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Lm7 are around 350ish at the crank. To many magazines have gotten this result out of junk yard 5.3's. I have read the articles where a 5.3 w/ 235 heads (after market) and cams putting out amlost 500 crank hp. Depending on your transmission loss, 425 rwhp is obtainable. You can believe what you..
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Lm7 are around 350ish at the crank. To many magazines have gotten this result out of junk yard 5.3's. I have read the articles where a 5.3 w/ 235 heads (after market) and cams putting out amlost 500 crank hp. Depending on your transmission loss, 425 rwhp is obtainable. You can believe what you..
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My stock compression, stock headed 5.3 makes 330 at the wheels with just a 218/224@.050 cam. It does have the TBSS intake/throttle body combo, 1 3/4"x3" headers, exhaust, CAI, tune and a 3000 stall. It's in a crew cab truck and it's not that radical. A 1 point or 1.5 point more of compression, ported 243/799's or even small aftermarket heads and a little bigger cam should do 400rw without too much problem. Especially if it's going in something as light as a Syclone, it makes everything way more forgiving.
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WCC, there are alot of uninformed board members...lol... I am looking for a set of 799 or 243 heads (complete) for this project. If anyone knows of anyone selling please send them my way.