6.0l stroker ?

[lts70]

Well I my thoughts are all over the place. In the last little while I have picked up a ready to stab 5.3l, but decided to give it to my dad for his 68 c10. I decided I would hold off on getting an ls for my 70 until I was done learning on my dads build. But then an opertunity came up and I picked up a 6.0l of $100. It is only the motor though. So I started looking around for computer and trany. Talked to my cousin and he gave me a rolled 2000 z71 farm truck that has been laying in the weeds for 5 years. Hoping I can use some of the parts to get a complete package for my 6.0 L possibly. I have been trying to read up on line but there is so much info out there on ls motors but I feel like the more information I read up on the more I realize I don't know what I'm doing.

Sorry to bore you with all the details. At first I was thinking about going turbo on my LS motors. But the more I think about it my main goal is to have a very reliable fun to drive street truck. I do not plan to do much If any racing.I just want a good reliable truck with enough horsepower to be fun and mean. But it really would be fun to do something different for wow factor. Right now in my life I don't think I have enough time to figure out all the plumbing for a turbo build. I think that's down the road for me.

So I got to thinking what about a stroker. It would give me probably more horsepower than I need and still give me something different to talk about instead of just a basic LS swap. I own an auto parts store and my tenant is a machinist who is a good friend so this would be a lot more doable timewise I believe .

So my question to you guys is what are some of the advantages and disadvantages to going with this stroker kit in a 6.0 L????

Thank you for helping me get started with this LS journey !!!!

[BR3W CITY]

If you just want a fun truck, do heads and cam on the 6.0 and otherwise leave it alone. While a stroker can be built reliably, keep in mind that doing so essentially changes the understanding of "reliable" and "normal use".

Going to a stroker will pretty much mandate changes to the other systems. Stock heads won't be adequate, and the cam/valvetrain will have to be changed anyway.

LS motors have a fairly shallow sleeve, so increasing the stroke can actually pull the piston skirt past the sleeve. The wrist action of the piston can slightly cock, creating a pressure and heat point on one side of the piston. This can prematurely wear cylinder bores, or even crack the piston skirt itself. In some cases, the stroke is radical enough to almost pull the ring lands to the edge of the sleeve, creating a very fine line between performance and destruction. They started making aftermarket tall-deck blocks for this reason.

[Clyde65]

The z71 probably has a 4l60e and inless built real well wont live behind a cammed stock 6.0. Good luck with uour build tho