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1991, 53, 53l, 91, body, california, camaro, ecu, gen, lm7, lowered, lsx, sale, swap, z28

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1991 Camaro Z28 with 5.3l lm7 swap - $5000

INTIMIDATOR Z on Oct 12, 2011

May 31, 2023 05:18 PM
by topduarte

20

8,738

Camaros for Sale

1999, 53, 53l, 700r4, body, bolt, engine, instructions, intake, manifold, oil, pan, removal, swap, transmission, vortec

5.3L Vortec truck motor swap

10secondhopeful on May 15, 2010

Jan 7, 2023 06:01 PM
by 10secondhopeful

38

33,265

LTX and LSX

53, 53l, fine, fitting, gauge, gm, install, liter, low, ls, oil, pressure, shut, size, started, truck, turbo

Where to hook up mechanical oil pressure gauge on 2009 5.3L?

89fast5oh on Jan 5, 2014

Sep 18, 2022 01:42 PM
by Zahn7115

14

91,843

LTX and LSX

1992, 2003, 48, 48l, 53, 53l, carbed, engine, horsepower, motor, silverado, swap, swapping, v8, vortec

2003 4.8 vortec swap

rapp2691 on May 3, 2010

Sep 18, 2020 09:40 PM
by kirkm76

15

15,490

LTX and LSX

1500, 2006, 53l, 99, bolts, camaro, cover, fit, lifter, oil, pan, sierra, tight, truck, valley

Making a 5.3 truck pan fit a 3rd gen. (lots of pics)

anobii on Jul 5, 2013

Jun 25, 2019 12:29 PM
by Tibo

37

15,666

Fabrication

383, 53l, 621, bellhousing, bmw, flywheel, ford, gen, ls1, lsx, manual, quicktime, run, swap, t5

LS1 -> T5 with new clutch and flywheel?

camarozz383 on Feb 16, 2012

Nov 23, 2015 10:11 AM
by nuggie

26

36,503

LTX and LSX

1983, 3rd, 53, 53l, bolt, build, c4, gen, intimator, ls, lsx376, single, speed, swap, turbo, z28

My 5.3L 91 Z28 build thread (goin to be slow)

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INTIMIDATOR Z on Mar 22, 2011

Feb 9, 2015 04:24 PM
by KITT1983

261

54,136

LTX and LSX

373, 465, 53l, building, camaro, car, custom, fast, gears, rating, shifter, sm, sm465, tools, transmission

SM465 in Camaro?

86bumbleb on Jun 15, 2011

Sep 8, 2014 08:46 AM
by Atilla the Fun

10

9,914

Transmissions and Drivetrain

1adan, 2000, 2003, 53, 53l, 88, camaro, cost, firebird, gen, lm7, obs, swap, tac, thirdgen, www1adancom

1ADan's 5.3 swap (aka tax check's gone)

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1ADan on Feb 7, 2010

Apr 6, 2014 11:58 PM
by 90camaro355rs

265

48,517

LTX and LSX

305, 53l, ac, air, belt, delete, diagram, mustang, pulley, pulleys, pump, removal, smog, tbi, tensioner

1LE / AC Delete / Smog Delete Pulley info

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Abubaca on Jul 24, 2004

Nov 6, 2013 01:01 AM
by Ron U.S.M.C.

166

129,601

FAQ Board

1992, 2010, 53, 53l, camaro, chev, cold, driving, equinox, intermittent, noise, sound, tapping, ticking, vortec

Intermittent Ticking Noise - Driving Me Crazy

drjewalton on Nov 11, 2012

Oct 29, 2013 09:14 AM
by John in RI

36

18,451

Tech / General Engine

53, 53l, 57, 57l, balanced, balancing, body, bottom, camero, end, internals, machine, place, pricing, shop

Making a 5.3L a 5.7L

utfan01ss on May 22, 2013

May 24, 2013 06:38 AM
by utfan01ss

8

1,790

LTX and LSX

2007, 53, 53l, chevy, cts, engine, gbody, iroc, ls, oil, pan, swap, tray, v, windage

