Which heads to port:5.7 or 5.3?
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Re: Which heads to port:5.7 or 5.3?
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by horist:
<strong>TTT
I'm thinking of getting TEA Stage II 5.3 heads....
It's only 75 bux to have TEA mill the heads .050 (which I believe raises compression to 11.1)
</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">I don't know if milling heads as much as .050" will cause problems with the LS1, but there comes a point that the intake manifold will not align correctly with the heads if the heads have been flat milled more than a certain amount.
You may get a vacumm leak if the allignment is off. Just something to think about......
I am not going to mill my 5.7L heads more than .035" just to be safe.
Ron,
<strong>TTT
I'm thinking of getting TEA Stage II 5.3 heads....
It's only 75 bux to have TEA mill the heads .050 (which I believe raises compression to 11.1)
</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">I don't know if milling heads as much as .050" will cause problems with the LS1, but there comes a point that the intake manifold will not align correctly with the heads if the heads have been flat milled more than a certain amount.
You may get a vacumm leak if the allignment is off. Just something to think about......
I am not going to mill my 5.7L heads more than .035" just to be safe.
Ron,