I'm looking to purchase a stock Engine assembly from a salvage yard for about 500 bucks. I need to know what to look for before buying one. I know that gm uses the same 4.8/5.3 block, but i dont want to buy another 4.8. I want a 5.3 or evening better a 6.0L. Just dont want to get jipped at the place of purchase. please help!!

 

which junkyard are you going to. sometimes they label the motors with stock #s then they have the vin of what the motor came out of.

i kno i went to a couple places off of north sheperd. the guys at Pickup Parts have been cool with mee

 

also on the outside u really cant tell unless u pull heads

 

Pull a plug and look...4.8 pistons are flat-top,5.3 are dished.

Someone said a DOD 5.3 might have flat-tops,too.

 

the latest one was off of hardy toll rd and south of the beltway. their are asking $500 for the complete assembly. could i get the vin#'s and call in to check right?

 

my buddy has one that he's been trying to sell for $500. has about 50k miles on it but he's located in sc. not sure if you're wanting to deal with shipping.

 

yea they should have it. bc then u could jus look at the eighth digit. what motor do you have right now?

 

i have a 4.8L now with 125k on it.

 

yea just check the VIN they pull the engine out of..

 

i picked up a motor this past thursday at Tex Mex off of airline for 500. Clean low milage motor. I pulled the heads off last night to check if its a 5.3

the motor was jus sitting on a stand along with plenty of others