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Old 05-14-2009, 11:56 PM   #8
americanmusc1e
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Re: 383 or 5.3?????????

here is what concerns me about the 5.3

My old vortec headed 350 with 260High Energy cam


the vortec headed 383 with a 268 Extreme energy cam


the stock 5.3


this is desktop dyno so I expect the HP/TQ figures are a little exaderated but look at the torque of the 350 and the 383 compared to the 5.3, I know the fuel injection will make up for some of it, but I'm still a little worried that this will be like driving a weak 305,
it wouldn't be so bad if it werent' for the 3.08 gears, which, when I get the money, I'm changing out the 3.73's
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