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Originally Posted by Dieselwrencher
Rob, I know what you mean by the lack of torque on the 5.3s. I am not really impressed honestly. I put a 5.3 with a BTR stage 3 cam in my 71 Camaro. It has a Super T10 and 3.08s. You really have to give her some rpm's so she doesn't die on take off. Granted it's a bit drastic with the highway gears but still. Come on.  |
They are rev happy engines for sure. I'll admit prior to the camper going on, with a completely empty K5 I could do some tidy burnouts with the 5.3 on 35" tires. Then the adult in me remembered what I paid for those 35's and stopped doing it.
They can make power, but they just don't pull it off down low. I'm not going to worry about that anymore.
The K5 hitched a ride over to the BigAssGas garage yesterday. Larry's industrial pressure washer got put into play and finished off the dirt and grime I missed when prior to the 5.3's removal.
