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383-inch LS built from 5.3L Vortec blocks makes over 540 hp on the Westech Dyno

If you know a few pieces of information, you can turn a Vortech 5.3L block into an LS mill making way over 500 hp and out-displacing an LS3! To prove it we dyno one at Westech Performance.

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