diesel swap

[sethm]

alright i got my 05 tahoe before i had my drivers license and i love my tahoe but its time for more power i was thinkg diesel swap or supercharger any ideas please help

 

[MadMedwyn]

There are probably supercharging solutions out there for your Tahoe. I know Whipple1 has a supercharged Denali, but he has the 6.0 engine and you have either the 4.8 or 5.3. Supercharging I would think is going to be alot easier than dropping a Dmax in there. If that's even possible, I'm sure there would be some complications that I don't know about. And also you'd have to take into consideration the big changes in power output that could stress your powertrain.

 

[Rollin Thunder]

if you gots the money i would go diesel. that would be cool. but a super charger is also nice.

 

[road1will]

I would just go FI. far less $$ and hassle than a complete motor swap.

 

[JKmotorsports]

A s/c like a Whipple or Magnuson will bring the 5.3's output to about 450hp and 500ft/lbs tq. A twin-screw type charger will be a lot better than a centrifugal charger (like Vortech and Pro-charger) for our trucks because the power will come in a lot sooner in the lower rpm band.
This option will be a lot easier and cheaper than a diesel swap. Aside from the engine, you'll have other things to swap like the pcm, fuel system, trans, etc.

 

[sethm]

what about chips which ones are good

 

[road1will]

i think a lot of people are really happy with hypertech. i think thats the route i will go.

 

[sethm]

i thinks thats what im going with but if i supercharge it whatr else will i half to do like rearend

 

[boostaholic]

Duramax swap will require a body lift to accommodate the allison transmission (which is why the 3/4ton trucks have a stock 2" body lift). A radix blower or procharger is an easy way to make 500whp reliably in these trucks, check into a trick performance turbo kit too.

 

[tast101]

There was a company that put a 1000hp bio-diesel converted engine in suvs, In the vid I saw they did a escalade. I'm tryning to find it again.

 

[markdtn]

I would just go FI. far less $$ and hassle than a complete motor swap.

All Tahoes are already fuel injected aren't they?

 

[Jsho13]

All Tahoes are already fuel injected aren't they?

I think he meant Forced Induction

 

[road1will]

yeah, forced induction

 

[markdtn]

yeah, forced induction

Oh, OK. That makes more sense.

 

[tast101]

http://www.hlineconversion.com/diesel-conversions.php

http://www.nbc11news.com/home/headlines/11346341.html

http://www.lockergnome.com/4four1ones/2007/11/21/tire-smoking-hybrid/

I can't find the original vid I saw, They showed a escalade they had converted doing a burnout and then he was talking about it. But this is the guy.

edit

Just found it : http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/11/20/green.hummers/index.html#cnnSTCVideo