depends on what your doing. I think the 5.3 and 76mm T4 route is sweet to be honest. If you look around you can find stock 5.3 shortys for dirt cheap (ex $250-400) all day. With them being so cheap I'd be very tempted to have some fun and beat the snot out of them as is. If you truly want reliability though you'll either be stuck on a 10psi or lower tuneup or have to toss some pistons and rods in them. Opening the top ring is easy and cheap and I would recommend it to somebody that has the know how.
The LS2 will be just as good as a 5.3 the downside is most people tend to under turbo LS motors and 364ci is a good bit of cubes for a small T4 flanged turbo to handle. Backpressure then becomes the issue as the motor moves more air and the turbo can't keep up. For example a V6 motor like the ones in the grand nationals can typically make better use of a smaller turbo because its moving less air generally and therefor can create more boost pressure with less backpressure.
As for controlling a 76/75 with a single gate thats all very dependant on wastegate routing. Many companies fall short in this aspect and the band-aid fix can be to simply use a larger wastegate. Proper routing, however, will be the better fix and can allow use of a smaller gate to a certain point.
The LS2 will be just as good as a 5.3 the downside is most people tend to under turbo LS motors and 364ci is a good bit of cubes for a small T4 flanged turbo to handle. Backpressure then becomes the issue as the motor moves more air and the turbo can't keep up. For example a V6 motor like the ones in the grand nationals can typically make better use of a smaller turbo because its moving less air generally and therefor can create more boost pressure with less backpressure.
As for controlling a 76/75 with a single gate thats all very dependant on wastegate routing. Many companies fall short in this aspect and the band-aid fix can be to simply use a larger wastegate. Proper routing, however, will be the better fix and can allow use of a smaller gate to a certain point.





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