musclecity85

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found a complete LQ4 engine, needs rebuild. i was wondering what my options were with it as far as shortblock wise. dont wana do anything outrageous mostly wana make N/A power with a lil nitrous use. I have about a $800-1200 budget for the rebuild. wat are my options?

sroach20

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get it then you can get a cam, springs, lifters, pushrods, and mill the heads. with the right cam you could have some good numbers.

musclecity85

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does between $800-1000 to do the machine work sound right? or is that high? what would be a good cam choice? will be reusing stock heads for the time being..

sroach20

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does the 800-1000 include assembly? as long as you get the non 99-00 lq4 the heads are equivalent of the ls6 heads. you just mill them to bring your compression up.

musclecity85

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yea it includes assembly. its an 02 LQ4. if i was to mill the stock heads which would be the best cam selection? u was thinkin like the magic stick 3 or torquer v2..would the stock pistons and rods be suitable?

sroach20

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stock rods and pistons are fine untill you stroke it. the cam is up to you, just search on here and see what you like. the vehicle it is going into will also determine the cam.