Another bore question
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Another bore question I have scoured these and other forums for a answer to the boring capabilities on aluminum 5.3's.
I've got an LM4 2004 from an Envoy with 1 rough cylinder and was wondering if anyone can confirm that these have the thicker cylinder walls?
Casting of block is 12566910
Seems to be all kinds of conflicting information on every thread I found.. Just would like a heads up if I'm wasting my time as I have a Iron block I can use if need be and I'm nowhere near a quality machine shop to seek advice.
I've got an LM4 2004 from an Envoy with 1 rough cylinder and was wondering if anyone can confirm that these have the thicker cylinder walls?
Casting of block is 12566910
Seems to be all kinds of conflicting information on every thread I found.. Just would like a heads up if I'm wasting my time as I have a Iron block I can use if need be and I'm nowhere near a quality machine shop to seek advice.
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This might cost a little, but bore the affected cylinder as far as is usually safe. If the damage is gone, bore the rest of the cylinders, If still there, trash the block, OR put in a new liner.
A lot of the 5.3 aluminum blocks are seimese bore blocks. Not all of them, but a lot are. I think you have an LM4 block. You can use a flashlight, and look into your water jackets on the block deck. If your cylinders are molded into one big unit, meaning there is no gap between the liners inside the water jackets, then that block can be safely overbored quite a bit. There are guys over on YellowBullet that have (I do not advise) bored those blocks .125”. It’s pretty common to see them go .030”, if it’s one of the thick liner blocks. I guess you need to figure out which block you have, and how far you need to go.
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A lot of the 5.3 aluminum blocks are seimese bore blocks. Not all of them, but a lot are. I think you have an LM4 block. You can use a flashlight, and look into your water jackets on the block deck. If your cylinders are molded into one big unit, meaning there is no gap between the liners inside the water jackets, then that block can be safely overbored quite a bit. There are guys over on YellowBullet that have (I do not advise) bored those blocks .125”. It’s pretty common to see them go .030”, if it’s one of the thick liner blocks. I guess you need to figure out which block you have, and how far you need to go.