To Buy Or Not To Buy

[Wtfan18]

alrighty guys let me know what you think. 01 5.3 vortec with just under 60k, comes with complete harness, belt driven accessories, but no pcm, i can have it shipped to my door for 1000$

thanks!!
kyle

[zeake]

NO nothing less than 6.0

[txarkitekt]

Yeah, a 6.0 would be optimal, but that doesn't sound like a bad price. There are better deals out there though... You may wanna shop around some more... If you feel confident that you like the motor--go look at it and try to see if you can look at the truck it came out of. If that is not possible, try and get as much info on the motor as you can. Picking up a PCM is not a huge deal--you can get one at a junk yard for pretty cheap. You can get a 99-02 PCM...but the 01-02 had the faster PCM processor...

[airdeano]

You can get a 99-02 PCM...but the 01-02 had the faster PCM processor...

from 2000-2002 they used the same computer service number *411
so its not any "faster" than any other computer processor. even the 1999
but it was kinda the bad seed (first year run duckups). the new generation
gneIV have a different processor than the years prior... but that doesnt
mean they are more powerful.. they just do more instruction at the same
speed. plus they removed the transmission function to its own processor
so now a ECM (engine control module) and TCM (transmission control module)
will free up processing time...

The E38 is the mid-line controller in GM’s new family of three engine control modules (ECM), which will direct nearly all the engines in Powertrain’s line-up. It features 32-bit processing, compared to the conventional 16-bit processing in previous Vortec engines. The E38 operates at 59 MHz, with 32 megabytes of flash memory, 128 kilobytes of RAM and a high-speed CAN bus, and it synchronizes more than 100 functions, from spark timing to cruise control operation to traction control calculations. The E38 works roughly 50 times faster than the first computers used on internal combustion engines in the late 1970s, which managed five or six functions.

where are my DOS 3.03 disks... hehehe

airdeano