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Old 04-05-2011, 09:20 PM
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I'm building a 5.3l. Want too know what size valves I should get. I have a livernois 232/232 cam stock heads. Looking for ls6 intake when I get the cash.
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Any suggestions
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all you want is ls1 or ls6 intake valves your exhaust valves flow better than early ls1 valves
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thank you for the help didn't know that about the exhaust valves
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the valve bowls on the intake must be within a certain percentage of the size of the valve too, in other words if you increase the valve by x the bowl needs the same % increase
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that is good to know i'm planning on taken the heads into a machine shop to get cleaned up and flattened anyways but thank you for all the good info




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