So I've been looking at this 04 Tahoe near me, but they have it advertised as having the VortecMax in it. If I'm not mistaken I'm pretty sure it wasn't available in that mode year. Are they trying to pull a fast one on me or am I mistaken? Let me know thanks.
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iamdub
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I didn't think any 6.0 was ever available in the Tahoe.
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Someone could have done an engine swap it never came factory tho, the Vortec Max is the LQ9
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Tonyrodz
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I always wondered what that was. I've seen a few engine covers that said that in red lettering. What did they come in?
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I've always seen them in latter NBS Silverado's, it's the LQ9 found in the Escalade
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Ask them if an engine swap was done. Or go look at it and see if it's only the Vortec cover on.
Tonyrodz
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How could you tell if they only swapped the cover and not the motor? Other then running the numbers on the block.
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This.
Kenny D
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sorry, wrong info. Disregard.
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Pull a spark plug and see if the heads are flat topped or dished if you can't see can maybe feel around with a piece of paper, flat top is LQ9, if there is no paper work for the swap I'd stay away who knows how many miles are on it etc. could have been a backyard hack doing the swap
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It would still come up as a 5.3 even if it was swapped to a 6.0 cause the vin is only gonna tell you what it had from the factory someone could have done the swap at some point the 6.0 swap is pretty popular on these trucks
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Yea but they said it's the stock motor so they have no idea.
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Is it an online ad that you could post a link? Bottom line is this Tahoe came with a 5.3. No Tahoe came with a 6.0 of any variety. If they say this Tahoe has a 6.0 (Vortec Max or not) and that it's the stock motor, they're lying/mistaken/"mis-speaking"/etc. It's either been swapped or just an engine cover or door badges that someone put on it. If it' a swap and it looks factory-original (which is easy to do since it's practically a direct bolt-in) and it as well as the rest of the Tahoe checks out ok, maybe you could use the swap as leverage for a better deal, citing that the engine is not original and has unknown mileage and condition.
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Funny, I saw a Silverado today, had the red Vortex Max badge on the door in red. I've never noticed that before. I wasn't able to get a pic.
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Yup that's how the came along with the Vortec Max engine cover, I've only ever seen crew cab ones
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MadDogDelpho
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@Tonyrodz which 6.0 did you get? LQ4 or LQ9? You could possibly get away with a VortecMax engine cover 
