I'm tryin to find out what would i need to build before i put a turbo on my LS engine

 

well with the LS if you keep it at low boost you could just go straight turbo with no internals...but if you want crazy boost go with some lower compression pistons and some rods...maybe even strengthen the valvetrain with turbo cams....but it all depends on the boost....goodluck with the build

 

i want as much boost as i can get off of it. what is the best site for the things i need and the cheapest

 

the best does not equal the cheapest!

 

you could send the head to get ported and polished. get some crower cams (the fi ones) along with their drivetrain kit.
get some strong rods (i hear crower makes good ones). low compression pistons, stronger arp head bolts.
and the block resleved. i think golden eagle does that.
that should be enough to take quite a large amount of boost
and non of this is going to be cheap. be prepared to spend several grand.

 

or put the cylinder brace in insted of it getting sleeved

 

lower compression pistons $500
eagle rods $350
get the block sleeved..
crankshaft reblanced, new rod bearings, new crank bearings,
thicker head gasket...

head work..
crower turbo cams, skunk2 cam gears, ferra valves, crower titanium valve springs and retainers, port and polish 3 angle valve job...

you can easily push 22+psi...

 

First of all you don't really need "turbo" cams. Stock cams are fine. Just get some titanium retainers and dual valve springs, so you can have a potentially higher redline. And if you're getting lower compression pistons there is no real point in getting a thicker headgasket. Stock will work fine. LS internals can handle up to about 12 psi of boost. If you want higher than that I would definitely recommend getting new pistons, new rods, new main bearings, ARP head studs, etc, etc. And since you're going to be having all this new stuff put in you might as well sleeve your block while you're at it. Block guards are not good for high boost applications. But this isn't all. If you really want to make good numbers with high boost, you will need lots of fuel. And definitely better fuel management. All of this is going to run you an easy few grand at least. If you don't want to do all this work than you don't have to because LS stock internals can handle, like I said before, up to like 12 psi of boost. But they are not limited to that. Good tuning goes a far way.

 

block- low compression pistons,(JE, Wiseco,Arias) forged rods(crower,eagle) sleeve the block(golden eagle,darton), head studs, main and rod bearings, etc. basically a complete rebuild. Import builders sells a 2.0 liter turbo block for 3000 that would be perfect to run high boost on.I would stick with the stock cams, you could upgrade valvesprings and retainers. Port and polish would be to gain more horsepower, doesnt really affect the "safety" of the head. Engine management, (ie hondata,EFI,AEM plug and play), upgraded fuel(injectors,intank fuel pump) and many hours of dyno tuning.

 

Build up the green stuff that goes into your wallet.

Tom

 

so damn true.