I do feel sorry for you man, when I got your text first thing I thought of was the heads. Sucks that the motor popped but Im glad it wasnt from something that I sold you. Im with David on just dropping a 6.0 in it, an LQ4 with those heads would scream. DO NOT do what else you were considering or Ill have to personally come down there and act like Im going to kick your ***

 

ill keep that in mind bud!!!...... and the heads are perfect!!

 

Man that sucked to hear you lost the ole' LS1, if you beat up that 4.8 too bad I will have one for you soon...

 

Sorry to hear man. atleast you have another spare motor laying around. thats why i have 2 6.0s just incase already had to use one this summer. now im building the other one. you can never have to many spares motors. good luck in whatever path you take. i know short block 6.0s around here are pretty cheap. i picked one up this last summer for $350 with 34k on it.

 

Where the heck are you finding low mile 6.0s for that cheap? I need to pick me up a spare since my "tooning" ability isnt all that great

 

um a local salvage yard. ill check to see if they got anymore in. i have a buddy who bought 3 6.0s 2 lq4s and a lq9 and shipped them down south to a buddy cause we get pretty good deals up here.. heres the thing about LS motors in montana. nobody is into the new LS stuff. there is only a few guys up here building LS motors most guys around here are still into old school muscle. so the going rate is pretty good for stuff like LS motors.
heck i just picked up a 4x4 4l80 with 90k on it for $400 buck. i thought that was a decent deal. i could be wrong.

 

My thought exactly! All these built motors having problems, no bueno

 

i just asked my buddy what he paid for those 6.0s and he said $600 with accs and harness. thats a long block out the door. with everything top to bottom. thats why his buddy didnt mind paying shipping. i think from our warehouse it was like 150 shipping. so like 750 for a motor shipped. pretty good deal.

 

well, if all pans out well, im makin a road trip to dallas on the 19th to pick up a lq9 from a guy on tech. oil pump went out in it, gettin a smokin deal......out of an 04 sss, ill use the rods and block from it, my ls1 crank is in perfect condition, so now i gotta decide if i want to do a 370, or just go .005-.010 over on it...hmmmmmm

 

......and, im gonna do a custom grind cam...prolly a 228/236 6xx/6xx 112+2, should run great paired with my PRCs!!