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Old Jun 22, 2015 | 03:37 PM
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Just bought a 2008 ly6 for 500 bucks. Plan is twin s366, csu blow through 750 carb. Should I stick with this engine, or trade it for the 2004 6.0?
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And I can trade for a 2004 tonight, so advice/input ASAP would be great
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Keep the ly6
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Old Jun 22, 2015 | 05:14 PM
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Alright pros and cons? 58x vs 24x? Has 823 heads on it, can always swap heads.
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Old Jun 22, 2015 | 06:44 PM
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I am by no means an expert... but the crank reluctor is irrelevant if you are doing a carb. The ly6 has stronger rods than a gen 3 lq4. 317 and 823 heads are both great for boost. No need to change the heads, imo.

I sold my 03 lq4 to get an 09 ly6, mainly for the rods.
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Old Jun 22, 2015 | 10:34 PM
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I thought the 04 6.0 had the better rods.
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Old Jun 22, 2015 | 10:37 PM
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Nope, gen 4 engines come with the beefier rods
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Old Jun 22, 2015 | 10:43 PM
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04 and up LQ4's got floating rods like the Gen 4 stuff.
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Old Jun 22, 2015 | 10:57 PM
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That's what I thought but I wasn't sure
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Old Jun 22, 2015 | 11:06 PM
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That's a hard one. Most 04's had the good rods but a few had the early rod. If the o4 has the floating rods and is in good shape IMO they are a little bit better engine.
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i believe the earlier one has 10mm bolts on the valley cover, and if they are 13mm they have the updated rods if you cant pull the pan. I cant imagine gm putting the gen 4 rods in every 13mm block, it would be typical of them to have a certain number leave the factory mismatched, but i could be wrong.
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Interestingly my ~04 LQ9 had the floating rods, 24x and all even sized head studs and 10mm valley bolts.

I think all LQ9's had the floaters.
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