got a guy in my area selling a motor out of a 2005 savana lq9 was thinking about putting in my silverado. he say it got 159000km. its that too much or not worth it.

 

well LQ9s never cam in vans, but the price sounds about average for a LQ4

 

its from a g van is an lq4 worth swaping or wait to find lq9

 

G VAN??? Was this guy driving it?

 

no is an lq4 a good motor or look for an lq9

 

An LQ4 is a great motor for a swap, especially an ’05 such as what your contemplating, as other than the compression being 6/10th’s lower, has the same internal components. The newer LQ4’s have the same beefier floating pin rods, same heads, same camshaft and so on. And actually if further down the road you decided that you wanted to boost the engine by some means, the LQ4 would actually be the better choice of the two. That said and you fully intend to stay NA, should you come across an LQ9 with similar mileage, checks out to be in good shape, for a good price, then by all means pick it up.

 

the mileage is high for the price, unless you cannot find any better, i paid $800, 04' LQ4 73000 miles from a express van

the LQ9 isnt worth the extra money people ask for them