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Oct 10, 2009 | 06:34 PM

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are 4.8 and 5.3 pistons the same size

Oct 10, 2009 | 07:23 PM

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yup but the 4.8's are flat tops and the 5.3 are dished unless you get a VHO 5.3 L33 then they are also flat tops

Oct 11, 2009 | 04:07 PM

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search it. There was a thread on this a while back i think something is different about the pin size or location.

Oct 11, 2009 | 11:06 PM

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Originally Posted by murdered_outgmc

yup but the 4.8's are flat tops and the 5.3 are dished unless you get a VHO 5.3 L33 then they are also flat tops

L33 5.3 pistons and 4.8 pistons have the same part number too.

Oct 12, 2009 | 09:18 AM

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Originally Posted by barley

search it. There was a thread on this a while back i think something is different about the pin size or location.

No you can swap them out to bump compression. As mentioned the L33 5.3L pistons and the 4.8L pistons share the same part number.

I will save you the 4 pages of BS from that disscusion.

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