Well your calculations are definitely wrong.

1. You forgot to add the negative value for a dish which is about -8cc

2. Are you sure it's .004 out of the hole??? Every block is different. I typically see .005-008 out of the hole on most factory stuff I have taken apart.

3. What gaskets are you using??? Are you sure that is the correct bore size on the gasket???

 

I'm not sure about anything lol, and why would I subtract for a dish on a flat top piston? I dunno I was just trying to get close on the compression ratio

 

The piston you listed showed for a 5.3 with a dish. If your going with the 5.7 flat top then there is no need. What gasket? The bore size is also listed as 5.3l

 

Speedpro 4.8 flat top
Graphite gasket
I guess I'll rent a compression tester and do the math from that, heads are on not taking it back apart to measure lol

Thanks for the info though

 

 

Been busy at work, think I'm going to have to actually take some pto to get her in the truck, hopefully this weekend

 

Off the top of my head, I know of four sources for balancer install tools. Summit Racing, Scoggin Dickey, eBay, and a guy on Facebook.

 

While that's all well and good its sort of like getting lucky and realizing you don't have a condom.

And it's 2am on a sunday. And she has a latex allergy.

Point being I didn't know you need a special tool, unless you know that the universal balancer install kit doesn't work you can't plan for anything else.

 

I hear that. Sometimes you just gotta say "**** it" and keep on rolling. Lol

You could give the back of the crankshaft a few whacks with a deadblow hammer in case the thrust beating did shift. Should be fine though.

 

I took half a day Friday off and Saturday and Sunday, so hopefully I'll get to post some idle bids or something this weekend. I don't know my one helper already flaked on me so I don't even know if I'm going to have the man power to get the tbi 350 / 700 r4 out and the new 5.3 / 4l65 in