NA 5.3 suggestions
01-17-2005, 06:10 PM
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NA 5.3 suggestions
Looking at Patriot 5.3 heads to go on my 5.3 in an 02 sierra. Whos got some recommendations. This is an everday driver but, obviously I want the most HP/TQ possible without loosing alot of drivability. I plan on doing heads, cam and pushrods at the sametime, Will I need to change rockers also. This is going to be an NA motor and I dont plan on gasing it.
Ill tryed this in ls1 section and didnt get any feedback, if you where going NA and staying with stock displacement what would you do.
Ill tryed this in ls1 section and didnt get any feedback, if you where going NA and staying with stock displacement what would you do.
01-17-2005, 06:41 PM
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Originally Posted by 02sierraz71_5.3
Looking at Patriot 5.3 heads to go on my 5.3 in an 02 sierra. Whos got some recommendations. This is an everday driver but, obviously I want the most HP/TQ possible without loosing alot of drivability. I plan on doing heads, cam and pushrods at the sametime, Will I need to change rockers also. This is going to be an NA motor and I dont plan on gasing it.
Ill tryed this in ls1 section and didnt get any feedback, if you where going NA and staying with stock displacement what would you do.
Ill tryed this in ls1 section and didnt get any feedback, if you where going NA and staying with stock displacement what would you do.
nice size cam with @.550 lift and low lsa to keep powerband down
something around 220 and 112 lsa
I wouldnt bother changing rockers either
01-17-2005, 07:12 PM
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Originally Posted by 02sierraz71_5.3
what heads would you go with patriot looks good but I wonder about the quality
01-17-2005, 07:44 PM
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Gotta love those all motor 5.3's!!!!!!!!!!!
Do get the heads. I had my stock ones milled .050, 3 angle valve job, and ported. That alone woke up the power big time. Then a nice sized cam will also do wonders. I'd say a 224/224 112LSA at the least.
Those along with free flowing exhaust and intake will give you huge gains.
Dont forget or skimp on a good tune also. My truck was tuned for low timing and high rates of fuel to feed the 225 shot. Now with the cam it runs great one day and dies every stop light the next. That will be fixed soon though.
And a good stall is a must.
Do get the heads. I had my stock ones milled .050, 3 angle valve job, and ported. That alone woke up the power big time. Then a nice sized cam will also do wonders. I'd say a 224/224 112LSA at the least.
Those along with free flowing exhaust and intake will give you huge gains.
Dont forget or skimp on a good tune also. My truck was tuned for low timing and high rates of fuel to feed the 225 shot. Now with the cam it runs great one day and dies every stop light the next. That will be fixed soon though.
And a good stall is a must.
01-17-2005, 08:36 PM
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if you get your heads milled .050 you will prolly have to get different pushrods where as with something milled .020 or .030 you can still stay with stock pushrods with just a little bit of chatter
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01-17-2005, 08:37 PM
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Call Patriot tell them what you are doing and ask what their suggestions are.They sell cams and valvetrain components and can probably fix you up with the components to match your goals.
01-17-2005, 11:05 PM
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Gotta love those all motor 5.3's!!!!!!!!!!!
Do get the heads. I had my stock ones milled .050, 3 angle valve job, and ported. That alone woke up the power big time. Then a nice sized cam will also do wonders. I'd say a 224/224 112LSA at the least.
Those along with free flowing exhaust and intake will give you huge gains.
Dont forget or skimp on a good tune also. My truck was tuned for low timing and high rates of fuel to feed the 225 shot. Now with the cam it runs great one day and dies every stop light the next. That will be fixed soon though.
And a good stall is a must.
Do get the heads. I had my stock ones milled .050, 3 angle valve job, and ported. That alone woke up the power big time. Then a nice sized cam will also do wonders. I'd say a 224/224 112LSA at the least.
Those along with free flowing exhaust and intake will give you huge gains.
Dont forget or skimp on a good tune also. My truck was tuned for low timing and high rates of fuel to feed the 225 shot. Now with the cam it runs great one day and dies every stop light the next. That will be fixed soon though.
And a good stall is a must.
01-18-2005, 09:17 AM
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Our pistons are already dished so you would have to have a large cam even with .050 milled heads before you run into ptv clearance problems. With the new base circle of my cam and .040 milled off my heads, 7.35 pushrods were perfect.
As for a set of heads for a 5.3 truck.. dont get a set of heads that are 'hogged out' unless you get a big cam that warrants it. You want to keep port velocity up which in turn gives you a more usable torque curve.
As for a set of heads for a 5.3 truck.. dont get a set of heads that are 'hogged out' unless you get a big cam that warrants it. You want to keep port velocity up which in turn gives you a more usable torque curve.