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Old 11-22-2017, 07:56 AM
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Billy Briggs in MI. Fairly close and one of the best around.
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Old 11-24-2017, 12:54 AM
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Just put a good rotating assembly in an ls2 block, ls3 heads, and pile ungodly amounts of psi to it
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Old 11-25-2017, 12:48 AM
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Placed an order today with HPR.
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What did you go for?...
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Yeah what did you decide on? For your power goals I would have went LS3 or LSA block and call it good.
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Old 11-25-2017, 10:42 AM
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Sleeved 5.3L
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Old 11-25-2017, 12:52 PM
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Good call. Keep us posted on your results.
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Old 11-25-2017, 06:27 PM
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Sleeved 5.3L
Iron block or L33 aluminum?
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Old 11-25-2017, 09:32 PM
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Iron block or L33 aluminum?
No real point in sleeving an iron block so safe to assume aluminum.
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Old 11-25-2017, 09:51 PM
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Aluminum with Darton dry sleeves. 4.125” bore with 4” stoke. Secondary drive and fuel system next.
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Old 11-26-2017, 12:41 AM
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Nice, glad you didn’t go with the T shop mentioned.
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Didn't you fancy going for a 4.25 stroke? Lol nice choice though. Are they going to put that combo in their site?
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No real point in sleeving an iron block so safe to assume aluminum.
Most iron block 5.3L's are maxed out with a 3.9" (LS1 size) bore. Some won't even go that big safely.
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Originally Posted by old motorhead
Most iron block 5.3L's are maxed out with a 3.9" (LS1 size) bore. Some won't even go that big safely.
I have seen quite a few other (none LS) iron blocks have liners installed to help keep the blocks together. I always thought the liners were 'thougher' than normal iron used for blocks as well.
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Old 11-26-2017, 10:13 AM
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Didn't you fancy going for a 4.25 stroke? Lol nice choice though. Are they going to put that combo in their site?
I don’t think stroking it would have offered any benefit since the car is supercharged. I haven’t looked at their site recently, but I don't think mine is cookie cutter. They are using the Dart CCW crank and coating the pistons. Both of which were upgrades.
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Placed an order today with HPR.
will be watching to see delivery time-line...please keep us posted. Eric has never been known to be....shall we say....timely.

What ETA were you quoted ?
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Old 12-04-2017, 06:21 PM
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will be watching to see delivery time-line...please keep us posted. Eric has never been known to be....shall we say....timely.

What ETA were you quoted ?
They said they were ~6 weeks out when I ordered. I assume that's ~6 weeks before they start mine, so I'm guessing late January-ish. Crank is supposed to be ready around Christmas.
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Crank now won't be ready until late February. Considering alternatives unless HPR can find one sitting on a shelf somewhere.
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Crank now won't be ready until late February. Considering alternatives unless HPR can find one sitting on a shelf somewhere.
LME can pump out an engine quick. Gotta have the cash.
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Old 01-19-2018, 11:53 PM
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I have that crank in my new engine. It seems to be a great piece and priced awesome with its features. Center weights and billet. Nothing wrong with callies cranks if you are in a hurry. NOT a compstar though.
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