5.3L swappers inside...

utfan01ss on May 10, 2013

May 17, 2013 11:01 PM
by utfan01ss

15

1,897

LTX and LSX

2007, 4l80e, 53, 53l, 6speed, body, clutch, firebird, lm7, ls1, motor, salvage, speed, swap, transmission, video, yard

5.3L LM7 Swap

Satnats on Sep 1, 2011

Apr 26, 2013 12:58 AM
by iansane

20

25,815

LTX and LSX

101, 317, 3rd, 53, 53l, 706, gen, harness, heads, run, sale, stand, swap, tpi, wiring

Rookie 5.3 swap

MMroc86 on Feb 12, 2013

Feb 24, 2013 09:31 PM
by lunati397

40

4,235

LTX and LSX

1le, 53, 53l, black, buy, chevy, conversion, crossmember, gen, hood, project, rubber, silverado, swap, th400, turd

Project Turd Gen 5.3L/TH400 swap

henery97 on Nov 27, 2012

Feb 11, 2013 08:15 PM
by henery97

35

12,397

LTX and LSX

1987, 28, 53, 53l, camaro, firebird, harness, liter, ls1, pinout, put, swap, trany, v6, wire

2.8L V6 to 5.3L V8 swap

LazyLlama on Jan 17, 2013

Jan 17, 2013 09:57 PM
by five7kid

2

1,608

LTX and LSX

232, 232234, 234, 53, 53l, 595598, cam, camaro, cams, car, comp, gen, kit, ls, xe

[Sold]

232/234 .595/.598 Comp Cam Kit (Xtreme XE-R)

jtmiller92 on Nov 13, 2012

Nov 13, 2012 01:15 PM
by jtmiller92

1

872

LSX and LTX Parts

53, 53l, 706, 862, castech, casting, castings, chevy, cylinder, gm, head, heads, lsx862, noncastech, sale

[For Sale]

5.3L LSx 862 Casting heads

Justin89Formy on Sep 22, 2012

Nov 13, 2012 06:21 AM
by Justin89Formy

1

2,925

LSX and LTX Parts

53, 53l, connector, conversion, dbc, dbw, engine, harness, identificaiton, need, needed, obs, swap, vortec, wiring

need help converting 5.3 wiring harness

zsmoore68w on Nov 13, 2011

Oct 14, 2012 04:58 PM
by Pocket

20

9,732

LTX and LSX

2001, 350, 53, 53l, camaro, distributor, drove, hard, idle, leaking, low, normal, oil, pressure, put, rebuild, sbc, stalling

New Rebuild, Low Oil Pressure

nbanwart on Sep 4, 2012

Oct 3, 2012 10:45 PM
by TTOP350

28

17,039

Tech / General Engine

3200, 323, 3600, 373, 53l, cam, car, converter, driving, gears, rpm, size, stall, tpi, vortec

help pick the right stall converter

91 camaro ss on Sep 26, 2012

Sep 29, 2012 05:10 PM
by Reid Fleming

17

4,542

Tech / General Engine

4l60e, 53, 53l, 60, 99, camaro, chart, compatibility, compatible, engine, matter, problems, swap, transmission, year

99-00 4l60E compatibility to 04 5.3l

91RSCamaroSteve on Sep 1, 2012

Sep 2, 2012 07:31 PM
by 91RSCamaroSteve

2

7,006

LTX and LSX

53l, 86, 91, belt, camaro, chevy, driven, electric, lq9, pump, swapping, t56, water, waterpump, work

electric water pump on lq9

mikebondi on Aug 20, 2012

Aug 23, 2012 03:58 PM
by five7kid

4

5,110

LTX and LSX

50, 53, 53l, camaro, carbed, engine, gen, manual, options, swap, t5, trans, transmission, truck, work

5.3l swap tranny options.

freeagent162 on Aug 8, 2012

Aug 23, 2012 06:56 AM
by robguitargod1

5

3,879

LTX and LSX

4th, 53l, camaro, cold, engine, generation, knock, knocking, rebuild, rebuilt, seconds, sound, started, t5, tick, vortec

Rebuilt Engine - Start-Up Tick / Knock ?

