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Originally Posted by 88Saleen well i hear you saying its bullshit and myths and then hear professional engine builders and machinist telling me a 331 would be a better choice. im not trying to start anything, just speaking what i have hurd.

Here is something else for you too chew on. The 99-02 GM 4.8/5.3/6.0/8.1 liter engines have piston slap that is so bad that you can hear it on cold start up. The engines sound like a diesel they knock so bad because the piston is rocking in the bore. This is caused by excessive piston to wall clearance in these early engines. There is a TSB on this issue (#01-06-01-022 to be exact). GM has not warranteed a single engine because none of them have had any negative issues from this piston slap. I know first hand that these engines have no reliability issues because I've owned them and put several hundred thousand miles on them. The Suburbans we use at work we run to 350,000 miles and then send them to the auction. We have hundreds of them. Never had an engine failure.

I've never heard a 347 make noise due to the pistons rocking in the bores......

[MOTOIMPAIRED]

Originally Posted by 88Saleen thanks i would appreciate it

306 VS. 347 Piston Photos...............

[88Saleen]

Originally Posted by MOTOIMPAIRED 306 VS. 347 Piston Photos...............

thanks. thats all i wanted.

[MOTOIMPAIRED]

No problem.. I droped off the all my parts with my builder and he is going to get to work. He said he will call me and let me know the weight when he starts to balance it all. I'll post that when I hear back from him..

Souldnt be too much longer till I can start getting this thing back together.

[80mustang200]

Originally Posted by superbean Imo painting doorlocks and window trim is cheesy lol.. But your car is in far better shape than mine, so I can't say shit

to me it looks pretty damn good i think i may go home and do that because my chrome is looking pretty rough on a rather polished car