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Old Sep 4, 2007 | 12:17 PM
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I'm looking at an engine on ebay that is down near vancouver WA. the ad says its a 6.0L from a 2004 Tahoe. From doing a little bit of quick research, I'm not finding that a 6.0L was offered in the tahoes for 2004.

Is there an easy way to identify the size? I know on the tpi 350 that is in my truck "5.7" is cast into the back of the block. Is this still true?
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Old Sep 4, 2007 | 12:32 PM
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I think 6L's have 6.0L cast into the front of the engine on the outside of cyl #1

But I think 04 Tahoes had 5.3s in them. I might make you a deal on my 6L after I have Mike at Accurate engines tell me the block is good / fixable. I even have some 6L heads sitting there.....
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Old Sep 4, 2007 | 12:40 PM
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I think 6L's have 6.0L cast into the front of the engine on the outside of cyl #1

But I think 04 Tahoes had 5.3s in them. I might make you a deal on my 6L after I have Mike at Accurate engines tell me the block is good / fixable. I even have some 6L heads sitting there.....
from doing research the tahoes either had a 4.8 or 5.3. I definatly don't want a 4.8, and a 5.3 is going to be pushing it.

Let me know on your 6.0L, I might be interested.
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Old Sep 4, 2007 | 01:04 PM
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The size is cast onto the BACK of the block.

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Old Sep 4, 2007 | 10:56 PM
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Being a longtime Suburban owner, to my knowledge Tahoe's never came with any options for 6.0's. My 2003 Suburban 1500-series has a 5.3. The 6.0's were what the larger 2500-series Suburbans and GMC XL Denali's came equipped with. The only other Chevy trucks that I know of which came with the 6.0's were the 2500-series Silverado's.
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yep....not buying this engine. Even if it is a 5.3L I get a fishy feeling about the deal, so I'll pass on it. NEXT!
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