Engine Specs
for the 5.3 Vortec
The 5.3-liter V8 appeared in a change of GM-branded vehicles. In 1997 the manufacturer remodeled the engine, placing it in such vehicles as the Chevy Tahoe and GMC Sierra infancy in 1999, and the Chevrolet Colorado genesis in 2009.
The 5.3-liter V8 has a Muzzle of 3.78 inches and a stroke of 3.62 inches. Muzzle is a degree of the width of the engine's eight cylinders, and stroke is the distance that the pistons, which are housed in the cylinders, peregrination when the engine is functioning.
Compression Ratios
The 5.3-liter Vortec engine has compression ratios from 9.5 to 1 and 9.9 to 1. These big compression ratios beggarly that the engine can generate between 270 and 300 horsepower at on all sides of 5,200 revolutions per minute (rpm) and 315 to 325 foot-pounds of torque at 4,000 rpm, forging it a accepted engine for performance- and work-oriented consumers.
Vehicles
The 5.3-liter V8 engine is a member of GM's Vortec engine family. The 5.3-liter V8 is specifically a Motor lorry engine, and it replaced the manufacturer's 5.7-liter V8 from preceding dotage. GM produced this engine creation in 2002, and much uses it as of 2010.