BWilcox on Jun 10, 2012

Jun 18, 2012 04:21 PM
by ASE doc

5

11,224

Tech / General Engine

1992, 53, 53l, attach, engine, fast, firebird, gen, ls, mate, pontiac, springs, swap, t56, thirdgen, v6

1992 Firebird 5.3/T56 Swap Starting

rodneyrb on Apr 7, 2012

Jun 5, 2012 09:06 AM
by robguitargod1

25

10,977

LTX and LSX

1991, 350, 53l, body, camaro, chevy, ecm, harness, k2500, made, rs, swap, thirdgen, tpi, v6, v8

v6 to 350tpi ecm question

whitesnake23 on May 30, 2012

Jun 4, 2012 08:30 PM
by Maverick H1L

8

1,926

Electronics

305, 53l, 93, brown, est, hooked, idle, jumps, k1500, tbi, time, timing, wher, wire, wont

305 tbi...wont idle with the brown timing wire hooked up

jarrod27 on Nov 2, 2010

May 8, 2012 09:06 AM
by pvr007

6

1,609

Tech / General Engine

1987, 1997, 53l, gauge, gej, guage, high, hot, read, reading, reads, temp, temperature, trans, vortec

Temp gauge reading high

midias on Apr 16, 2012

Apr 24, 2012 08:41 AM
by NINÅ

2

1,561

Electronics

1991, 2011, 3rd, 53l, 57, 85, camaro, camaros, chevy, clean, gen, iroc, southern, whit, wtb, z28

WTB: 3rd gen Camaro

INTIMIDATOR Z on Feb 1, 2011

Apr 18, 2012 01:42 AM
by INTIMIDATOR Z

20

1,279

Southern California Area

1991, 305, 3rd, 4l60e, 53, 53l, 85, 91, camaro, engine, fit, gen, generation, iroc, swap, transmission

5.3, 4l60E swap in to 91 camaro.

bigal's1991 on Jan 17, 2011

Apr 12, 2012 05:58 PM
by 89ROC-Z

10

24,439

LTX and LSX

304, 350, 53l, chain, distributor, engine, gear, knock, knocking, knocks, replaced, rod, sensors, set, stretched, tbi, timing

TBI engine knocking, need expert help!

Ackattack on Feb 23, 2012

Feb 26, 2012 11:21 PM
by RFmaster

8

12,801

TBI

42, 53l, body, bos, bosch, en, generation, giant, giants, green, injectors, iv, runner, silverado, transmision

Bosch 3 #42 Green Giant injectors.

GTA on Feb 18, 2011

Jan 29, 2012 12:18 PM
by 91 Droptop

10

2,824

DIY PROM

3rd, 53, 53l, body, camaro, change, fbody, firebird, gen, kmember, liter, ls1, needed, swap, thirdgen

5.3L swap

DARKmj16 on Jan 21, 2012

Jan 21, 2012 08:18 PM
by DARKmj16

4

45,578

LTX and LSX

2000, 53, 53l, 89, basics, block, conversion, engine, fit, harness, older, swap, swaps, tbi, thirdgen, tranny, vortec, vortex, wiring

5.3l vortec motor trany swap

bigginz1989 on Jan 17, 2012

Jan 20, 2012 12:56 PM
by 1ADan

5

3,191

LTX and LSX

01, 53, 53l, 60l, 82, budget, buy, camaro, conversion, fbody, gen, lt1, step, swap, trans

5.3l swap

92pukingchick on Dec 1, 2011

Dec 3, 2011 06:01 PM
by STREETDEMON

6

1,475

LTX and LSX

2007, 53, 53l, 99, aluminum, block, build, classic, engine, gen, iv, ls, motor, number, part, sierra, swap, vehicles, whichcarshadtheallaluminum53

