It would be a waste of money considering you can get a low mileage one for a fraction of the price.



To add to the OP I picked up an LQ9 that I switched to a LQ4. I put new rings, New cam bearings, New main bearings, New rod bearings, and new head gaskets on it. I plan to sell it for 900.
It's basically a long block. No intake but has all covers and oil pan. Seems fair to me and the buyer considering he don't have to put new stuff in it. If you go to the junkyard and get one for a lil less then you should still go through it and put new bearings in IMO cuz you don't know anything about how the engine was treated.

 

I got one with 99K for $900 with 90 day warranty.

 

He took the offer, heres what it is now. Complete bottem end put together with the piston and rods, rings, bearings, cut crank, i pick a cam and everything is installed ready to go bottem end. Im very happy.

 

I'd rather pay $4000 for something with 0 miles than $5 for something with 25k miles. that's just me, I'm about to put aside an engine because I'm having problems doing what I want to do, if it's too much hassle I hate to mess with it.

 

Just doesn't make sense to pay that kind of money for a stock engine that you want to mod. For that kind of money you can buy a built shortblock from texas speed if you don't want to work on the engine yourself.

 

I've got a LSXrt manifold with a 102 mm tb that's givin me fits, cause I can't get it to fit right, I got a brand new Comp cam custom grind .226/.230 .598/.600 113+2 that I want to put in it, I got the heads milled, I got new LS7 lifters, I have a new 34" radiator and dual 16" flexalite fans to put on and I still have just a 5.3 with 135,000 miles on it. I've been getting into hunting deer, and I might need to get a small camper. There's no way I can pull a camper with that cam and a 3600 stall converter, but that intake on a stock 6.0 and a stock converter with a 4.10 rear and a built tranny will pull the **** out of a camper. And it's definitely cheaper than a new truck.

 

The engines that Texas speed have would be a short block. Just take your lifters, cam and everything and put it in one from them rather than a new stock engine for the same price. Just seems you'd get the most out of your money that way. That way you are getting the 0 mileage engine you want and the stronger internals in case you decide you want more power later.

4k for a stock Lq4/Lq9 is wasteful spending when you can spend 3500-4k for a built 370 short block and grab some $200 317 heads to put on it and throw your mods on it and be far better off. You'd have a much more reliable engine that way.

Just food for thought. Didn't want to see anyone waste money like that just to get something with no miles.

 

I've found an 06 LQ4 I'm going to pick up. 2006 5K $1400. IMO thats a good deal, Intake to oil pan.

 

where do yall find all these cheap lq4's?? lol the cheapest one ive found was a 04 with 136k miles for 1100

 

its really up to i would try to price it down a bit! i paid $900 fot a complete lq4 with 15k miles of an 06 denali