I'm not really shure where to put this and its been awhile since i've been on here. So real quick i've always wanted to build a motor slowly out side of my car so i could just swap it in. Well at work i scored a 02 i think suburban 5.3 liter motor minus heads. Is it worth building this motor for my trans am or should i continue to look for something better? will the motor even bolt in? thanks guys/gals

 

any one?

 

I wouldn't bother, but that's just me. You could make it into a 347ci iron block on a budget, but I would rather spend the extra money on a 6.0L block and gain nearly 30ci.

However, it should be able to swap in, but I think you would need to drill and tap a hole on the front of the block, driver's side, for the power steering.

 

5.3s make a good budget motor, but the stock LS1 has more potential.

 

so i'm pretty much looking at selling it? would it be worth it to build it to handle a turbo or super charger rather then try and stroke it because. idealy i wanted a 408 stroker. if i can't do that is it worth going the turbo route?

 

If you plan on going turbo route, thats a great budget motor. There's a couple guys in the forced induction section with turbo 5.3's pumping out 700+ on pump gas with meth.