I am planning on putting a rear mount turbo on my 4.7. I have debated long and hard on the placement of the turbo for a few months now and the rear mount turbo will add the amount of power that I want without blowing my budget sky high. Now with that being said, I know that unless I plan on running very little boost this engine will not handle it well. So I have been looking into ways to increase the performance and horsepower of this engine before we put the turbo on so it can have a fighting chance with all that horsepower.

Here are the upgrades I've come up with so far:

Fastman TB (ordering tomorrow)
Cold Air Intake (Done)
Custom Cam (Might just end up buying a cheap one from jegs)
Weld your own header kit (from either summit or jegs depending on price)
Push rods
New shocks
Trac bars
42lb injectors (will install when turbo is put on)
HX35W Cummins turbo
Some kind of custom tuning (Hemifever?)


I've been racking my brain, but I can not think of anything else that will help set this engine up for the most success once the turbo is installed.

I will continue to update this thread as the build progresses, and any positive feedback is welcome!