lq4 6.0 install
06-20-2007 | 09:18 PM
#1
lq4 6.0 install hey guys, not sure if i am posting in the right place, but if not feel free to move it. I am almost finished with my lq4 (6.0) install and have some quick questions for yall! I have this installed in a 2000 z28! Can i connect everything and use the same computer? will anything mess up if having it on, I will have it tuned eventually during the week, but not at the begging. also i am running open headers can i turn it on? is this safe? thanks in advance!
p.s. sorry for all the newb questions!
p.s. sorry for all the newb questions!
06-20-2007 | 11:23 PM
#3
yes i am running a larger cam! its a 236/242 not sure on the rest but i think its something like 6.10-6.15 on a 114 lsa! oh and open headers will be run from the shop 2 my house only which is about 2 miles!! if thats alright!
06-22-2007 | 03:28 PM
#6
If you just use the LQ4 and use all of the accessories and sensor from your car and old engine.. it will run, but many not be the best idle or response. But as you say, your headed to a turner anyway and it is a moot issue, don't dwell on it then.
Are you going to put a exhaust system on .. use cut-out?... or just leave it open till the day it dies ? With that cam and open header.. I would expect you will be short on low end power/TQ utill you get it up into the power range that the cam is intended for, may not be any fun to DD it, but will sound great as you head to the local hang out.
The only thing about running open headers (other than a ticket) is that if you shutdown in a cold or windy day, that cold air could make its way up the header tube and be hitting the valves and heads and there could be a possiblity for bend or warped valve from the metal cooling off to quick, At lease that is what many have blamed it on by running short open headers in the past.
You see many race dragsters, sportmen class cars / trucks that have flapper on the collector to keep the cold are from making its way back onto the valve and heads.
you ask for my 2 cents.. .. there it is.
Are you going to put a exhaust system on .. use cut-out?... or just leave it open till the day it dies ? With that cam and open header.. I would expect you will be short on low end power/TQ utill you get it up into the power range that the cam is intended for, may not be any fun to DD it, but will sound great as you head to the local hang out.
The only thing about running open headers (other than a ticket) is that if you shutdown in a cold or windy day, that cold air could make its way up the header tube and be hitting the valves and heads and there could be a possiblity for bend or warped valve from the metal cooling off to quick, At lease that is what many have blamed it on by running short open headers in the past.
You see many race dragsters, sportmen class cars / trucks that have flapper on the collector to keep the cold are from making its way back onto the valve and heads.
you ask for my 2 cents.. .. there it is.
06-23-2007 | 08:59 PM
#7
thanks man, yes i will take it to the tuner, i just got to drive to my house from the shop which is about 2 miles! and i will have it tuned later in the week, i will not move it! and duals are going on asap!
