Aggies Swap

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I figured Id start this thread to stop whoring the Racers Lounge and get tips during my swap. Think Im just gonna throw this 07 5.3 in. I wanna use the rest of the money I saved up for a friends fiberglass painted box for my back seat. I took the valve covers off today just to look inside and everything seemed tight and good. I think Im just gonna throw a sweet cam p-rods and springs in this. Plus I wanna make it stronger than the last engine if you know what I mean. Would new rod bolts and cam bearings be a good upgrade? Anything else you can think of would be nice!

Im still gonna run the LS6 Oil Pump ported by a friend as well. Anyone know of really good cam packages out right now or good condition used packages?

Also I might be buying my friends Yank 3000 Stall, Would it be better to wait and put it in my built tranny I will be getting or would it affect anything if I put it in now? (Note, my second gear is still out) would a servo maybe help me shift from 1-3 instead of it slipping when shifted to 2nd?

Would it be wise to keep the accessories off my 4.8 since they are a bit lower in mileage? or just use the 07 accessories?

Tuning: As for tuning, Im kinda clueless what I should do right now, would it be be better to ask Allen to send a mail tune for the new cammed 5.3 I would throw in? Or my friend has HP Tuners and said he could temporarily tune it for the cost of the license just to make sure everything will be running correctly on startup.

As for the 4.8? What should I do with it? Part it out I guess and if the cam isnt too screwed up or the heads and springs and stuff I guess Ill sell those too. I kinda didnt like the gains I got from the cam, the lope got annoying as hell too. Im thinking the next cam will be a 114 LSA.

Any advice yall could give me or tips to make this better would be great! Thank you all for the help yall have given me so far! I think Ill be starting the swap on monday

[RedHeartbeat]

For starters I would highly recommend against swapping the oil pump out. You're not going to gain any performance from it at all and you may actually cause yourself problems if you nick a seal. The pump can also end up draining the oil out of the pan and load the top of the engine with all the oil leaving none in the pan due to the increased volume it pumps.

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For starters I would highly recommend against swapping the oil pump out. You're not going to gain any performance from it at all and you may actually cause yourself problems if you nick a seal. The pump can also end up draining the oil out of the pan and load the top of the engine with all the oil leaving none in the pan due to the increased volume it pumps.

Ive just heard it was always good to swap the oil pumps on new engines though? Im glad you told me though I appreciate it!

[408.Luke]

what cam did u have? (specific specs please) and i would deff go with a nelson mail order tune because you will know it will be good. and if you really dont like the lope then i would go as far as a 116 lsa i know the ls6 hot cam is a decent cam and it dosent lope at all

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what cam did u have? (specific specs please) and i would deff go with a nelson mail order tune because you will know it will be good. and if you really dont like the lope then i would go as far as a 116 lsa i know the ls6 hot cam is a decent cam and it dosent lope at all

It was a 212/228 .525 .525 112LSA

Ive heard the 114 LSA and Like it a lot. The 112 was just too rough for my truck. Ive heard the 113 before and like it but dont know of any small cams that have it. The 116s just a little too stock for me though. Ill call Nelson Performance for a tune soon when I figure out what cam Im gettin then

I just realized I got my PLX Gauge for Xmas and I could also use that on startup after the tune to see if anything wrong is happening. I need to order the A/F module though.

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eBay Motors: Patriot LS1/LS6 Cam/Patriot Gold Spring Kit/Pushrods (item 300283720696 end time Jan-08-09 14:59:52 PST)

I found this cam package on ebay. Dont know if thats a good deal or a suitable cam for my 5.3 though?

[Beatdown Z]

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Damn thats a good deal..What kind of springs and pushrods?

[Beatdown Z]

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