Ordered the 6.0L from Scoggin-Dickey today. Found out GM has discontinued manufacturing the LQ9's, even as crate motors. Had to settle for an LQ4.

 

uhhaaaa . . . . you can order your own pistons else where.

 

that sucks, order an LS2 and put a truck intake

 

That is interesting. The LQ9 crate is listed in the new GM performance parts catalog that just came out. I guess us guys with LQ9 from the factory are stuck out if something goes boom. Buy the Lq4 and put Lq9 piston and rods in I suppose.

 

SHould have ordered an L92

 

I would but it's a bit pricey, esp. since I also have to buy a new tranny . Plus I wanted something that was a drop-in without having to do much modding, and would work w/ the Radix. Oh well, the LQ4 should be an improvement over the 4.8, and with the Radix and a good tune, prob not much different from the LQ9.

 

wouldnt you rather have an LQ4 for a radix because of the lower compression ratio?

 

Can you still buy the LQ9 block from SDPC???? I just wanted the block to start my build

 

the blocks are the same as the LQ4's

 

not imo , the 112 cant produce enough boost on a 6.0 to where the compression ratio will hurt performance. if you have goals to go bigger than yes an lq4 would be a better choice.