Searching for anyone who has considered turbo charging their LS-430 there is loads of information on turbocharging an LS-400 but not a 430.

 

racinstyle did it, might want to ask him..

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fT88A7pRxCM

 

Won't be cheap either but then again moding never is.

 

I seriously thought about it. The first thing one should do is to look into the transmission issue -- find out how much power the transmission can live with, and what the upgrade options are if it's gonna need help at the power level you're shooting for. The engine should be absolutely fine with a significant power boost from turbocharging if it's done right, but not sure about the tranny -- 5 or 6-speed. Beyond that, need to figure out what you'll do for tuning and fuel management for the power level you're targeting.

 

pretty much if you got the dough then your straight but this car doesn't have any bolt on turbo parts so like i said there will be a lot of scratch involved. if you just want to turbo a car i recommend getting like a focus and playing around with it, but if your like a sheik who just always wanted a turboed ls then go for it you playa you!!!

 

yup, that vid you got on youtube is racinstyle

 

Wow 422whp What's a standard LS430 at the wheel (not at the crank)?

 

i would watch out for the rods on our engines. they are skinny rods. supposedly they are weak. you can compare.. by looking at it..

 

Yes, they are kinda thin-looking, but generally speaking, at the factory red line the load on the engine (including rods) due to RPM is very significantly greater than the load due to power production at peak torque, and will remain so until the power load is increased by a pretty large margin -- more than the stock transmission will take, and probably more than anyone here is comtemplating. This is the case with pretty much any modern engine that revs like modern engines do, not just the Toyota engines -- the power load itself isn't that much of an issue when you're talking about a 25-50% power boost (doubling the torque output is claimed to increase peak rod load by only 20%). But too often, modifications are made to increase power and something breaks due to an improper tune, and it's blamed on "weak" factory internals when the real cause is the poor tune which lead to detonation, pre-ignition, or thermal-management related failure. If the tune and setup is right, the real test comes when you start increasing RPM because the loads generated by this motion are proportional to the speed of the engine squared.

 

I wonder what he does for living, putting so much money into that LS... and looking to buy