badnova

I have a nice 5.3 short block crank rods pistons and steel block in very good condition also aluminum oil pan and windage tray 250 firm has less that 50k miles no cam thats what went bad so person wanted to change whole engine nothing wrong with this one in so fla

BLACK ICE

Just curious what is a 5.3? 396?

mw66nova

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5.3=lsX series motor from full size chevy pickup truck. it's like 330+/- cubes.

what exactly went bad on the cam? wipe out any cam bearings? iron or aluminum block?

badnova

5.3 equates to approx 347 cubic inches No bearings are bad lobe went down its iron block in nice condition with pan and windage tray

jamez74

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5.3 = 327 doesn't it?

phillip_helmet

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I'm pretty sure a 5.3l is 323cid

badnova

my bad 327 is what it equates to

TIMMYS89GTA

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yeah,323!
thats the same engine in my 03 silverado.
badnova,where in Fl. are you located exactly?

WIll36

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actually the gen 3 and 4 5.3 truck motors measure out to 325 cubic inches.

nomad88z

Yes, a 5.3 is 325 ci, although the 5.7 lsx and 5.3 are the same block, so the 5.3 can be bored over to 5.7 unlike the 5.0 and 5.7 gm gen 1 blocks. Just as a reference, 1 liter is approximately 61 cubic inches.

what year is the motor, does it have the Lq9 (taller) intake on it? accessories?

badnova

east coast port st lucie just above west palm beach
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short block means it has no heads But I do have an intake for additional $$$ and it is truck intake complete with injectors and throttle body fuel rails etc

1991CamaroRslow

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Not to thread jack or undercut but I have a set of good 5.3 heads, and a tall truck intake, complete with injectors if someone's interested in them for this short block.

THIRDGEN87

read the april 08 issue of car craft on the 5.3 100+hp with just a cam swap!!!!

WIll36

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yeah the block is the same the difference is the cylinder sleeve actually. If you want some good info on these motors autozone has a great book on gen 3 motors and possible cam, head intake combos for 20 bucks. But you have to be careful when you bore the motors cause the high density steal sleeve is very thin on an LS1(can only bore about 1mm). So not to jack the thread or bash on the sale just be warry these aren't like older SBCs where u can punch them up to 60 over with out much problem. But with the better angle on the valves you can make a lot more power with fewer cubic inches. And get reasonable fuel milage at the same time.

badnova

your right on ls1 blocks BUT lq9 is a truck block and steel which is good for turbo or super charging plus steel blocks are alot stronger than aluminum cousin I'm building an lq9 steel block for turbo just with heads and cam easy 450-500 hp without turbo with a carb on it these new engines are something else compaired to old small blocks new cylinderheads out flow old three times better than a good old style head

soultron

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april 08?

jamez74

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What cam was it do you remember? I might have to look into that for my silverado.

xxvictimxx26

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still for sale?