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Old Jul 1, 2009 | 05:17 AM
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I think I already know the answer but Im not sure, will LS3 cylinder heads bolt up to an LQ9/LS1 block or would i need an LS3/L76 block for the fitment to work correctly?
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Old Jul 1, 2009 | 11:01 AM
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LS3 heads are just like the many posts on here involving the L92 version. They can be bolted on 4" and larger bore LS engines, so stock LS1, no.
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Old Jul 1, 2009 | 06:44 PM
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so, hypothetically speaking then, a set of LS3 heads could bolt up to a 370 or 408ci LQ9 and be dropped into a 98-02 f-body? would the same possibility work with LS7 heads? And if the swap worked is the exhaust bolt pattern the same on all LS1/LS3/LS7 cylinder heads?
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1) Yes
2) I don't think so, the LS7 is in their own little world
3) LS based engines use the same exhaust pattern so your LS1 headers would fit the LS3 heads
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