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JKady · 03-03-2012, 06:15 PM

Anyone got numbers on what kinda power a 5.3 puts out with a carb on it? My buddy runs inventory at a local junkyard and recently informed me that they're letting great shape 5.3's go for 400-500 bucks, with the needed stuff to go to a carb I'm looking at about what I was going to spend building another gen 1. Would be throwing it in in front of a Th350, figure a 600-650 carb (which my 350 is getting shortly so that would just be carried over). Not doing it for fuel economy or trick factor, just looking at my options for cheap speed, can always put a 383 together.

03-03-2012, 06:15 PM	#20
JKady Registered User Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Roy, WA Posts: 53	Re: 5.3 Litre LS Conversion to a carb? Anyone got numbers on what kinda power a 5.3 puts out with a carb on it? My buddy runs inventory at a local junkyard and recently informed me that they're letting great shape 5.3's go for 400-500 bucks, with the needed stuff to go to a carb I'm looking at about what I was going to spend building another gen 1. Would be throwing it in in front of a Th350, figure a 600-650 carb (which my 350 is getting shortly so that would just be carried over). Not doing it for fuel economy or trick factor, just looking at my options for cheap speed, can always put a 383 together.