Quote Originally Posted by PitchBlackC3 View Post
Unless you are going with some serious boost, I doubt you want the iron heads. You can get 317s super cheap all day long. The LQ9 has 317s too. I wouldn't use them on a 5.3 though, compression too low. What are your goals with your engine?
Well I'd llike to have 550+ rwhp because i have such a damn heavy truck. I know I need to upgrade to a 4l80e but in the time being I wanna figure out how I can get to 550+ from my 5.3 or If i should just buy a package lq9/4l80e from a junker.