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1998 vortex 5.0 rebuild

Old March 13th, 2019, 10:10 AM
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Ok so I gernaded my engine alil while back so im in the process of rebuilding it fixing the issues I had like the head gasket and a couple lifters were sticking. So what my question is I'm already this far with it torn down I would like to boost my horse and torque what would you guys recommend that I could do to it I use it for plowing and towing light cars on a full size trailer but I would really love to not have to send it out to have the computer tuned or do you guys think of just cutting the crap and put a 5.7 in then my next question is it compatible with my computer and trans

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Old March 14th, 2019, 12:56 AM
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Originally Posted by Lloyd O Bentzoni
Ok so I gernaded my engine alil while back so im in the process of rebuilding it fixing the issues I had like the head gasket and a couple lifters were sticking. So what my question is I'm already this far with it torn down I would like to boost my horse and torque what would you guys recommend that I could do to it I use it for plowing and towing light cars on a full size trailer but I would really love to not have to send it out to have the computer tuned or do you guys think of just cutting the crap and put a 5.7 in then my next question is it compatible with my computer and trans
Should be. The 305/5.0 liter was a dog back then. I'd drop a 350 in it in a heartbeat. You will have more HP and your gas milage will be pretty much the same.
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Thats what I was thinking I wasnt sure if I had my swaps mixed up so I wanted to make sure also one of my conserns with this 5.0 is it was a jasper build with only 40000 miles on it and I have head gasket and lifter issues so to do it right id be doing everything


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