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Ashton's Turbo Truck Budget Build

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What happens here

The vlogger highlights a black and red turbo truck belonging to Ashton, an employee at Triple Seven Performance. This truck features a turbo-charged 4.8L engine (soon to be a 5.3L) with upgraded internals. The vlogger emphasizes that this is a 'budget build' focused on maximizing performance with economical choices, like stalling up the existing torque converter rather than buying a new one. He details the plan to open up the new 5.3L, gap the rings, and prep it for the turbo, showcasing a very practical approach to high-performance modifications.

Goal: Showcase a budget-friendly turbo truck build for daily driving

Tools and materials

  • 4.8L/5.3L Engine GM — Engine for turbo application with internal modifications
  • Ashton's Turbo Truck Chevrolet — Employee's budget-friendly turbo truck build
  • Turbocharger — Forced induction system

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a little bit cuz like he doesn't even want to buy a converter. He wants to stall up the one that's already in there. So, this thing is like to the core a budget build, which is really, really fun. I've been documenting um tidbits of the process. Like I went and picked up a motor for him. I got footage of that. It's all just kind of going to be its own video when we actually get to work on this thing. Uh this is John Lawson's freaking end game car. The guy who owns Triple 7, his build in process is kind of on the back burner uh cuz we're working on a CTS-V right now, which he's actually daily driving, otherwise I'd go show it to you. But you've seen it in my videos before. This thing's got like a billet Accufab billet Coyote block. Uh new GT500 heads. He's like forced inductions, 88s. This is a serious freaking car. It's still IRS. I have no idea what the timetable is on this, but eventually it's going to run and it's going to make like freaking three or four thousand horsepower. I

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