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Can someone go over my build?

La RPM on Sep 15, 2012

Sep 15, 2012 12:43 PM
by TurboBerserker

2

988

chamber, combustion, f150, ford, head, heads, machine, shop, welding

Best heads/bang for the buck.

04Hall on Aug 31, 2012

Sep 14, 2012 06:39 PM
by 53bowtie

5

1,484

2003, 2500hd, 383, 53, end, forum, intake, low, power, rate, rig, rigs, torque, tow, towing, trucks

Better for the tow rig....Rate these

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383vert on Sep 11, 2012

Sep 14, 2012 09:51 AM
by 383vert

11

2,727

53, bar, block, deck, engine, flat, ls1tech, motor, nics, rough, rust, sand, surface

block deck surface question

Gadgetized on Sep 13, 2012

Sep 13, 2012 09:52 PM
by 1FastBrick

6

1,311

improvement, lightweight, ls3, manufacture, mybb, powered, quality, retainers, speed, springs, steel, texas, titanium, tool, tools

New Tool Steel Retainers for PRC Spring Kits!

Sales2@Texas-speed on Sep 13, 2012

Sep 13, 2012 05:24 PM
by oakley6575

1

1,965

18, adjustable, clear, covers, gm, l92, ls, ls3, rocjers, rocker, rockers, roller, shaft, truck, valve, z06

YT 1.8 L92/LS3 Adjustable Rockers

Duntov1967 on Aug 17, 2012

Sep 12, 2012 10:42 PM
by Duntov1967

4

1,958

Carnage

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stock48 on May 20, 2008

Sep 9, 2012 06:43 AM
by PaperPatched

27

4,377

Moved

Catch Can GB

fastnblu on Sep 4, 2012

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Tsp ported oil pump failed me!

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chevyboy.520 on Sep 5, 2012

Sep 8, 2012 10:07 PM
by oakley6575

22

5,486

01, 53, cam, cams, camshaft, engine, gm, good, heads, kind, l59, lq9, road, stock, torque

LQ9 cam in L59

kretty on Sep 7, 2012

Sep 7, 2012 12:51 PM
by TXSZ66AVLANCHE

4

9,253

2012, 212, 212218, 218, cam, hardened, hp, lift, low, ls, ls6, motors, octane, pushrods, siverado, springs, tune

quick question about cams

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kretty on Aug 29, 2012

Sep 7, 2012 06:50 AM
by kretty

21

2,979

03, 215, 215223, 223, 224r, 48, 53, 62, beating, cam, cammed, headers, ls, sikky, silverado, ss

5.3 to beat up on an silly ss?

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rice eater 03 on Aug 29, 2012

Sep 5, 2012 08:13 PM
by sand man

20

3,975

build, buy, change, daily, driver, engine, lm7, lsx, mods, oil, parts, performance, pistons, pump, upgrades

lm7 build LSx parts?

kush killer on Sep 3, 2012

Sep 3, 2012 09:02 PM
by oakley6575

3

4,671

25, 317, 317s, company, ford, head, heads, lq4, motor, ported, speed, stage, texas, tsp

TSP Stage 3 Ported 317's

Cakes on Aug 31, 2012

Aug 31, 2012 11:05 PM
by Sales3@Texas-Speed

6

1,807

03, 04, cam, camshaft, elantra, hemi, install, installation, installing, ls, ls3, removal, swap, tips, vvt

how to guide on vvt cam install?

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forklord on Jul 11, 2012

Aug 31, 2012 10:55 AM
by shaw_426hemi

18

38,474

I've got a couple 243 ?'s

afterburn84 on Aug 30, 2012

Aug 31, 2012 09:21 AM
by Sales3@Texas-Speed

4

797

lifter, lifters, long, ls2, ls6, ls7, ls9, newls7, oil, preload, pressure, pump, quiet, stock, till, up

lifter preload experts take a look

lavoy on Aug 25, 2012

Aug 30, 2012 10:57 AM
by Sales3@Texas-Speed

5

2,325

Different heads questions

03 BLKTAHOE on Aug 26, 2012

Aug 30, 2012 10:47 AM
by Sales3@Texas-Speed

8

758

crank, crankshaft, damaged, knocked, over, pulley, silverado

would you use a crank that had been knocked over

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Gadgetized on Aug 21, 2012

Aug 29, 2012 09:15 PM
by zeake

12

1,922

block, engine, false, gen, hemi, iii, install, knock, make, nnbs, replacement, sensitive, sensor, sensors, stalling, start

Gen III motor in NNBS (knock sensors)

carbongmc on Aug 27, 2012

Aug 28, 2012 02:29 PM
by grey matter 04

9

6,034

14, 2007, 243, 53, c5, cam, cammed, chevy, compression, heads, ls, price, pricing, silverado, stock, times, turn, vette, z06

