place to purchase a Long block?
11-09-2015, 04:47 PM
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One thing nice about all those Hondas and Acuras the motors and trannys bolt right up with some wiring differences.
So far the only thing that isn't a direct fit is a 80E in the place of a 60E and there are some wiring mods.
Not just youngins mess with imports, there are plenty of old and young messing with some big imports like Supras or Lexus, Nissan, BMW, Audi.....lots of big power there.
11-09-2015, 04:49 PM
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As said before... if you use the same generation engine - EVERYTHING with swap over. Outward appearance between the 4.8/5.3/6.0 is exactly the same. I had a 2000 Silverado 5.3, I put a 2004 LQ4 in it. I reused my accessory drive, intake, exhaust manifolds, etc. This was my first time doing such a swap on this body style of truck. After the truck was totalled, I removed that engine. I now have a 2001 4.8 truck (251K miles and counting) and I guarantee that the same LQ4 will swap in without any issues.
11-09-2015, 05:12 PM
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That's a good question. I do t have a budget in mind since I'd probably be buying everything as time goes. Truck $8k-$10k, motor/trans - $6000, rear end $1000, then what ever a future turbo kit might cost.
11-09-2015, 07:10 PM
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So you took all of your 5.3 accessories and intake, fuel rail, vaccum lines, coil packs, etc and put them on a .040 over 6.0? As far as tha actually bolting the motor in place of the 5.3 you shouldn't have had any issues and it's just like a more powerful 5.3 is sitting there. All wiring, ECU, throttle cable/DBW connection, etc was absolutely flawless????!!!!!!!!
Outside of retuning my VE table, yes.
It really IS this easy.
11-09-2015, 07:22 PM
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Absolutely everything off of the 5.3 will bolt directly to a 6.0 harness PCM everything are exactly the same. Seeing as you are looking in the pre 07 then you need either a LQ4 or LQ9 6.0 Lq9 being preferable. Call scoggin dickey brand new ready to roll gm crate motor with a warranty. Drop it in take truck get it tuned by a custom tuner rock n roll. easy peasy
You can put in newer 6.0's and 6.2's and they are better performance wise but require more in getting intakes fuel systems and pcm's to cooperate.
You can put in newer 6.0's and 6.2's and they are better performance wise but require more in getting intakes fuel systems and pcm's to cooperate.
11-16-2015, 11:21 AM
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So after believing everyone I decided to do another check and see what GM part #s cross reference and it all 4.8, 5.3, 6.0 part number are all the same. GM is awesome for that reason. I'm just so surprised to go from a 4.8 to a 6.0 in displacement they still use the same intake and TB.