Quote Originally Posted by stokes_osu View Post
So, my body is off and the engine is out, are you telling me that a regular 5.3 should fit and bolt right up? I don’t want to go and buy one if it will not fit.
Bolt right up? Not without some modifications. You would have to fab up new motor/tranny mounts, move some stuff under the hood, etc. With the extra ponnies of the bigger engine you would probably want to consider beefing up the rest of the drive train as well. If you take a peak at Ascinders build thread that will give you an idea of what is involved...keeping in mind that Ascinder is taking it to the extreme.