Mix and Match build question...
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Mix and Match build question...
What if I wanted to build a budget engine just to throw in a non-lsx vehicle and I have a 6.0 iron block, a 4.8 crank, 5.7 rods and pistons, 5.3 heads, and everything else to acompany it like a cam, matching valvesprings, pushrods, fast 90/90, etc. Would this work? What do you guys think? It'd be experimental and somewhat cheap...comments, info, has this been done before?
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Don't do it. If you want a 328ci LSx, go buy a 5.3L and don't waste a perfectly good 6.0L block that could actually make some power in more capable hands.
At the very least (re: cheapest), use a stock 3.622" stroke crank and a piston that is actually meant for a 4.00" bore block, like from an LQ9/4 or an LS2. Be careful though, as some rods are press fit and some are bushed, and require the correct corresponding piston. Also, if this clusterf$%k of parts comes from different engines, have a machine shop balance the crank.
At the very least (re: cheapest), use a stock 3.622" stroke crank and a piston that is actually meant for a 4.00" bore block, like from an LQ9/4 or an LS2. Be careful though, as some rods are press fit and some are bushed, and require the correct corresponding piston. Also, if this clusterf$%k of parts comes from different engines, have a machine shop balance the crank.
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lol i just have some stuff laying around the house, want to build a car for the Grassroots Motorsports $2010 challenge...the other stuff would be for later. Don't have to get all pissy about it jk. No but I would like to make a high revving engine one day and thought this could possibly work. And of course it would be from different engines...haha. Don't let the mullet fool you, I got some IQs left.
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lol i just have some stuff laying around the house, want to build a car for the Grassroots Motorsports $2010 challenge...the other stuff would be for later. Don't have to get all pissy about it jk. No but I would like to make a high revving engine one day and thought this could possibly work. And of course it would be from different engines...haha. Don't let the mullet fool you, I got some IQs left.