BOBS99SS

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Ok I think I'm gonna go the 6.0 route since I hear its a easy swap,but how much should I pay for one? I just need the block correct?thanks God bless

masterz28

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800 for the short block, 1100 for the long block.

speedtigger

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I paid $1100 for a 55,000 mile LQ9 from LKQ Corp.

GIVE EM' THE BIRD

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Just to throw in a question from the experienced guys(not trying to hijack) but what all else is involved to make this swap right? Can u just bold on the heads and roll with it or is it more in depth? Sorry forthe newb sounding question, I am just unfamiliar with what the conversion entails. Thanks

tspence45

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Depends on the year, I believe. But, yeah, you can pretty much just bolt on the heads and go. My LQ4 is an '02 block, so, all I had to do was bolt everything up, get a few adapters/extensions (because of my LS3/L92 topend) and it was ready to roll.

01ssreda4

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Yes this is almost a direct swap for us, minding you use the f body intake and accs that originally came with your car.

BOBS99SS

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So what should I get short or long block?I was planning on running my ms4 in the lq9, and what are a good head to run?will my ported stock heads work?or is there a better combo,also I will be spraying a 150 shot dry,trying to get in the mid to high 11s for next year,if anyone has a good build list please shoot it my way

BOBS99SS

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anyone I need info guys,I wanna start looking to buy one,what year?short or long?what head L92s?

BOBS99SS

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anyone I need info guys,I wanna start looking to buy one,what year?short or long?what head L92s?

tspence45

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L92's are definately some of the best bang for the buck heads. But, you would have to ditch your MS4 for a different cam spec'd for L92's. If you've already got a nice set of ported heads, you might as well just get a short block and reuse your parts you already have. L92's would probably be more beneficial though.

01ssreda4

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A 6.0 will come with 317 heads NOT L92s.

BOBS99SS

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Yeah I just heard the l92s were better,yeah I want to keep my ms4,maybe down the road ill swap that out but for now just trying to get the build moving,

GIVE EM' THE BIRD

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Interesting, and thank you for the response!

So if someone were to just throw their stuff from their LS1 on to a LQ4 block, how much hp/tq difference would it make? And what are the benefits, other than being at a higher base power curve??? Im assuming its an iron block if I remember correctly, so I imagine again that it would be better to spray on for sure

Just trying to understand a bit better guys. I've been getting back into the scene slowly but I've forgotten more than most know I was a Toyota tech for a few years so I really stopped caring about GM stuff cuz I dealt with yoda's all day lol

BOBS99SS

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This guy I know told me he ran 12.50s with a lq9 for what he was saying I believe it was stock,from what I have read yes the lq9,lq4 is a iron block and can't handle a lil more punishment then a stock ls1,hey 6.0 guys what is better for a ms4 cam a lq9 or 4 ,I think lq4 ,if anyone knows where I can pick one up please shoot me some info

garygnu

look in the used parts section or check ebay.schwanke engines sells ls short blocks for a good price.

tspence45

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An LQ9 would probably be better than an LQ4, unless you plan on boost, because an LQ9 has a slight bump in compression due to flat top pistons instead of the LQ4's dished pistons. LQ4's are cheaper and easier to come by though. That's why me and a lot of others have LQ4's.

tspence45

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Basically all that displacement is going to do is move your powerband, if you're going with the same valvetrain. An LS1 might even make a few extra crank hp because it'd be a little higher compression than an LQ4. You just won't have to spin the 6.0 quite as high to make the power.

BOBS99SS

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At this point I would take what I can find I have called every junk yard around cleveland and have found nothing,the only thing I did find was a damaged ls3 block

69RS

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They are plentiful on ebay, one place in New York i believe had tons of them.

InsaneAuto86

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Did you have to flycut the LQ4 pistons? I know the center of these pistons are dished but the edges come pretty close to the valves. My L92's are milled .030".

I cant find any LQ9s that cheap on ebay, even from LKQ. Seems like the LQ4's are going for $1000+ with 70k - 180k miles.