Ws6nighthawk

ok, i've been reading a little here and there on mods versus power in the 5.3 and 6.0(lq4) and trying to take pricing into consideration as well. i want opinions from you guys, my power goals are 450-500 to the wheels, with good street manors and i dont want some crazy setup that i have to rev teh **** out of to see power. i just want to see a starting point so i can see which engine money is going into. any advicxe would be helpful.


thanks in advance

K11PER

iTrader: (8)

I haven't done enough research on the 5.3L but if you can find a well priced LQ4, for about 2-3g's total you can easily hit your HP range. Heads/intake/cam/headers should put you there with a good tune. All depends on what deals you can find at the time you go to buy everything, some guys here have done it with less $$.

Ws6nighthawk

so the heads that already come with the lq4 are L92 heads or will i have to get those?

Mako77

hard to beat the xtra cubic inches

NVUSZ28

iTrader: (5)

If it's an M6. You can get a 6.0L at Texas-Speed for around 6k, with a H/C/I, and reach 450 at the wheels.

No replacement for displacement.

02WS6SSZ71

iTrader: (20)

What's the motor going in to? If you are swapping in to your LT car, in the long run it's probably going to be cheaper to build an LS1/LS6 that already has the f-body pan, LS6 intake and f-body accessory drive.

K11PER

iTrader: (8)

As far as I know the L92 heads won't be on your stock LQ4. I know the stock aluminum ones are 317s on the 04, which are prob. the same on any year they used aluminum heads