This 5.3 worth it?

[Damn True]

I think I will do this story.. Just build the cheapest bang-for-buck 5.3L I can.

Iron block.. 5.3 heads.. 4.8L pistons.. all used parts except maybe a cam and some gaskets.

Later we can transplant it into a 82 Malibu wagon we have and go over how to smog it in CA.

Bet I could get the engine done for under $1,500 (TB to pan) not counting electronics..

Do it!



Yeah, you'll have to get new GM gaskets, maybe throw a GMPP hot cam kit at it at the most unless there is a good alternative in another LSX engine. But everything else from pick-a-part. Buff out the valve covers yourself, grind the flash off the intake and paint it.