Looking for information on the 5.3 liter aluminum block that came in my 2006 Silverado. Is the cylinder surface of these motors a cast iron sleeve or is it a Nikasil plated bore?
Thanks, Brian
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5.3 Liter Aluminum Block
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It is sleeved. GM had its fill of non sleeved motors with Vega in 70's
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yeh, it is nice to find someone who remembers that far back(like me) old john
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Oh yes, my dad even bought one (a Vega) for my mom new in 73 but that was a mistake. They fixed that engine in about 76 with sleeves but it was too late as it had a bad reputation by then.
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I used to rebuild engines for a living when I worked in this one garage. I had a friend with a monza (vega), it smoked a little... so I offered to throw rings in it. Well I never dealt with an aluminum bore like that before so I honed it and put rings in... needless to say there was no mosquitoes in area... it smoked so bad, then I found out you don't hone the cylinders in one of those... then not much after that I went to work in a garage with a guy that restored them, found out a lot but too late...
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Yes it take a specail process to prep the cylinders in that engine because of the high silicone content in the block.
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I had one of the Vega's in 76' it was a 72' model.
Brian