243 Z06 Heads and Cam On an '03 5.3

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bluebird71 on Aug 19, 2012

Aug 27, 2012 11:33 PM
by bluebird71

32

47,651

115, 226, 230, 251267, 624624, big, cam, cathedriel, heads, lsa, performancetrucks, performers, powered, top, vbulletin

best cathedral heads for big cam ?

silverado.408 on Aug 27, 2012

Aug 27, 2012 10:16 PM
by TXsilverado

7

1,478

53, 581, arms, cammed, good, lift, rocker, stock, truck, ts220r

Look!! Cam question

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HOWELL on Jul 18, 2011

Aug 27, 2012 06:30 PM
by kretty

15

2,270

53, bad, cam, camshaft, cost, engine, failure, harden, hardened, hardening, heat, soft, squeak, symptom, treatment

The hardening on my stock cam failed

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kretty on Aug 3, 2012

Aug 26, 2012 06:15 PM
by jrmchevyman

21

3,139

05, 1500, 53, build, crank, drop, gmc, headers, kit, sierra, silverado, stroker, turbo, twin, vortec

Making a stock 5.3 vortec into a stroker 5.3?

Alfred Bruce Millett on Aug 18, 2012

Aug 23, 2012 08:32 PM
by ForcedTQ

7

34,290

020, 030, 04, 53l, bigger, chevy, compression, gasket, head, heads, ls1tech, milled, or03, silverado, thickness

.04 or .03 cometic gaskets. Which would you choose?

tqcraver00 on Aug 16, 2012

Aug 23, 2012 02:20 PM
by Sales3@Texas-Speed

5

2,306

2001, broke, broken, burnt, change, chevy, cylinder, engine, lq9, motor, piston, reasons, replace, replaceing, replacing, silverado, suburban, wall

replacing just 1 piston

jjc839 on Aug 18, 2012

Aug 22, 2012 12:46 AM
by AKlowriderZ71

8

12,454

92, bolt, cam, chevy, heads, l92, ls, ls2, obs, parts, rockers, silverado, swap, truck, work

LS in a OBS, help me finish my top end!

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foreverfalcon40 on Mar 29, 2012

Aug 21, 2012 01:49 PM
by foreverfalcon40

45

13,929

202, 53, 862, bigger, bore, cylinder, flow, heads, increase, install, stock, top, valve, valves, wwwtopvalvesnet

valve/cylinder interference 5.3 question

cudaeh on Aug 13, 2012

Aug 21, 2012 12:33 PM
by spent21

6

5,674

408, add, block, boost, build, cam, exhaust, horse, horsepower, lq9, monster, power, short, size, stock, towing

Looking for some input lq9 408 ?

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silverado.408 on Aug 19, 2012

Aug 20, 2012 03:27 AM
by silverado.408

16

4,078

18, 222224, 48l, add, cam, comp, converter, engine, horses, price, recommendation, rockers, stall, xr265hr, xr275hr

xr275hr cam in a 4.8

Awwsheet4.8 on Aug 18, 2012

Aug 20, 2012 12:04 AM
by Sales3@Texas-Speed

3

3,882

408, burned, fuel, likes, ls, ls2, mixture, motor, na, plug, plugs, rich, run, spark, stroker

408 stroker...spark plugs burned

ms38w on Aug 19, 2012

Aug 20, 2012 12:01 AM
by Sales3@Texas-Speed

3

8,558

4000, 48, cam, lq9, nbs, silverado, stall

4.8 questions

silverado.408 on Aug 18, 2012

Aug 18, 2012 09:21 PM
by mongooseboy000

4

930

2007, bearing, caliper, clearance, clearances, dial, lq4, main, setting

Bearing clearance again....!

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Hivelocit on Aug 16, 2012

Aug 18, 2012 12:11 AM
by Hivelocit

12

7,068

216220, 48, 4l60e, budget, build, cam, converter, gas, kit, mileage, shift, sierra, stock, truck, tune

Budget 4.8 Build!

Gearheadguru on Jul 13, 2012

Aug 17, 2012 01:19 AM
by AndysC3

8

10,407

219230, blower, cam, forum, heads, l92, ls2, mods, trblower

TR Blower cam with L92 heads

DoubleTrouble on Aug 15, 2012

Aug 15, 2012 10:24 PM
by oakley6575

1

1,375

212, 212218, 218, 48, 53, cam, camshaft, idle, lift, low, lowest, speed, stall, stock, texas

212/218 low lift cam for 4.8?

