Grod67

I'm installing a lq4 , 4l80e in my truck build. I got the heads off (317) it has dished piston with fly cut for the valves. Just woundering the best bag for my buck for hp. Thinking a cam ? And flattop Pistons. Headers. Any sustions..
Remember this was suppose to be a low dollar build, but we know how that goes..lol

FFDP

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Just mill the heads if you want more compression.

A small cam and header is the easiest way to gain horsepower. Choose the size of the cam based on what stall you want to use. A larger cam will likely want a stall converter.

Grod67

I was thinking on milling the heads to clean them up. Maybe a cam and a set of flattop Pistons, allready got the headers. Any suggestions on cam, and Pistons? And what kind of hp would I gane by keeping the rest stock.
Thanks

FFDP

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Just leave the pistons, it's why I suggested you mill the heads to raise compression. But it's not my wallet that's paying for this stuff.

As said, choose the cam you wish to run based on other factors like the converter stall. If you want to stay with a stock stall pick a cam that's smaller, maybe in the 212/218 range or see what the BTR cam's are at.

Too many factors to guess at HP gain, it really comes down to how well the tune is because anyone can just toss parts at a motor. A guess would be somewhere in the low 300's to the ground.

Beatdown Z

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What are your goals for the truck?

Grod67

It's going to be a daily driver, just wanting to wake up the old 6.0 lq4

wretched73

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Use a BTR or TSP Stage 2 cam, NNBS intake, Maybe do gears in the future and i think you'll be pretty happy

ZO6Ted

Yeah as above don't bother with pistons

Grod67

Thanks, I think I'll go with stage 2 cam and mill the heads I have (317) with headers and a tune. May be 799 heads later.

Grod67

Getting a btr stage 2 cam off a friend, now he talked me into looking for a set of 243 or 799 heads.