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243 Head on the new 4.8L is the same as the ls6 head

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Old 05-02-2011, 11:46 PM
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Default 243 Head on the new 4.8L is the same as the ls6 head

Found a set of 243 heads at a salvage yard off a 2010 full size chevy pickup it has 243 head casting. the motor looks just like a 5.3l
So are these the same casting heads as the ls6 or different
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If it says 243 then theres no reason it wouldn't be the same casting except I doubt it has the better intake valves in it.
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i would like to know
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Same as any other 243 other than the sodium/hollow valves.
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The 243s that came on GTOs do not have the sodium filled valves, so it could be either.
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It doesn't have the good valves, they stopped making them. It's a set of 243 heads, same as any other casting 243.
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The way most guys here setup their valvetrain, having lighter valves matter little. Stock 2.00/1.55 stainless valves will do the job just fine if VJ is on the money.
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243/799 same casting. Only the 243s from an 02-04 Z06 got the lighter valves.
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and the 04-05 ctsv
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I have 243's on my 2010 5.3L



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