02ws666

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Long story short, i need a moderate mileage lq9 shortblock. 80k or less. Will be swapping intake/heads/cam ect from my blown ls1 to the lq9 but im having a hard time finding one with less then 120k. Willing to shell out around 1k if i can find one. anyone have any ideas on where i could look? ebay isnt helping much.

Havnt been on the forum lately as i havnt driven my car lately. Work from home and shes a weekend baby now, but the ls1 blew so i gotta get her back on the road. paying roughly 1.5k to rebuild it just isnt an option atm. any tips to finding an lq9 is greatly appreciated.

Storm Trooper

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Title says LS9 but your looking for LQ9? Might confuse some people!

02ws666

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thanks man. i wish i had an ls9 lol

adanieljohnson1

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Nice, I'm right behind you but for $3500 :-(

Storm Trooper

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Don't we all!

avengedws6

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dont go to LKQ those asshats sold me a motor that was labeled as 80K miles, I ran the VIN on the block came back over 250K. Im just saying.

02ws666

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thanks for the heads up man. know of any other places to go?

Storm Trooper

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have you thought about just building your own? what are your plans once you get the short block?

low2001gmc

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i had been selling my rebuilt lq9 shortblock but decided to keep and build. now i may sell my 70k lq4 lonblock with mildly ported 243 heads, comp 228-232/588-595/111 cam, comp 7.4 pushrods, pac1218 springs, and ported oil pump. looking at 2,000 for it as it is build already, presently running in my truck, and can save anyone money on labor as it would require swap and accessories. just a thought....

good luck finding an lq9.

02ws666

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move my ls1 stuff over and get her back on the road. just got married no intention of beefing it up at the moment. just need her running.

appreciate the offer, but i just need the shortblock now. all my top end stuff was not damaged, and i just gotta get her running again. Dont wanna spend 1.5k to rebuild the ls1, just to have the same weak link go out again in the future. figured an lq9 is a million times stronger, plus id gain some tq, all for proly cheaper if i can find one lol

NemeSS

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Good luck finding a lq9 or a lq4 out there for that price and miles.
Maybe a lq4, but it wont be no less than a 100k miles.
Sounds like a good ole 5.3 longblock is what u can use to get back on the road.
Reliable motor,cheep and easy to find and buy.