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Mike76251 · 09-24-2003, 11:20 AM

Piston slap is okay??????
I have heard it all now.
All they need to do offset the darn rod or better yet..........make the piston FIT the bore.
I drove a 2002 truck with a 5.3 and the thing had NO power.
That engine would just wind and wind and sound like it was coming apart but it wasn't pulling that truck worth a crap.

09-24-2003, 11:20 AM	#11
Mike76251 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 2,500	Piston slap is okay?????? I have heard it all now. All they need to do offset the darn rod or better yet..........make the piston FIT the bore. I drove a 2002 truck with a 5.3 and the thing had NO power. That engine would just wind and wind and sound like it was coming apart but it wasn't pulling that truck worth a crap.