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Old 04-03-2017, 01:03 PM
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Default 3.0 rebuild

I have a 03 3.0 and I love it but I want to turbo it and now I'm looking to first rebuild it. With performance parts of course, but they are so hard to find for this engine. The only sit I found is crazy expensive. Can I just rebuild my engine with good new part, will a stock camstaft work with a, turbo
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Old 04-03-2017, 03:26 PM
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Default Re: 3.0 rebuild

Most I have seen here is a 5.0 liter engine swap. Probably cost about the same as getting a turbo.
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Old 04-03-2017, 03:52 PM
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I look at that but the 5.0 swap will make emissions and registration very very complicated and I found some small cheap turbo with 12 psi for about $100
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Old 04-03-2017, 05:57 PM
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Default Re: 3.0 rebuild

I've also looked into doing a 5.0 swap and gave up the idea due to emissions requirements. I know ford racing used to have a bolt on supercharger kit for the 3.0 that did not require any internal motor upgrades. I'd suspect that they did some research and found that the motor was able to handle lower levels of boost. Or, maybe they stopped selling it because it was blowing up motors? Either way, with emissions requirements, I think forced induction is the way to go.
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Old 04-04-2017, 10:39 AM
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This site has a bunch of mods but everything is like $500 I could buy a new truck

http://www.moranav6racing.com/catego...?CategoryID=36
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