243 Heads on 5.3
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243 Heads on 5.3
I know this mod has been beaten to death, but I need some clarification.
I have a GMC 99 Stepside with a 5.3l engine, Radix 112 Magnacharger w/3.0 pulley, Dynatech longtube headers, stock heads (LS6 cam and yellow behive springs).
I have a set of LS6 243 heads, which I would like to install, but I'm not sure how much to mill off the decks. Since I have a supercharger, do I want to mill less than the .030" than what's been suggested in the forum?
Is this mod a good idea or a waste of time and money, not enough bang for the buck??
Any expert advice would be appreciated. Thanks.
I have a GMC 99 Stepside with a 5.3l engine, Radix 112 Magnacharger w/3.0 pulley, Dynatech longtube headers, stock heads (LS6 cam and yellow behive springs).
I have a set of LS6 243 heads, which I would like to install, but I'm not sure how much to mill off the decks. Since I have a supercharger, do I want to mill less than the .030" than what's been suggested in the forum?
Is this mod a good idea or a waste of time and money, not enough bang for the buck??
Any expert advice would be appreciated. Thanks.
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What CC are the stock heads...the LS6 heads are 64cc making 10.5:1 on a 5.7L. I am sure you know if the 5.3 heads have bigger chambers or by milling them you make the LS6 heads smaller then you are bumping up compression. I do agree if they have many miles on a slight mill to true them up is a good thing.
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All heads will vary slightly but I think that stock 5.3's are about 61 and the LS6 (243) heads are 64 or 65. I think that head volume will decrease 1 cc for every .005" of milling. Even with a slight mill, the LS6 heads would still be 63 cc or so which would decrease his compression ratio slightly. He can play around with head gasket size if he wants to fine tune it.
*disclaimer, number noted above are off the top of my head (and therefore approximate). If you wany exact numbers, do you own search.
*disclaimer, number noted above are off the top of my head (and therefore approximate). If you wany exact numbers, do you own search.
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It is only my opinion, but I have seen the radix perform very well on cars and trucks running at or just under 10:1 compression. Putting the 243's on a stock LM7 will drop CR, sure you can run more boost and maybe better peak HP but at the cost of your power out of boost. I'd set them up to at least keep the stock CR. Just my observations/opinion.