chas010

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Where are all the 500 and 600 dollar lq4s in upstate ny lol you gotta come with at least 1500 to 2k for a hundred grand bomber around here.

djt81185

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Got a complete 05 lq4 with 150k for 795 delivered in Pittsburgh

LS79CAMARO

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That's what I found also. Seem's your better off buying a whole car or truck and parting it out

brewster240

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i got a 04 with 65k on it, with harness and some accessories for 975

found a high mile full swap out of a van for 500 but i had to pull it.

Blackpanther99

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These LQ4/9 blocks dont go too cheap down south over here either. They are very well priced lol

stock48

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Same thing here and it's only going to get worse. They want 1000$ for a rebuildable core around here on the west cost.

mrstepheneades

I paid 750 for a lq4 burn motor. 70000 mile long block. All fine just melted all plastic stuff. I'm in NC. 5.3s for 500 or less..

TAHOE5.3

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I paid 800 for my LQ4 with 100k .

Brian Hoss

$1500 seems to be the cheap end of things here in the NW.

SS2win

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Paid 550 for my L33 with wiring and puter four years ago... don't know what the market is today. damn

Troy5061

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LM7s are 400-800 here, 4.8s about the same, 6.0s have been 1200 plus for a while.

red 95 t/a

Lol my brother just sold a lq4 today complete minus alt and starter 400$. He has bought a couple other 6 liters anywhere from 350-450$. He picked up a 5.3 for 200$ it was just a long block.
I bought a 03 5.3 from a local jy with 70000 miles for 550 delivered to my work

Brian Hoss

Where are you that LQ4s are so cheap and plentiful?

Camaro9969

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Got my 04 lq4 104k out of a Denali for $650 complete except for harness sold intake alt starter and a few other parts for 200 bucks so made out pretty well

red 95 t/a

Pittsburgh He just always seems to find smoking deals. I'm not saying that that's the normal price around here. Just saying there is deals to be had if you look hard. **** around here you call a machine shop or something like that. You tell them you have a Ls1 and the like ok with a blank look. So I say. Ya it's a 5.7. And there like so it's a 350 sbc haha.

My point is the ls world is like speaking Chinese around here so I think that's why the prices haven't went up yet

mshadow

Howbills in Buffalo has them for $1000 or less

ablakez28

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I never have luck with Howbill having them when im looking but they do get them for pretty cheap.

I grabbed one outside of Roch for 1k that was an 05 motor with real low miles. I was happy with it.

kainedogg

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I am at MacDill AFB, point me in the direction of that bad boy

mightyquickz28

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Was this a boneyard you're referring to? I'm in Rochester every week. I'd love to get a 5.3 for a future conversion. I'm not LSx savvy so when I ask for a 5.3, what do I need to specify? is Iron or Aluminum block the best choice?
Does it matter what car/truck/SUV it came from? Is there a particular year that is better/worse than the others?
Thanks,
Dave

rennat_2006

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Recently found a lq9 with 86k for $1350 complete with harness from local wrecking yard. Customer bought it and i swapped it into his suburban to replace the 187k 5.3l that has a leaking castech head, i took the 5.3l for labor.

I just bought a 2002 lq4 with 190k that lost power and would barely run. Got long block with a intake manifold on it for $200. Chipped about a half inch out of the edge of the piston in cylinder 5. No ridges in any cylinder and all still show cross hatching.

I paid $1000 about 2 years ago for my 60k lq4 that was totally complete but no harness. This is going into my 71 nova currently.

Little brother bought a 45k 5.3l from portland for $450 about two years ago. Complete minus a wiring harness.

Found a 5.3l with supposely 80k locally for a buddy for $500 about a year ago, it is up for sale currently.

Im probably gonna put a set of lq9 pistons and get the 317 heads milled down like 15thousandeths, and put a set of bearings in it then drop it into my solid axled s10 blazer. Dont know what im gonna do with the 5.3l yet.

Long story short there are still deals out there but they go super quick, i see a flood of them coming back up here within the next couple of years cuz im sure there are a ton of people who went out and bought ls motors to swap into there stuff cuz it is the cool thing to do and will quickly find out once things cool off that they arent actaully gonna do it and sell them.