Dreaming of 6 litres...........
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There are plenty of builders that sell Gen 3 based engines though. SDPC put one together for me with all new factory parts at a reasonable price.
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Exxon/Mobil is what we have found to deliver the best mileage until I ran a couple of tanks of Chevron. Picked up over 1 mpg and probably 2 when running the numbers is done. Check it out if they're in your area.
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OK- brushed up on my math, if all is right and starting out with Advanced induction 226cc heads with 69cc chambers and head gasket thickness of .075 and bore of 4.060 would yield 9.78:1 compression should be looking at DCR 8.32 and cranking pressure 168.22psi with IVC 55.5*. BTW- with this different gasket thickness (I understand the originals are .052) would I need different pushrods.........
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OK- brushed up on my math, if all is right and starting out with Advanced induction 226cc heads with 69cc chambers and head gasket thickness of .075 and bore of 4.060 would yield 9.78:1 compression should be looking at DCR 8.32 and cranking pressure 168.22psi with IVC 55.5*. BTW- with this different gasket thickness (I understand the originals are .052) would I need different pushrods.........
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I’ll be trying out a lq9 with 243 heads and a tsp stage 2 low lift truck cam on 93 oct. will be starting out with a lq4 base with 8 degrees of timing being pulled .... going for that iron ls2 power and it being my wife’s DD in a crew cab
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OK- brushed up on my math, if all is right and starting out with Advanced induction 226cc heads with 69cc chambers and head gasket thickness of .075 and bore of 4.060 would yield 9.78:1 compression should be looking at DCR 8.32 and cranking pressure 168.22psi with IVC 55.5*. BTW- with this different gasket thickness (I understand the originals are .052) would I need different pushrods.........
IIRC an LQ4 piston has an 8cc dish.
1st, Why bore the engine .060 over??? There is no advantage to that and the engine will actually run hotter the thinner the cylinders get.
2nd, Why .075 thick gasket? This will take away from the quench area and reduce compression lower to like around 9.2:1. Typically the factory pistons stick out of the hole on these Iron blocks. Each one is a little different I typically use .006 out of the hole for rough calculations. Ideally you would want to run around a .040 quench which is why the factory uses a .052 thickness gasket.
If you want a 9.7:1 ratio I would build an LQ4 with a .020 over bore with a factory head gasket and 69cc head.
I have a comp cams pushrod length checker 7702-1







