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Old Jul 30, 2014 | 04:13 PM
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I have changed plans for my lq4 motor again. It started as a single turbo in an old 300zx. Then I decided to put it in my sons 85 mustang coupe. I decided that 450 hp at the tires is a little much for my senior in high school so he is getting a gt 40 headed 302.

The new project and final resting place of this fresh lq4 now with ported LS3 heads and a carb will be in this really cool 1972 Schuster jet boat I bought on a steel. I am replacing the 454 that came with the boat with this LSX motor. Since this is still a conversion I decided this was the correct place to post this. Here is a couple of pics of the boat with more to come.



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Old Jul 30, 2014 | 05:24 PM
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Be sure to post pics. I'm still kicking myself for selling the marine 351C exhaust logs and GTO oil pan I was planning on using for an LSx boat.
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Old Jul 31, 2014 | 12:05 PM
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awesome! love lsx swapped boats, subscribed!
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Old Jul 31, 2014 | 12:53 PM
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Iv always wanted to see an lsx swapped boat! Ill be checking this out for sure
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Looks like a super clean boat
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Originally Posted by 66Chevellelq4
Iv always wanted to see an lsx swapped boat! Ill be checking this out for sure
Here's some reading for ya:
https://ls1tech.com/forums/conversio...-jet-boat.html
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Old Aug 1, 2014 | 09:26 PM
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Originally Posted by boostnut
Thanks for that I had seen that thread but I need to go read through it again.

Here are some more pics.
My fresh rebuilt LQ4


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Old Aug 1, 2014 | 09:28 PM
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Here are my LS3 heads. Ive almost finished porting them. Im just doing a little clean up and knocking down the humps on the roof.
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