DOD Delete?

[THE WIDGE]

I have the EchoTec3 5.3 motor in my 14 silverado, it runs great, never an issue, has about 94k miles on it. I know earlier generation AFM 5.3 had lifter or cam issues as they reached higher mileage. Thinking about keeping it and was considering a DOD (displacement on demand) delete. I have a programmer already and have not used the active fuel management v8/v4 since About 10k miles, but I have not actually deleted afm. Was thinking about a delete,cam, long tubes , and tune. Anyone done this and regret it or had issues. Looking for good or bad advise

 

[ElAzul]

Do it

 

[Big B Hova]

They are bound to fail! Swap it now. Cam headers 3000 stall and let it rip

 

[pronstar]

A cam really wakes these motors up. Delete AFM for sure you if you do a cam swap.

The Gen V LT motors (which you have, as do I) have revised/improved AFM.
If you aren’t doing a cam I wouldn’t remove it unless it’s failed...


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[THE WIDGE]

Any good reasonable mechanics recommended, I’m in chino hills

 

[THE WIDGE]

Has Anyone done a swap on a gen V L83 5.3? Any recommended shops or mechanics? Also anyone have a connect to get long tubes, you can pm me that. any recommendations on aftermarket ported heads or should I just have mine done. One guy I’ve been talking to is suggesting i do CNC work with a competition multi angle valve job on my heads, but would add a week in down time without my truck. He also wanted to do a cammotion custom cam.

 

[Bigbore500r]

Has Anyone done a swap on a gen V L83 5.3? Any recommended shops or mechanics? Also anyone have a connect to get long tubes, you can pm me that. any recommendations on aftermarket ported heads or should I just have mine done. One guy I’ve been talking to is suggesting i do CNC work with a competition multi angle valve job on my heads, but would add a week in down time without my truck. He also wanted to do a cammotion custom cam.

What are your goals for the truck? The newer DOD stuff is more reliable than the 2013-prior motors. Any camshaft gains are mostly going to move the torque curve further up the power range and add RPM, which is great for drag racing, but not really a benefit for towing / pulling hills. Biggest bang for the buck is doing long tube headers / CAI / tune and running E85 if available. If you really want big gains, slap a blower on it and keep the camshaft mild, get all the power and drivability, while keeping the low end off-idle torque to move a heavy truck around with stock gears and stall.
FYI - anyone telling you to port the stock heads and recommending a “multi angle valve job” for a 5.3 Gen V motor is gonna take your wallet for a ride with minimal gains

 

[THE WIDGE]

What are your goals for the truck? The newer DOD stuff is more reliable than the 2013-prior motors. Any camshaft gains are mostly going to move the torque curve further up the power range and add RPM, which is great for drag racing, but not really a benefit for towing / pulling hills. Biggest bang for the buck is doing long tube headers / CAI / tune and running E85 if available. If you really want big gains, slap a blower on it and keep the camshaft mild, get all the power and drivability, while keeping the low end off-idle torque to move a heavy truck around with stock gears and stall.
FYI - anyone telling you to port the stock heads and recommending a “multi angle valve job” for a 5.3 Gen V motor is gonna take your wallet for a ride with minimal gains

honestly, just some extra pep and fun to drive. I rarely tow more than 5 miles to the launch ramp. Just trying to prevent any of those issue if I plan on keeping truck a few more years. The extra pep will help me want to drive it everyday rather than buying a new 70k truck, lol

 

[THE WIDGE]

What are your goals for the truck? The newer DOD stuff is more reliable than the 2013-prior motors. Any camshaft gains are mostly going to move the torque curve further up the power range and add RPM, which is great for drag racing, but not really a benefit for towing / pulling hills. Biggest bang for the buck is doing long tube headers / CAI / tune and running E85 if available. If you really want big gains, slap a blower on it and keep the camshaft mild, get all the power and drivability, while keeping the low end off-idle torque to move a heavy truck around with stock gears and stall.
FYI - anyone telling you to port the stock heads and recommending a “multi angle valve job” for a 5.3 Gen V motor is gonna take your wallet for a ride with minimal gains

What are your thoughts on replacing my intake w the l86 intake and throttle body, headers, CAI, and a tune. I’ve read the intake helps w responsiveness and a few more ponies and a relatively cheap bolt on

 

[pronstar]

If you’re gonna do all that work and swap the cam, you’d best invest in a higher stall speed torque converter.

It’ll be a total dog otherwise.


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[Bigbore500r]

If you’re gonna do all that work and swap the cam, you’d best invest in a higher stall speed torque converter.

It’ll be a total dog otherwise.


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I'd leave the stock cam alone, throw some gears in it and maybe a 2800-3000 Yank or Circle D converter if you really want to break the tires loos and get sideways, and tune it for E85. Leave it smog legal. It will feel like a whole different truck when you stomp on it

 

[rrrr]

Spending $5K or more to pep up a six year old truck seems a bit misguided, but that's just me.

 

[Big B Hova]

Spending $5K or more to pep up a six year old truck seems a bit misguided, but that's just me.

I just spend 4500 on the motor and 2100 on the trans on my 99 single cab!