Hey y'all Ive been looking at all these performance mods for torque, and as me and my cousin were looking he said a very smart thing to me. " why not sell your 5.3, keep your your mods and through them on a new/used 6.2". That defiantly made a light go off in my head. Why bother with supercharging a 5.3 when all i really want is around 400 foot pounds of torque and around 380 hp. I'm assuming i can use my k&n, LT headers and off-road y-pipe for the 6.2 and should make close to 380 hp to the wheels. After a tune for 93 octane of coarse . My truck is on 295/70r18s and lifted therefore its not a racer, unless some one wants to make one at a red light . I'm in college and dont have a huge budget. What do yall think this swap would cost me. Unless someone wants to trade their 6.2 for a 5.3 that would be greatly appreciated. I'm pretty young (19) and have some knowledge with swapping engines. But i also have two neighbors that have lifts and builds racing motors. So i shouldn't have to much trouble with the install. Any ideas on pricing? or would it really be worth it?
-Blake

 

I see you live in Pville. Hit up Iamkeniff, since he lives in Gonzales, and he can tell you all that you need to know about the swap and more.

 

it's pretty simple. i did my engine, transmission swap in my driveway by myself pretty much


first of all you have to decide if you are putting a bone stock 6.2 in it or a cammed 6.2

pm if you have any questions.

 

Thanks y'all . I going to look more into. Id love to have a camed 6.2 but I would want a good towing/ torque cam and they can be tricky to find.

 

Not really. Anything 220 and smaller on intake side can work well and still hae enough *** to make something on the big end.

If i was me id run a vinici trucker high lift square port cam

 

do you have a 4 speed or 6 speed? the 4l60e would need to be beefed up or you will need a 4l80e from a 3/4 or 1 ton. bolt in so i hear. if you have a 6 speed that will work fine.

 

The 60e will live behind 400hp if you take caution an know how to drive it. Mine held just fine behind 400hp but i could tell it was slowing down the last month of its life. I bet if i would have shifted at 6400ish it would have lived longer than at 6800

 

All i have is the 60e I really wish i had the 6l80e.

 

my 60e did great behind a cammed 6.2. put 25K hard miles on it before the motor went out!

 

Damn how did you kill the motor??