Anyone read the article on pg 114 of the new Truckin' Magazine? (volume 36 #2 in case someone digs this up later).

They spent $3,523.35 to put an LS327 into an avalanche just to go from 202hp/272tq to 287hp/329tq. which is nice tq but holy ****.
They could have easily put a cam, exhaust and tune on the stock 5.3 and got 320/315 ~ out of it for WAYYYYY cheaper.

Why would someone make that swap other than lack of knowledge or just to say they have a 327. (more tq maybe?)

 

i saw that too.....i guess thats the good thing with a unlimited budget....u just blow money to say you got something, like a ls327 i rekon?

 

Isn't the 5.3 a 325 ci... Your right it makes no sense to do that swap.

 

it would be a whole lot cooler if they would sport them 327 badges ahaha!

there is not a day that goes by and i hear... "man what that things got" me... "a 5.3" them... "ah 327"

 

the LS327 IS a 327 but they spent 3 grand for 2ci and way less HP than camming it

 

Whats a used 6.0 run usually. lol

 

the LS327/327 Crate motor is basically a cam and piston upgrade from the 5.3. i don't know where they got their numbers from. according to GMPP, the actual HP/TQ is 327 horsepower and 347 lb.-ft. of torque.
my guess is they changed it because they wanted a fresh motor.

 

the numbers are RWhp 327/347 is flywheel.

They swapped it cuz they are trying to show off the motor that's a waste of money.

 

My roommate is a parts dealer for midway chevrolet, he says the ls327 is a 5.3 with a gm hotcam.

Just FYI.

 

interesting guess the 327 is for the WOW factor