{"id":139480,"date":"2025-10-14T06:00:53","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T11:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=139480"},"modified":"2025-10-13T21:52:41","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T02:52:41","slug":"chevy-nova-with-a-1297-hp-turbo-5-3l-v8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=139480","title":{"rendered":"Chevy Nova with a 1297 hp Turbo 5.3L V8"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This Chevrolet Nova arrived at KMP Speed Shop<\/a> in St-Hubert, Qc, Canada for a new power plant. The company built and installed a turbocharged 5.3 L LSx V8 (Gen 4) featuring a LS9 camshaft, Flowtech LS turbo headers, Trick Flow heads, and Texas Speed intake manifold. The motor is assisted by a fuel system using Atomizer 550 lb\/hr injectors and a KMP Speed Shop billet mechanical fuel pump drive kit with an Aeromotive 12 GPM pump. Boost is generated by a Pulsar 8685 turbocharger paired to Turbosmart 40 mm wastegates. Everything is controlled by a ECUmaster EMU Pro-16 standalone ECU. The motor produces 1297 hp (953 kW) on 32 psi (2.2 bar) of boost.<\/p>\n

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Source: KMP Speed Shop FB page<\/a> and photos by Prestige Esth\u00e9tique Mobile<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This Chevrolet Nova arrived at KMP Speed Shop in St-Hubert, Qc, Canada for a new power plant. The company built and installed a turbocharged 5.3 L LSx V8 (Gen 4) featuring a LS9 camshaft, Flowtech LS turbo headers, Trick Flow heads, and Texas Speed intake manifold. The motor is assisted by a fuel system using… Read More »Chevy Nova with a 1297 hp Turbo 5.3L V8<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":139484,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"off","neve_meta_content_width":100,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[49],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-139480","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nova"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Chevy-Nova-with-a-turbocharged-5.3L-V8-01.jpg?fit=2048%2C1326&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":132513,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=132513","url_meta":{"origin":139480,"position":0},"title":"Nissan 350Z with a 982 whp Twin-Turbo V8","author":"swaptastic","date":"May 30, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Rick Craig competes in the DMCC Canadian Drifting Series in a Nissan 350Z. 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