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Elco Build Hi My name is Joe. I have a budget build on a 83 El Camino 03 lq4 engine. My question is can I make good horsepower bored to a 6.2l with milled 317 heads and the right cam? I want to keep it simple help please
Last edited by Joejohnson; Feb 23, 2020 at 07:40 PM.
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From: Chandler, AZ
checkout richard holdner on youtube. You could get some cheap junkyard 5.3/4.8 heads and throw them on the 6 liter and a decent cam and make good power. boring the engine and milling heads does not sound like what a person with a small budget would do.
Yeah, glad I asked. 20 bills...no. Cam and springs will run 30-40% of your budget. Rebuild kit from a vendor here will run $700ish. Machine work...depends on what needs done when you get in there. Fluids can run a couple hundred alone. Most important part of the entire build will be the tune, which will run another several bills. Don’t skimp on tune, or it’s all in vain.
You can try and put it all together with cheap used stuff, and it will end up costing you double your budget in the end. There’s really no cheap way to get into a rebuild.
Not trying to rain on your parade, just being real.
You can try and put it all together with cheap used stuff, and it will end up costing you double your budget in the end. There’s really no cheap way to get into a rebuild.
Not trying to rain on your parade, just being real.
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Yeah, glad I asked. 20 bills...no. Cam and springs will run 30-40% of your budget. Rebuild kit from a vendor here will run $700ish. Machine work...depends on what needs done when you get in there. Fluids can run a couple hundred alone. Most important part of the entire build will be the tune, which will run another several bills. Don’t skimp on tune, or it’s all in vain.
You can try and put it all together with cheap used stuff, and it will end up costing you double your budget in the end. There’s really no cheap way to get into a rebuild.
Not trying to rain on your parade, just being real.
You can try and put it all together with cheap used stuff, and it will end up costing you double your budget in the end. There’s really no cheap way to get into a rebuild.
Not trying to rain on your parade, just being real.
