4.00 stroke, 3.78 bore?
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4.00 stroke, 3.78 bore? I'm doing homework and coming up with ideas, thought I'd run this one past some experienced builders.
How dumb would it be to take a 4.8 engine, hone the cylinders, re-ring it and put 5.3 rods & a 4" crank under it?
The goal is not horsepower but off-idle torque.
I think this recipe gets to ~360 CI and, with the factory cam (or an RV of some variety) it should make more off-idle torque than a 6.0 swap with the benefit of new rings & bearings, too.
How dumb would it be to take a 4.8 engine, hone the cylinders, re-ring it and put 5.3 rods & a 4" crank under it?
The goal is not horsepower but off-idle torque.
I think this recipe gets to ~360 CI and, with the factory cam (or an RV of some variety) it should make more off-idle torque than a 6.0 swap with the benefit of new rings & bearings, too.
The pistons would stick up about .200" above the deck of the block, so the top ring probably wouldn't even be in the cylinder. Needless to say, it wouldn't work.
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Glad I asked.
I'm confused (obviously). I'd thought the stroker engines were using a 6.125" rod, common to the LS1 and 5.3? Where did I go wrong, and which rod would I want?
EDIT: Pistons.
Do the 4.8 flat-tops have a different wrist pin height than the 5.3's?
I'm confused (obviously). I'd thought the stroker engines were using a 6.125" rod, common to the LS1 and 5.3? Where did I go wrong, and which rod would I want?
EDIT: Pistons.
Do the 4.8 flat-tops have a different wrist pin height than the 5.3's?
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Ive been thinking of doing this with my L33 which is currently torn apart. You would need to just get a stroker kit....or do your math right and buy parts separately but id just give someone a call. And then there going to tell you just to get a 6.0 anyways I bet. From what I remember the 4.8/5.3 pistons are the same. Difference is the 4.8 crank and longer rods to accommodate the shorter stroke.
Where did I go wrong, and which rod would I want?
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im real sick of the ham fisted meatheads who immediately hate on anyone doing anything smallbore
undersquare motors make better off throttle torque
they are also the most efficient.
since you cant put a ******* 5" crank in the LS that pretty well means the only path to undersquare is s 4" crank under small bores...
im essentially trying to build exactly the same thing as this guy. 5.3 truck block, sawed off ls7 crank, ls7 rods, custom pistons, shaved 862 heads with a 2.0 valve shoved in there with ls7 lifters, ls6 springs, brass trunions, and a BTR cam...
how is this any dumber than a 383 besides being more so what a 383 is.
yall dont think 5.9l is enough when everybody with a bone stock junkyard LQ4 thinks putting a cam in it equals racecar or whatever the big bore cult is on about???
undersquare motors make better off throttle torque
they are also the most efficient.
since you cant put a ******* 5" crank in the LS that pretty well means the only path to undersquare is s 4" crank under small bores...
im essentially trying to build exactly the same thing as this guy. 5.3 truck block, sawed off ls7 crank, ls7 rods, custom pistons, shaved 862 heads with a 2.0 valve shoved in there with ls7 lifters, ls6 springs, brass trunions, and a BTR cam...
how is this any dumber than a 383 besides being more so what a 383 is.
yall dont think 5.9l is enough when everybody with a bone stock junkyard LQ4 thinks putting a cam in it equals racecar or whatever the big bore cult is on about???
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im real sick of the ham fisted meatheads who immediately hate on anyone doing anything smallbore
undersquare motors make better off throttle torque
they are also the most efficient.
since you cant put a ******* 5" crank in the LS that pretty well means the only path to undersquare is s 4" crank under small bores...
im essentially trying to build exactly the same thing as this guy. 5.3 truck block, sawed off ls7 crank, ls7 rods, custom pistons, shaved 862 heads with a 2.0 valve shoved in there with ls7 lifters, ls6 springs, brass trunions, and a BTR cam...
how is this any dumber than a 383 besides being more so what a 383 is.
yall dont think 5.9l is enough when everybody with a bone stock junkyard LQ4 thinks putting a cam in it equals racecar or whatever the big bore cult is on about???
undersquare motors make better off throttle torque
they are also the most efficient.
since you cant put a ******* 5" crank in the LS that pretty well means the only path to undersquare is s 4" crank under small bores...
im essentially trying to build exactly the same thing as this guy. 5.3 truck block, sawed off ls7 crank, ls7 rods, custom pistons, shaved 862 heads with a 2.0 valve shoved in there with ls7 lifters, ls6 springs, brass trunions, and a BTR cam...
how is this any dumber than a 383 besides being more so what a 383 is.
yall dont think 5.9l is enough when everybody with a bone stock junkyard LQ4 thinks putting a cam in it equals racecar or whatever the big bore cult is on about???
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im real sick of the ham fisted meatheads who immediately hate on anyone doing anything smallbore
undersquare motors make better off throttle torque
they are also the most efficient.
since you cant put a ******* 5" crank in the LS that pretty well means the only path to undersquare is s 4" crank under small bores...
im essentially trying to build exactly the same thing as this guy. 5.3 truck block, sawed off ls7 crank, ls7 rods, custom pistons, shaved 862 heads with a 2.0 valve shoved in there with ls7 lifters, ls6 springs, brass trunions, and a BTR cam...
how is this any dumber than a 383 besides being more so what a 383 is.
yall dont think 5.9l is enough when everybody with a bone stock junkyard LQ4 thinks putting a cam in it equals racecar or whatever the big bore cult is on about???
undersquare motors make better off throttle torque
they are also the most efficient.
since you cant put a ******* 5" crank in the LS that pretty well means the only path to undersquare is s 4" crank under small bores...
im essentially trying to build exactly the same thing as this guy. 5.3 truck block, sawed off ls7 crank, ls7 rods, custom pistons, shaved 862 heads with a 2.0 valve shoved in there with ls7 lifters, ls6 springs, brass trunions, and a BTR cam...
how is this any dumber than a 383 besides being more so what a 383 is.
yall dont think 5.9l is enough when everybody with a bone stock junkyard LQ4 thinks putting a cam in it equals racecar or whatever the big bore cult is on about???
im real sick of the ham fisted meatheads who immediately hate on anyone doing anything smallbore
undersquare motors make better off throttle torque
they are also the most efficient.
since you cant put a ******* 5" crank in the LS that pretty well means the only path to undersquare is s 4" crank under small bores...
im essentially trying to build exactly the same thing as this guy. 5.3 truck block, sawed off ls7 crank, ls7 rods, custom pistons, shaved 862 heads with a 2.0 valve shoved in there with ls7 lifters, ls6 springs, brass trunions, and a BTR cam...
how is this any dumber than a 383 besides being more so what a 383 is.
yall dont think 5.9l is enough when everybody with a bone stock junkyard LQ4 thinks putting a cam in it equals racecar or whatever the big bore cult is on about???
undersquare motors make better off throttle torque
they are also the most efficient.
since you cant put a ******* 5" crank in the LS that pretty well means the only path to undersquare is s 4" crank under small bores...
im essentially trying to build exactly the same thing as this guy. 5.3 truck block, sawed off ls7 crank, ls7 rods, custom pistons, shaved 862 heads with a 2.0 valve shoved in there with ls7 lifters, ls6 springs, brass trunions, and a BTR cam...
how is this any dumber than a 383 besides being more so what a 383 is.
yall dont think 5.9l is enough when everybody with a bone stock junkyard LQ4 thinks putting a cam in it equals racecar or whatever the big bore cult is on about???
Someone had a small bore rectangular port head if I remember right.
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