Head Help with LQ4 build-help
#1
Head Help with LQ4 build-help
Kinda new to the ls1 thing. I have a LQ4 With iron heads and dished pistons. I'm trying to build this on a very tight budget. My question is how much potential do these iron heads have, I tried searching but info on these are hard to find. I have thought of a set of 241's because I can pick them up very reasonable. The rest of the build is: Gutted 88 S10, No power steering or brakes, 4.56 spooled 8.8" ford rear, 4200 stalled th350 w/T brake, caltracs. and the engine will be using a victor jr carbed intake with a rupert HP950 holley. I would really like 400+ plus RWHP with the stock short block. I will change the valve springs and pushrods, and have a custom cam spec by texas speed or vengeance or someone. Any help with cost effective heads would be awesome! thanks.
#2
What's the casting number on the heads? If they're the ones I'm thinking of, they are just like the 317's, which are a pretty decent head. However, finding an aluminum version of the same head would be easy, cheap, and save a few pounds. Might even be able to run more compression with the aluminum version too.
#3
The last three digits are 875 and I have not been able to find anything about them. I was thinking of the 241 to raise the compression, but if these heads have the same ports as the 317's I was afraid I might end up losing power going with the 241's.
#4
i have set of those iron heads, and was going to use turbo, but the decks are thin and they are very heavy. so didnt make sense to spend on them.
i reccomend a set of 234/799 which are the same thing as ls2.
same design as 317 but smaller chamber.
i have set of 799 fs, if interested pm