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**jocko** · 12-10-2018, 05:01 PM

Everyone has a right to their opinion, of course. I’m sure the Hemi is a great little motor, sure sounds neato. My opinion is that I’d still prefer a stock 350 to any hemi.
There are plenty of folks on here that have swapped LS motors into older trucks - and some of us have them in newer trucks - and personally I’m pretty happy with the more than sufficient power of my LS, and the 300k miles I’ve put on it without ever having to take it apart. Perhaps there is user error involved somewhere, especially if you’re only getting 60k on a 5.3. Telling a good chunk of the membership that their motors are junk, especially compared to a different manufacturers is, well, an opinion. Doesn’t mean it’s right, no matter how adamantly it’s stated.

12-10-2018, 05:01 PM	#14
jocko Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Godley, TX Posts: 17,937	Re: Anyone Done a Gen. 3 Hemi Swap on a C/10? Everyone has a right to their opinion, of course. I’m sure the Hemi is a great little motor, sure sounds neato. My opinion is that I’d still prefer a stock 350 to any hemi. There are plenty of folks on here that have swapped LS motors into older trucks - and some of us have them in newer trucks - and personally I’m pretty happy with the more than sufficient power of my LS, and the 300k miles I’ve put on it without ever having to take it apart. Perhaps there is user error involved somewhere, especially if you’re only getting 60k on a 5.3. Telling a good chunk of the membership that their motors are junk, especially compared to a different manufacturers is, well, an opinion. Doesn’t mean it’s right, no matter how adamantly it’s stated.