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Old 02-13-2013, 11:49 PM
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So, i have a 1993 Z28 Camaro and i was planning to do a full engine rebuild soon because i have 130,XXX miles on it and i want to start upgrading it. I know that's quite a bit of miles, but it was somebody else's daily driver. I was wondering if i could get some advice about over sizing for forged pistons. I plan on getting a turbo or two and those pistons are going to be under some high stress so i figured forged pistons are stronger and able to take more stress, right? but if i was doing an engine rebuild, i might as well bore it out. I just have no idea to what size, or if this will even work. Please share some words of wisdom!
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Rather than building the LT1 i would do an LS swap. I built a 383 LT1 and had tons of money into it and wish that i would've just LS swapped it in the first place (especially since I'm now building a turbo LS1). You can pick up a 5.3 for cheap and stuff a cam in it until you do a turbo set up (which is easier on an LS1)



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