Spun bearing? Where to next? *VIDEO*
Spun bearing? Where to next? *VIDEO* So I think my T/A spun a bearing today. It's a stock LS1 just bolt ons and stall. I'm currently at college and my dad fired it up and took this video. Under my recommendation he is not running it anymore 
I am going to have him trailer it to G-Force (Pearland) probably and get their opinion. As much as I try to avoid shops... I do really like them though. Being in college *and* just having gotten engaged, my budget is strained. I'd like to rebuild it with BETTER parts, but I have to respect my budget at the same time. It at least needs to make the same power though (Again, stock LS1 with the 8-whatever heads, not the 243). Could I squeeze that out of an LQ9 with bolt ons? What manifold do I need? Toss up opinions, nothing is unreasonable. I have about $2500 that I can work with, but as always, less it better! Thanks much everyone, excited to see what y'all come up with.
Kyle
I am going to have him trailer it to G-Force (Pearland) probably and get their opinion. As much as I try to avoid shops... I do really like them though. Being in college *and* just having gotten engaged, my budget is strained. I'd like to rebuild it with BETTER parts, but I have to respect my budget at the same time. It at least needs to make the same power though (Again, stock LS1 with the 8-whatever heads, not the 243). Could I squeeze that out of an LQ9 with bolt ons? What manifold do I need? Toss up opinions, nothing is unreasonable. I have about $2500 that I can work with, but as always, less it better! Thanks much everyone, excited to see what y'all come up with.Kyle
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You might want to start picking through the junkyards or wrecked vehicles. That sound does sound like it is in the bottom end to me for sure. $2500 won't get you very far these days, I would start saving up for a decent short block if it were me. If I couldn't swing that I would just try to find a low mileage bottom end, maybe go with some $300 243's and a cam and call her a day. I honestly don't know huge amounts about the LQ engines so I will get other to chime in on that, but I do know they can make good power similar to a LS1 with about the same parts. A 6.0 would be nice.
I bought a complete LS1 engine for $2500....It can be done, especially since you have the rest of the components. You can easily get a 6.0 iron short block for a $1000-$1500. Transfer all your parts over and done.
Well I guess, ideally, I want to grad a shortblock for *cheap*, throw in a nice cam kit, get it tuned, call it day. Think 400rwhp is doable in a cam only LQ9?
EDIT: Without 243 heads
EDIT: Without 243 heads
Last edited by kdick91; May 4, 2013 at 05:39 PM.
