Yea it will definatly be easier now

 

You didn't look at the vin? Sorry to hear that. At least you opted for 243s, all your stuff should run great on the 6.0.

 

unfortunetly no i didnt..i took the dude i bought the truck off's word. i figured a fully loaded v8 truck would have the best engine you could get also. but i was wrong and so was he..o well. it does give me a reason to 6.0 swap it now.

 

found a hell of a deal on a 05' lq4 longblock. needs gone threw tho. but at the price he's asking, ill make money selling the stuff off it i dont need. so its a win win situation.

 

picked up a 6.0 longblock today, will have pics up later.

 

I'd always be wary of which V8 is in a RCSB 1500. I've never seen one with a 5.3, they're all 4.8's when I've looked at them. At least you didn't get a v6 so you only have a shortblock swap to do.

However, I have a buddy pushing 15lbs. on a stock 4.8 and it refuses to give up. He's been doing it for 2+ years now and with 40" tires I didn't think it'd handle it for a month.

 

usually a LS rcsb with a v8 has a 5.3..i was looking for one for months and when i searched, i seemed like most of the work trucks had the 4.8 and the fully loaded trucks had the 5.3..there was a few fully loaded trucks with 4,8 but it wasnt common..i just got stuck with one of those 4.8 unfortunetly..but honestly, i dont know why i just didnt start with a 6.0 swap from the beginning. this will be the best upgrade ive done to the truck.

 

but yes, the 4.8 loves boost. and id seriously put money down on a 4.8 to make more power on boost then a 5.3 or 6.0. everything about the 4.8 is perfict for boost. im just looking for decent horse power N/A build for now...but boost later.

 

yanked the 4.8 out last nite

 

heres the lq4..gunna go through it since its got some higher miles..new bearings, rings and seals should to the job.