Hello, i looking for some info on this swap.. and cant find none!!
I will like to know if i can use a ls 5.3 with the TPI system??
as far i know the accessory's should bolt to the block!!??
and the lower intake may need some trimming!!??
will like some input on this one.. if is possible????

 

The TPI intake won't work on the 5.3 block/heads

 

Ray.. can you tell me Y??

 

The architecture of the 5.3 (LS based engine) is completely different than the TPI built for a GEN 1 block. Nothing would match up, the intake ports on LS based engines are much taller than the gen 1 style engines, and there are plenty of other differences. TPI isn't that great anyway, the stock 5.3 intake is probably better.

 

Same reason it won't work on a big block, Frod, Xler, or whatever else.

None of the parts line up. Bolt holes don't match. Parts are the wrong size. Things are in different places. Maybe a few other minor details.

Why would you want to ruin a good motor by sticking THAT on it, anyway??

 

Accessories dont line up at all either. Bolt holes nor pulley spacing

 

And I hear the TPI distributors won't fit either, lol.

 

5.3 doesn't even have a distributor. If the OP would simply look at the two different engines, the original question would have answered its self.

 

I know this, I was trying to make a funny. Sarcasm is soo hard to convey on the interwebz.

 

dont worry formula some of us got the joke lol

 

You actually can run a distributor in an ls...

 

Yep, but they're not OEM. I am running one, though.