What 5.3 can be safety bore out to 3.905 ?Quote:
Originally Posted by RedHeartbeat
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What 5.3 can be safety bore out to 3.905 ?Quote:
Originally Posted by RedHeartbeat
be sure any shop you take it to for boring checks it before they bore it. Some blocks have core shift and will have a ton of material on one side of the bore and little on the other. I believe they use a sonic tester to check the wall thickness.
Oh okay, i gotcha. Makes since of course, just figured all the ls motors had the same cylinders just the smaller bore ones had more thickness. Learn something new everyday.Quote:
Originally Posted by RedHeartbeat
Anything up to a 5.7 do. The 6.0, 6.2, and 7.0 are all different.Quote:
Originally Posted by DSCZ71
Now I'm starting to second guess. This project. So do you think I should still bore? I'm want something to last along time. Now I'm thinkin about a 6.0l. That was my goal to begin with. Just 5.3s are easier to find.
Get a 6L and call it good. Machine work, parts and gaskets would add up go more than the price diff of a 6L vs 5.3
Good point. You can find an lq4 or even lq9 pretty easily and for not too much more than a 5.3. From the little researching i have done i would say you could get a 5.3 for $500-750 all day long and a lq4 or lq9 for around $1000. An lq4 can be had for under $1000 and lq9s are usually a little over $1000. Check out car-part.comQuote:
Originally Posted by RedHeartbeat
Btw, what happened to the procharged 5.3 in your sig?
she still running with 230k on her, no smoking or anything im very impressed with these motors. i know she ll be pushing 300k no problem, i drive it everyday to work, im not taking the motor out till she goes but i just would like a build to do and have one sitting on the shelf all ready to go, i've seen a couple 5.3's and 6.0's running 367k and still running strong,
Sweet, sounds good! Yeah, these suckers just dont quit! Any reason why you wouldnt go FI on the next motor? I mean why not build a badder motor than you got now (like you are talking about doing) and then put the procharger on it once you swap it in?