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Working on a swap and picked up this LQ4. Mileage unknown but yard thought it was at 220k when van rolled in. In good enough condition to send it after replacing rings, bearings, and oil pump or is this crusty old girl in need of a bore and full rebuild?
The few 6.0’s I’ve done at work have had some water spots that wouldn’t clean with a ball hone. Probably wouldn’t have had any issues, but being do it once kinda guy, just thrown them in the rigid hone and took them out .005 oversized and ordered a set of ls2 .005 over pistons. Beats setting up and boring .010-.060 over and cuts out some of the “might as well” snowball.
If you seen the vehicle it came out of and it was indeed wrecked then you know it was running at the time of the accident.
With that being said honestly it would depend on what your goals are, and since that is to build a beater and you already stated that you cant justify machine work then DONT TOUTCH IT!
Id rather have factory rings with 200k on them then some china ones so I wouldnt even re-ring it unless you get a good brand, same goes for the bearings.
But thats my personal opinion.
Van the motor came out of was driven to the yard, according to the yard owner
Motor will go in a Z31 which is a complete rust bucket. Plan to put 823 heads on it I got from another yard already rebuilt ($200 for the pair, sold the 317's for $250). Was going to put LS6 springs in, a mild cam, and LY6 intake manifold. Will be using a Z32 trans
Car gutted weighs ~2,600lbs so shouldn't take much to get it moving
Any good way to clean the pistons without pulling them?
brake cleaner will clean the tops, but that isn't gonna help the oil coked rings. seriously just pull em and dunk 'em over night---one at a time-- in berrymans
I wouldn’t make my engine building desicions based off a online poll, but if the budget doesn’t have the extra $500 or so to rebuild it then run it, simple as that.
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Build it or send it 
