97 sleeper

[bearbackblika]

i have a 97 tahoe 5.7 4x4 4door
i want to start tuning it for the street
nothing to fancy or expensive yet
i was thinking exhaust, intake, suspension, chip an eventually supercharger.
does anyone have any ideas or tips for where to start or possible options or issues i may have?
any advice is appreciated

 

[lesterl]

Supercharger kit would be nice....

 

[bearbackblika]

why supercharger

could you enlighten me as to why a super charger and not a turbo?

 

[treepete]

Not sure if supercharger falls into the category of not-fancy or not-expensive

Maybe start with the breathing end of it. Cold air intake, then headers, hi flow cats and maybe 2.5 or 3" exhaust.

 

[Rd05lly]

For a sleeper I would go 6.0 with long tubes.

Long tubes and 2 1/2 exhaust with a good tune might get you to 250 horse to the ground on the 5.7

 

[bearbackblika]

excuse my ignorance but are 6.0 long tubes the headers?
and thanks for the help guys

 

[bearbackblika]

excuse my ignorance but are 6.0 long tubes the headers?

any certain brand to stay away from or you would suggest using for a cold air intake?

and thanks for the help guys

 

[Rd05lly]

You said sleeper which kind of turns me away from the 5.7

6.0 is a newer truck engine very easy and cheap to get to the 500hp number. Gm rates them at 345hp 380 lb-ft. This family of engines(4.8,5.3,6.0 6.2) loves boost and very easy to tune.

Long tube headers flow better than shortys no matter what engine they are on.

As for CAI I would stick with a dry filter one.

 

[bearbackblika]

oh ok
can you drop a 6.0 in my tahoe?
yeah i figured that was the case with the headers, it just makes sense
dry filter, got it
thanks for all the help guys

 

[bearbackblika]

i dont know if people even do that anymore on modern cars
last time i worked on cars, was about 15plus yrs and they were classic
66' 57' 63' 72' etc

 

[bearbackblika]

so i appreciate the help and the patience
im learning to walk all over again