5.3L w/ Aluminum block? Which vehicle?

utfan01ss on Oct 10, 2011

Oct 13, 2011 10:19 PM
by ZONES89RS

7

52,594

LTX and LSX

150, 150shoton53, 400whp, 53, 53l, cam, hot, l33, magazine, nos, power, rod, shot, stock, swap, trans

PRO- 5.3L Power estaminte

patin88z on Oct 1, 2011

Oct 12, 2011 11:46 AM
by Screamin86

19

3,077

LTX and LSX

53l, 86, 87, adjust, ca, camaro, chevy, gen, hydraulic, iroc, lifters, ls7, replacing, turbo, z28

lifter helllllllllpppppp.

thirdgeniroc87 on Aug 29, 2011

Aug 30, 2011 02:32 PM
by Chevy86 IROC-Z

5

1,163

Tech / General Engine

53l, 700r4, atf, auto, fluid, full, ignition, move, rebuilt, revs, start, timing, trans, wont

700R4 wont go!!!!

Ricks87iroc on Aug 23, 2011

Aug 29, 2011 05:04 PM
by Ricks87iroc

3

746

Transmissions and Drivetrain

3rd, 53l, bench, brace, camaro, edelbrock, gen, gens, intake, lm7, ls1, lsx, spoiler, stb, strut, swap, tower

STB's with LSx swaps?

INTIMIDATOR Z on Jun 12, 2011

Aug 27, 2011 10:48 PM
by 86White_T/A305

12

1,640

LTX and LSX

10, 31l, 53l, 84, amp, camaro, fuse, gear, glittery, gm, inj1, injectors, long, motor, mpg, oil, power, running

Just added my first 2.8, it knocks.

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ronnjonn on May 29, 2011

Aug 27, 2011 11:49 AM
by Project 3.4 Camaro

119

5,692

V6

Considering using wrong cam, opinions?

ronnjonn on Aug 18, 2011

Aug 25, 2011 04:16 PM
by ronnjonn

15

767

Tech / General Engine

2011, 53l, 700r, 87, builders, camaro, engine, gear, gen, governor, picture, speedo, speedometer, swap, transmission

700R-4 speedo gears swap w/ pics

ronnjonn on Aug 22, 2011

Aug 22, 2011 05:54 PM
by ronnjonn

3

1,755

Transmissions and Drivetrain

1985, 305, 50, 53l, 700r4, 91, camaro, e3, ecm, engine, plugs, rs, spark, tpi, z28

[CA]

FS: 91 z28 305 tpi and 700r4

INTIMIDATOR Z on Apr 12, 2011

Aug 16, 2011 09:03 PM
by INTIMIDATOR Z

16

1,415

Engine/Drivetrain/Suspension Parts for Sale

34l, 53l, bore, camaro, cylinder, cylinderfor, for, glazed, install, job, piston, rering, rid, ridge, ring, rings

Cylinder and Piston Ring Questions

rfcomp on Aug 10, 2011

Aug 12, 2011 08:26 AM
by ronnjonn

5

1,327

Tech / General Engine

34l, 3rd, 53, 53l, 71, body, building, camaro, chevy, engine, gen, generation, ls1, rs, swap

5.3L Swap

James-Ingram on Jul 21, 2011

Aug 11, 2011 09:18 PM
by Pocket

19

3,462

LTX and LSX

1988, 305, 53l, camaro, end, engine, gen, head, proper, rebiuld, rebuild, rebuilt, start, tbi, top, tpi

Top End Rebuild

redcamaro1988 on Jun 27, 2011

Jul 24, 2011 03:44 PM
by tocoso

6

939

Tech / General Engine

4l60e, 53l, 57l, burp, burping, cars, hose, ls1, making, mount, noises, pump, radiator, steam, transmission, tube, water

5.3l burping issue

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INTIMIDATOR Z on Jun 24, 2011

Jul 11, 2011 02:13 PM
by Demon355

92

14,391

LTX and LSX

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