed it was better... but now i have an L87 6.2 with a 10 speed and the pair is amazing high 13 second truck bone stock.. and the shifts are amazing!!! Raced my brothers 2021 F150 5.0 10 speed and walked him
ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-zX2htyi1J1s.html heres a quick video of me running my truck after work right after I did my manifold swap and it was hot as hell, running better now prolly going to make another video here soon.
No hate but this is why I bought a 5.0 f150 I considered the the 5.3 but it just doesn’t compare performance wise. Now I see the note at the end lol. My fbo cc 4x4 runs a best of 12.2 full weight and have hit 11.9s with some weight reduction
From what we tested no :/ Blakes truck has heavy 22’s and the l86 has that low end tq to get up and out quicker. Maybe on top end the lt2 would shine but since we’re on stock drift shafts we couldn’t test it.
@@SimbaCortez1320 i have the same mods s&b intake long tube headers l86 manifold and tb e85 and tune and I was thinking of going with the lt2 but idk now lol . I could tell a diffrence when I first put the l86 manifold tho
@@SimbaCortez1320 how much worse was it drivability wise? i have a turbo 5.3 and im about to install the lt2 manifold im hoping that it being boosted i wont notice the torque loss as much
Of course. The LT2 is designed to live on a sports car in the upper rpms. Looks like that's why he might have started catching Blake's truck on that first race
$2500 and you got less then 100 hp ? LOL !! You got ripped off because you went the wrong route and not knowing what you doing. Amazon T4 Turbo kit with all hot parts for Vortec 5.3/6.0/6.2 - $1120 . Flowmaster dual exaust $800. . S&B CAI fully enlosed , drawing cold air from inside the fender -$260 . Total invested = exactly $2180 Evolution CTS2 Performance Tuner - free - birtday present . Total 178 HP gained . I dont know much hp each component gained as hp doesnt stack , hp gained at RW is going to be different when all components are installed vs if you dyno it after each component install . If you dyno it after each component and add up the hp - you will get different result of hp gained . I did the tune and dyno after all components installed .