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Awwsheet4.8 on Aug 12, 2012

Aug 15, 2012 03:19 PM
by Awwsheet4.8

14

17,100

buy, cclip, clip, clips, gm, happen, listing, location, lq4, pin, piston, power, retainer, reuse, sealed

Thoughts on Piston C Clips

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Hivelocit on Aug 6, 2012

Aug 13, 2012 10:43 PM
by Hivelocit

10

5,627

Cam /head

Blacksrt403 on Aug 9, 2012

Aug 11, 2012 09:20 PM
by Blacksrt403

4

1,287

226243, abdc, cam, compression, dcr, dynamic, lq4, lq9, ls1, make, raise, specs, stock, tech

Dynamic Compression

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05HD1500 on Jul 10, 2009

Aug 10, 2012 10:27 AM
by 05HD1500

19

8,300

01, 2003, air, build, chevy, inch, inches, lq4, ls3, maf, mass, meter, silverado, truck

Anyone using a 4 inch MAF and if so, did you notice any worthy difference?

low2001gmc on Aug 8, 2012

Aug 10, 2012 12:17 AM
by 02_Orange_D1SC

6

1,611

2001, 2004, 2005, 53, arp, bolts, build, difference, factory, head, length, lq4, ls1, studs, turbo, z06

Head Bolts vs Head Studs

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nonnieselman on Jul 31, 2012

Aug 9, 2012 12:52 PM
by Team Paulie

33

31,985

243370, 430, 60, cam, ford, gears, heads, intake, job, motion, net, polish, port, powered, vbulletin, wisconsin

6.0 build

heavyhitter5.3 on Jul 22, 2012

Aug 9, 2012 05:51 AM
by TXSZ66AVLANCHE

7

1,781

05, 2004, 317, 53, castings, company, fit, gmc, head, heads, motor, phoenix, powered, sierra, silverado, vbulletin, work

how much do i have to mill the 317 heads for a NA 5.3L

400ss on Aug 3, 2012

Aug 8, 2012 07:01 PM
by ForcedTQ

6

13,351

Lifter tick?

supercharged680 on Aug 7, 2012

Aug 8, 2012 09:28 AM
by str8_4rm_htown

2

777

cam, cams, comp, cover, engine, fast, fit, fourms, intake, lsxrt, motion, mycam, silverado, suck, sucks, xfi

My Cam sucks...suggestions please..

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gnd111 on Mar 7, 2012

Aug 7, 2012 10:00 PM
by gnd111

48

9,266

53, chain, engine, ls1, ls2, parts, project, timing

05 5.3 LS1 or LS2 ????

banjoman on Aug 6, 2012

Aug 6, 2012 02:59 PM
by Gadgetized

1

1,036

12, 220224, 3800, 48, 48l, big, build, cam, fast, hc, injectors, na, nitrous, ported, rcsb, review, stall, swap

H/C 4.8l in my new DD 2000 RCSB, opinions?

89LS1FOXER on Aug 3, 2012

Aug 4, 2012 02:40 PM
by kelsey_canard

7

2,738

need some help asap

03 silverado on Aug 3, 2012

Aug 4, 2012 06:12 AM
by 03 silverado

5

718

2001, 225, cast, corvette, engines, gm, lifter, lifters, lq4, ls7, noise, prc, sdparts, start, style, z06

? On lifters

Hivelocit on Jul 30, 2012

Aug 4, 2012 04:36 AM
by Hivelocit

8

2,220

03, 60, bow, cost, engines, intake, internal, manifold, mods, swapping

Yea, Another 6.0 swap

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smoggist on Jul 23, 2012

Aug 3, 2012 06:57 PM
by smoggist

12

2,680

2004, arp, bolts, caps, cost, hone, ktm, line, lsx, main, motor, silverado, studs, tty

ARP mains

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MPFD on Aug 1, 2012

Aug 3, 2012 12:20 PM
by MPFD

10

1,659

12573460, 12573460bar, 53, barbell, bell, buy, chevy, gallery, gm, ls, number, oil, oiling, part, restrictor

Oil barbell part #

Hivelocit on Aug 2, 2012

Aug 2, 2012 06:12 PM
by Hivelocit

3

3,274

05, 317, cam, castings, gmc, head, heads, lq9, patriot, pictures, sierra, stage, work

What head

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Blacksrt403 on Jul 22, 2012

Jul 31, 2012 01:31 PM
by Blacksrt403

12

2,215

53, cover, electronic, forums, hemi, lifter, lifters, liter, replaceing, valve

replaceing lifters

kretty on Jul 31, 2012

Jul 31, 2012 12:23 PM
by nonnieselman

3

971

new build questions

pillittokillit04 on Jul 29, 2012

Jul 31, 2012 05:20 AM
by pillittokillit04

2

615

243, 243s, aluminum, gaskets, header, motor, truck

Which head gasket with 243's

banjoman on Jul 29, 2012

Jul 31, 2012 12:04 AM
by Sales3@Texas-Speed

5

1,203

53l, ac, blazer, bracket, cam, cammed, e85, engine, injectors, k5, kit, lq9, painted, procharged, stock, swap

Swap to a Cammed LQ9 OR ProCharge my 5.3??

