chevy alum blocks in trucks@suvs

01-19-2012, 09:46 AM

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chevy alum blocks in trucks@suvs

Was wondering what kind of trucks@suv's that have alum blocks in them and what year.

01-19-2012, 12:18 PM

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im pretty sure all of the 6.0 truck engines are iron blocks. not sure on the 5.3s or anything.

01-20-2012, 07:13 AM

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L76 is an aluminum 6.0 that was used in 07-09 trucks.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GM_Vortec_engine