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4.8 pistons in a 5.3

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Old Jan 29, 2008 | 07:54 PM
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i can hear it now.. ping, ping, ping.

what compression ratio are you looking at achieving?
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Old Jan 29, 2008 | 08:15 PM
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11.5 to 1 or somewhere round there maybe idk **** they sale race gas down the street lol
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Old Jan 29, 2008 | 08:33 PM
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Originally Posted by jkwalkercchs
11.5 to 1 or somewhere round there maybe idk **** they sale race gas down the street lol
lol.. good. that's not as bad as i thought you were looking at achieving.
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Old Jan 29, 2008 | 08:36 PM
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idk for sure some1 wanna be koo and do the compression calculator on it
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Old Jan 29, 2008 | 10:59 PM
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Hell, anyone got a 4.8 piston they would give me? I could just measure it against my 5.3 pistons.
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Old Jan 30, 2008 | 08:08 AM
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there's a thread about this a while back . . . search 4.8 wrist pin . . . you might find it.
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Old Feb 10, 2008 | 01:26 PM
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ok back up top what would the cp ratio be if u went with the 4.8 piston in a 5.3 assuming that the pin height is the same
head gasket? a thin one lol
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Old Feb 10, 2008 | 02:43 PM
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this was all that I found

https://www.performancetrucks.net/fo...=4.8+wrist+pin


1slow01z71 posted some specs a while back, but I have no idea on what the topic was
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Old Feb 10, 2008 | 05:01 PM
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ok so im still confused
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