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Ford_Assassin on Jul 7, 2012

Jul 28, 2012 11:06 PM
by DR132

18

6,461

121, 1281, 93, 9to1, compression, dcr, gas, highest, ls2, max, maximum, octane, race, run, running, start

highest compression on 93 octane

teamblackandred on Mar 29, 2012

Jul 28, 2012 06:40 PM
by JoeyGC5

9

5,409

Starting a new build. Looking for pointers

Blzerridendirty on Jul 12, 2012

Jul 27, 2012 07:58 PM
by shawn96gmc

9

1,024

bb, chamber, chevy, combustion, cylinder, engine, heads, intake, notch, tool, unshroud, unshrouded, unshrouding, valve, valves, wall

anyone unshroud their valves?

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Gadgetized on Jul 24, 2012

Jul 26, 2012 05:33 PM
by Gadgetized

10

13,245

Heads

stoicho315 on Jul 22, 2012

Jul 23, 2012 04:31 PM
by slowswb

5

863

220, 220r, 53l, california, cam, emission, emissions, overlap, run, specs, stock, tsp, tsp220, tsp220220, tune

TSP 220r cam and California emissions?

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1 2)

devink on Jul 12, 2012

Jul 23, 2012 04:02 PM
by Ferocity02

16

10,413

high milelage 6L build and swap questions

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1 2)

04GMShorty on Jul 20, 2012

Jul 21, 2012 07:19 PM
by 04GMShorty

10

1,903

408, 60, boosted, bore, forums, gap, lq4, ls1, na, piston, ring, rings, stock, tech, turbo

Ring Gap.. again!

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1 2)

Hivelocit on Jul 18, 2012

Jul 20, 2012 04:12 PM
by Hivelocit

11

18,545

114, 224232, 53, 581595, bored, cam, comp, cylinder, illinois, intake, iron, motor, performance, shop, silverado, sleeve, tbss, truck

Does this need to be bored?

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slowswb on Jul 17, 2012

Jul 19, 2012 04:59 PM
by slowswb

12

2,146

4l80e, 53, 60, 81, cam, camera, ceramic, coated, converter, k5, l33, lock, lq4, overdrive, put, shorties, tow, towing

Is this Cam Too Big For Towing?

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Ford_Assassin on Jun 11, 2012

Jul 19, 2012 09:14 AM
by Ford_Assassin

17

5,460

53, build, cam, engine, headers, ls6, mild, performance, springs, stock, tahoe, torque, tri

mild 5.3 Build, suggestions?

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1 2)

Giterdunn on Jul 17, 2012

Jul 18, 2012 10:36 PM
by Vortec350ss

14

8,763

balancing, crank, ls1tech, rebuild, stock

Another machining ?

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1 2)

Hivelocit on Jul 14, 2012

Jul 18, 2012 02:06 AM
by oakley6575

12

1,562

04, 224, cam, converter, drop, horsepower, install, put, silverado, stock, trucks, tsp, tsp224, tsp224r, turbo

TSP224 Cam install

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1 2)

natejk on Jul 10, 2012

Jul 16, 2012 04:19 PM
by natejk

17

5,243

A few upgrades

PSI GUY on May 13, 2012

Jul 15, 2012 05:41 PM
by PSI GUY

6

1,387

2001, 317, 60, common, crack, cracked, cracks, guides, head, heads, ls, sierra, stock, valve, worn

Cracked heads (317's)?

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Hivelocit on Jul 11, 2012

Jul 14, 2012 03:55 PM
by midevil1

12

17,143

05, 2005, 53, 53l, 60, chevy, conversion, crankshaft, express, performance, silverado, swap, swapping, truck, trucks, van

1999 6.0 swap into 05 5.3 truck

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Gadgetized on Jul 13, 2012

Jul 14, 2012 12:21 PM
by 1FastBrick

11

2,272

Rockers

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1 2)

Blacksrt403 on Jun 20, 2012

Jul 13, 2012 05:54 PM
by Sales3@Texas-Speed

13

3,499

07, 2007, 53, buy, chevy, chevy53, engine, forum, forums, knock, price, startup, tahoe, tick, ticking

2007 Chevy 5.3 engine knock...

sevfd404 on Jul 9, 2012

Jul 10, 2012 08:53 AM
by Robert91RS

8

5,979