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Old Aug 15, 2007 | 05:43 PM
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how much should it cost to bore out my stock ls1 block .30 over and also what is a decent price for some good pistons? on a budget here.
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anyone??
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Old Aug 16, 2007 | 03:24 PM
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you cant bore an ls1 to 355. it starts life as a 346. the most ive seen is a 348 which is something like a .010 or .020 overbore
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The max a LS1 or LS6 block can be overbored to is 3.905".

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^347 is the max safe bore on a stock sleeved block
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i think you can go 3.91" for a 348 but i would just stick with 3.905" 347 myself .
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