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Originally Posted by Monkey Butler

Would it be feasible to drop a 6.0 crate motor in my 5.3 Suburban? I have the Castech heads and did have a leak which sealed up with Bars Leaks but I gotta think I lost some engine life.

The major hurdle with the 6.0L in your SUB would be the transmission. The 4L60E isn't redily up to the par of a 6.0 in stock form. The 5.3L has proven very hearty as well though.

Originally Posted by DaveDownSouth

So, in your opinion, would you say that the 6.0 is as good as the 5.7 or maybe even better. I realize the there may be other issues here, such as EPA, etc..

I personally really like the 6.0L. I have a friend with an 05 that has close to 175K on the clock with minumum issues. The 6.0 will really scream up high to. It's a bit different compared to the grunt that the old 350 could produce, but does have some good power. On one of the forums I go to they compared the 6.0 to the old 454, and the only downside to the 6.0 that was talked about was that it was a higher RPM engine. It takes some getting used to for the different RPM range, but it sure is a stout little V8.