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Old Aug 4, 2018 | 09:17 AM
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I picked up a 2004 6.0, in hopes it had the gen 4 rods/pistons, but they were gen 3's. I have found a
couple sets of gen 4 rods/pistons, but they are flat top's, prob would jack the comp to 10.0 with the
317 heads. Is anyone running that setup, I could prob lower the boost, and actually be a little more
power down low out of boost. Curious what boost you could run, 93 octane, intercooler, may add meth spray.
Running a 5.3 now with gen 4 rods, flat tops, 241 heads, just looking to move up in street power, low end torq.
on a budget (remember that one, lol)
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Old Aug 4, 2018 | 03:46 PM
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6.0 wiseco flat tops with valve reliefs square port ly6 heads Holley hi ram. Stock compression was like 9.5 to 1 so it should still be close. Ly6 pistons are flat tops already. 5.7 iron block little over 10 to 1 compression 93 octane and dual meth nozzles on both one motor sees 23psi the other 19-20 so in my opinion your fine both use eBay intercooler and arp hardware in every hole which is what I think makes the difference. Also stock mls style auto zone head gaskets not cometic
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Curious if you have had it on the dyno as it is and what it puts down? I just asked about 799 heads vs 241 heads on a L33. I know tons of guys on here use the 799 and the stock 10:1 the L33's have and throw tons of boost at them. I am swapping from a gen III 6.0 to a L33, so kind of reverse of what your doing. I don't want to destroy a good running 6.0 because of the need for more boost, so until I can do good rods/pistons, I figure the L33 is the ticket.
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