jayayule

i have a 78 stepside that im going to put a lq9 out of a 2002 Cadillac Escalade. i bout motor mount and trany kit for mounting. i was told to send my wiring harnes to current to have rewired. i dont know if i should add a cam or change heads at this time. please give some in put

lowerthanyou00

iTrader: (8)

bare minimum get a cam,

youll have to reuse all the intake and injectors because they are truck specific.

also if you have some basic knowledge you can make your own standalone harness.

and good luck with the swap post pics

jayayule

what would be a good cam i have the 317 heads or should i change them

jayayule

i will post pic of the whole swap im just getting use to this forum

lowerthanyou00

iTrader: (8)

call up one of the sponsors on here, theyll put you in the right direction, since you have the higher compression flat top pistons you might be good with those heads, but give em a call, whats your power goal and what will you be using this for strip or show?

jayayule

what sponsor would you suggest . the would like mid to hi 400 hp range but i still have to smog . i would like to to do both with the truck

lowerthanyou00

iTrader: (8)

i personally had great luck with thunder racing for camshaft discussion http://www.thunderracing.com/

it should be able to get through smog with a small cam, but since youll have to take it to a referee, make sure your swapping in all the evap crap and you cant change out the heads. Also if it had a 4l65 behind it, it needs to be all hooked up and integrated into ur truck. you may need a electric to mechanical speedo converter and also the manifold and cats with 02 sensors have to remain in the same location. hopefully you can still scavenge some parts off that escalade. cali is a biatch for smog legal swaps

jayayule

should i do the swap stock .to get passed the ref and then add hp. ive talk to a few people and they said after the ref smog is easy. i have all the parts from the caddy

lowerthanyou00

iTrader: (8)

ya i would, itll be a project enough to just do the swap, just do a cam swap later that way you can do a proper tune.

ss.slp.ls1

iTrader: (36)

I've built and swapped several LQx engines. PM me and I can answer any of your questions.

jayayule

i wil pm you