Triaxle

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I bought an LQ4 from a friend that has the LQ9 pistons and a 228R cam(228/228 .588/.588 112 LSA). I was planning on getting aftermarket heads or having some work done on the stock 317 heads, but I just don't have any more money to spend on the engine. So my question is how much am I losing out here? Will that be too much cam for the heads or isn't it a big deal? Engine is going in an S-10. This is my first LS build so any advice would be appreciated.

massconfusion

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317s are decent heads. I know a guy going mid 8's on stock 317's with turbocharged 408 so they decent. You could try and sell those and perhaps pick up a set of 243s but that might be to high of a compression ratio for you. If you have a dremel tool, you could always try hand ported them yourself, their are books on it too for guidance

SweetS10V8

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Heads make or break power potential of your engine. Fortunatly stock heads on LS engines are fairly decent, but there is room for imporvment.

I flow tested some 317s and 243s and they both put out similar flow numbers that my old sbc AFR ($1600) heads did 10 years, and you can pick up #317s for a few hundred!

Our trucks are very fun with these engines!

Triaxle

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Alright thats good enough for me right now. I just want to get my truck on the road for the summer. If Im not happy with it, but I doubt I won't be, heads will be an upgrade a few years from now.

SweetS10V8

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Thats what I did too.