Blackwater
Engineering Geinus
Well I guarantee that mine will book it and tow it. It even sounds good doing it. cant wait to see what the LQ4 stroker will do
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I am thinking about getting the 4.8L pistons for my 5.3L to make it the H.O. version. Mamma don't need too much more the a few more ponies. She gets more tickets then I do. Mama 4 tickets - daddy 3 waning's 0 tickets.
I will add my 2 cents to this as well, I have a 408 LS in my 95, I am running the TSP 228R 588 lift intake and exhaust with 110 LSA to bring in torque at lower rpm since this is a truck, I have a built 4L80E with Transgo HD2 shift kit and 2400 stall converter. Makes a ton of power and lot's down low in the rpm range. I really dislike a big stall converter unless you are on the dragstrip, and whatever you do please do not pick a cam based solely on sound, I know a lot of people that end up with trucks that sound good and are slow pigs because the cam they picked makes most of its power up high in the rpm range.
wouldn't the wrist pin be in the wrong spot for the stroke difference....or is there enough room for the skirt?
the wrist pins would have to be moved closer to the top. with a 4" crank your skirts would be just fine. If you go bigger then you would have to have it sleeved an have the block machined to allow the rod bolts to pass. If you do not do these steps then you would get what's call piston slap. Which was a big issue in the first two years of the LS1. They did not have that issue with the H.O. version of the LS1 (LS6) since it came out later.
When it comes to power range. the combination of the heads and cam will set the torque and hp min and max. I personally like a flat torque curve all the way through the RPM range. I like the feel of my body constantly sinking into the seat at a constant rate till I shift.