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Old Apr 18, 2021 | 02:30 AM
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Ok, um, I bought a 5.3 wirh 243 heads. Price was pretty good.... um. Dude told me he bought it but sold the project he was going to put it in.... Can y’all pls jus tell me this looks normal. Or what. I’ll take off heads eventually and look inside but I don’t know what I’m doin. If u ask me, which I don’t kno, it looks

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Old Apr 18, 2021 | 04:13 AM
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Ok, um, I bought a 5.3 wirh 243 heads. Price was pretty good.... um. Dude told me he bought it but sold the project he was going to put it in.... Can y’all pls jus tell me this looks normal. Or what. I’ll take off heads eventually and look inside but I don’t know what I’m doin. If u ask me, which I don’t kno, it looks



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Old Apr 18, 2021 | 08:28 AM
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Looks pretty normal to me.

The dirty looking one is on the side w/ PCV valve (probably driver's), the cleaner one is clean because it gets the clean make-up air.
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Originally Posted by RB04Av
Looks pretty normal to me.

The dirty looking one is on the side w/ PCV valve (probably driver's), the cleaner one is clean because it gets the clean make-up air.
thx a lot for the reply, I thought it was normal too until I looked at my Ls1 and it was different. I appreciate the help, imma use the 243 heads on my Ls1 for now and build this 5.3 soon
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That looks really good compared to some I've drug home and opened up...
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I pull apart a lot of LS motors for my side business. This one doesn't look bad at all. I wish all the ones I pull apart looked like this.
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Old Apr 23, 2021 | 10:34 AM
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Looks good to me. Better than when I pulled this off a 4.8 awhile back.....
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