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Old Mar 14, 2013 | 01:56 PM
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Hello,

Hopefully someone can answer this, googled for an hour with no luck.

I am trying to find the actual throttle body size in mm of the 5.3L truck motors.

I know that the LS1 is 78mm, but can't find anything on the 5.3L Throttle body size. Is it the same size?

Does anybody know?

Thanks
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Old Mar 14, 2013 | 02:30 PM
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When You say the LS1 is 78mm , have You measured it ? Because I believe it's actually closer to 75mm and the LM7 5.3L throttle body at least Mine was 70mm in factory form . That's actual measurement , not sure what They list it at . I ported mine to 74mm and polished the sh_t out of it .
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When I was searching the only size for the LS1 I found was 78mm, but that could be wrong also. I haven't found a place that states the actual dimensions either.

Thanks for the help, if it isn't that much differences anyways I'll just port and polish one.
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my '04 LM7 DBW throttle body was 74mm
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I believe they got larger yet on the later motors.
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K, I was debating a LS1 throttle body or a 5.3l one. Since it doesn't seem like much of a size difference I'll just get a 5.3l and port and polish it. Budget build anyways.
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