When we left Project Groundhog at the end of Part 1, we had just finished assembling the short-block. To briefly sum up the scope of the build, we started with a down-in-the-dirt (literally) Gen III 5.3-liter truck engine that we bored out roughly 0.110-inch, to 5.7-liter specs. The approach was to build this engine correctly with no shortcuts, but also to try to maintain a reasonable budget.
Our goal was a mild street engine that would make around 425-430 horsepower using a Summit Racing camshaft, their muscle car oil pan, and a carbureted intake manifold so we could stuff it into something like a