Punching a 5.3L out to a LS1
08-28-2013, 08:15 PM
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Im building an lm7 that I had bored to 346 ci, I only did so because I found a set of brand new unused piston rod combo from a crate ls1 for cheap. machine work with new cam bearing install was pretty reasonable. its hard finding a 6.0 in my area for a good price.
08-28-2013, 09:36 PM
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An LS iron block is about a hundred pounds more than LS aluminum block.
You have the opportunity to remove the equivalent weight of almost three lead-acid batteries by using an aluminum block. Instead of jumping through hoops to increase a 5.3 motor by .2 liters for "that big jump in displacement", I'd say you'd be better off finding a 6.0 aluminum motor somewhere.
And you won't have to fool around with crank balancing or anything else.
You have the opportunity to remove the equivalent weight of almost three lead-acid batteries by using an aluminum block. Instead of jumping through hoops to increase a 5.3 motor by .2 liters for "that big jump in displacement", I'd say you'd be better off finding a 6.0 aluminum motor somewhere.
And you won't have to fool around with crank balancing or anything else.
