02 silverado with 09 engine upgrade :)
Jun 13, 2011 | 06:45 PM
#21
i live in texas and never located one for even close to $1000. after months of looking i finally paid nearly $2g's for a low mileage engine. prices here ranged from $1500-$2500 with all but a couple on the high side of that price range over 90k miles. the $1000 LQ4 is a myth ever since everyone realized what an easy upgrade and swap they were. i did see one partially assembled longblock with 70k for $900 but only one and it would have needed a few hundred dollars worth of gaskets and parts to be ready to run. the LY5 with that mileage and the price he paid was the better deal.
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Jul 5, 2011 | 09:21 PM
#23
Launching!
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if you're looking for torque you may need to look elsewhere. that cam is made for a lightweight car that doesn't need the torque to get moving. i don't have many suggestions but there are damn good ones out there that will get you more grunt for the same work. M3SRT is running the TR220 in his '07+ silverado. look him up on youtube, the truck is fast on the stock converter. would be better still with a stall.
Jul 8, 2011 | 11:16 AM
#25
I bought an lq4 with around 80k miles for $400 two weeks ago also I bought a set of 243 heads for my chevelle for 150 including giving them my 317s good deals are out there just gotta be patient
Jul 11, 2011 | 05:41 PM
#26
if you're looking for torque you may need to look elsewhere. that cam is made for a lightweight car that doesn't need the torque to get moving. i don't have many suggestions but there are damn good ones out there that will get you more grunt for the same work. M3SRT is running the TR220 in his '07+ silverado. look him up on youtube, the truck is fast on the stock converter. would be better still with a stall.
Jul 13, 2011 | 06:32 PM
#27
Launching!
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From: Lewisville, TX
i wasn't suggesting it for low end but it would out perform the ls6 across the entire rpm range. looking at some of the 212/218 guys dynographs even those "torquey" cams don't vastly out perform the stock cam below 2500 rpm. and that rpm is where most of your driving is done so that's where its the most noticeable. honestly, the best mod for low end torque for me so far has simply been a tune and gears
Jul 14, 2011 | 01:50 PM
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Jul 14, 2011 | 07:20 PM
#29
Launching!
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From: Lewisville, TX
doesn't take you long to switch over to dick mode does it okie? i have never used the ls6 cam. but reading what other members of this site that have and what they have to say is that it does seem to lose a little to the stock cam. considering its intended use that seems entirely within reason. yes it outperforms stock but does it in the rpm which you constantly use in normal driving situations? to that i'm not even suggesting a cam.
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Jul 14, 2011 | 09:24 PM
#30
Easy killer, just trying to make a point. He said he wanted to swap it for a little more low end, and you told him to look elsewhere then immediately directed him to the 220. The 220 is almost always used on a 112lsa, the LS6 comes on 117.5 IIRC which broadens the rpm range relative to the 112. Gears will definitely be a bigger improvement, but were talking about cams.