Thoughts on isky 218/218 112 0.570" / 0.570
01-22-2017, 10:47 PM
#21
I would use better rods. The way I see it is if you are going to use stock rods why not save yourself even more money and just run a SBE. I don't know what a used 5.3 runs but I would think it's not much more the those pistons alone. By the time you are done spending money building some odd ball engine I'm sure you will have spend much more than if you just used a SBE and it won't be able to produce any more HP than a SBE if you use stock rods.
01-23-2017, 10:31 AM
#22
I guess thats an option just use the stock 5.7 pistons and save a bunch of money. Anyone know roughly how much hp the 5.7 can take in stock form? I guess I dont know how much hp a 5.3 to 5.7 aluminum block can handle. Might be pointless to go forged if a bored out 5.3 can only handle 600hp.
01-25-2017, 02:36 PM
#25
Just talked to a shop today that will bore it for around $200. He said he has never done this with a LC9 block and not sure it can be done. Is there a difference between the l33 and the lc9? Thought the lc9 just has dod/afm. Don't want to ruin the block. If nobody has done this on one before might just rebuild as a 5.3 again. If to risky. Thanks for helping guys.
Last edited by crashmymax; 01-25-2017 at 04:18 PM.