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Old Jan 19, 2002 | 08:59 PM
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i noticed a couple guys talking abot getting 5.3 heads what is the advantage of this? <img src="gr_eek2.gif" border="0">
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Old Jan 19, 2002 | 09:24 PM
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5.3l heads have a smaller combustion chamber volume from the start. This helps when you are shooting for over 11.0:1 compression. You can get there with the 5.7l heads, but it requires a ton of milling on the heads.
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Old Jan 19, 2002 | 09:26 PM
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What Jason said..
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