So me and and friend went and picked up a motor for a lil project we been working on. Its a 91 scsb bagged truck. It has a weak natural light built 350(natrual light built= buy a buddy a 12 pack and he put it together). The truck is not dependable and not only that it has a turbo 400 trans(3 forward speeds) and a 4.11 gear.

We decided to pick up a 5.3 and 4l60 for this truck. That would solve the dependability issue as well as pick up a few ponies to play with. The whole thing was a complete pull out of a truck that a guy swapped his body to a 4wd frame that was newer. We went and got the motor without ever hearing it run.

Bad news, we pulled the heads and 5 of the cylinders have water in them. So we started tearing down the motor and decided to rebuild it. The block can be honed and fixed very easy and the pistons are still good. So we are gonna put a set of main bearings, rings, arp head bolts and the other items that we need to make it stock.

Now onto the question, will a ls1 cam out of a camaro benifit this motor in any way or is it just not worth the effort or time putting it into the motor since it is already torn down this far? Money is a large issue as we bought the motor thinking it was ready to drop in.
Any opinions??????

cliff notes
bought motor for project
5.3/4l60
doesnt run gonna rebuild
opinion on ls1 cam or stock cam?

 

Corvette LS1
97-98 12554710 199/207 .472/.479 117
98-99 12560964 199/207 .472/.479 117
2000 12560968 198/209 .500/.500 115.5
01-03 12561721 198/207 .467/.479 116

Camaro/Firebird
98 12557812 198/209 .500/.500 119.5
99-00 12560965 198/209 .500/.500 119.5
01-02 12561721 196/207 .467/.479 116

Trucks and SUV with Vortec engine
LR4 and LM7
99 12560966 191/190 .457/.466 115.5
00-04 12560967 191/190 .457/.466 114
the 03-04 LM7 used the 12560967 camshaft

LQ4
99-00 12560967 191/190 .457/.466 114
01-04 12561721 196/207 .467/.479 116
01-04 LQ4 cam is same as Camaro, Corvette LS1 and LQ9 cam





I have a stock 2004 LQ4 cam ill sell ya for cheap

 

Don't really get what that means but anyway... while it is apart it would definitely be a good idea to, at the very least, put in an LS1 or even the early LS6 cam. Looking at what nonnieselman posted, you want to try and find a '00 Corvette cam first, then look for a '01 up LS1/LQ4/9 cam.