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With which engine? You don't want to deal with the AFM?
It would be so much easier to just take an Lq4 throw some forged slugs and rods in it and a blower cam, maggie it and have a solid 11 second ride. It's an easy combo and I like the fact that the GMT-800 trucks are a lot lighter. I would also find one without any rust. :fume:
Question: Why the LQ4 (which I think is a 6.0)?

And other than swap-ability, why go with a GMT800 and not a 400 for weight purposes?

Great, just what we need, another lowered 4x4 on here. :jester:


Are there differences in the 6.0's?
 
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With which engine? You don't want to deal with the AFM?
It would be so much easier to just take an Lq4 throw some forged slugs and rods in it and a blower cam, maggie it and have a solid 11 second ride. It's an easy combo and I like the fact that the GMT-800 trucks are a lot lighter. I would also find one without any rust. :fume:
Question: Why the LQ4 (which I think is a 6.0)?

And other than swap-ability, why go with a GMT800 and not a 400 for weight purposes?

Great, just what we need, another lowered 4x4 on here. :jester:


Are there differences in the 6.0's?
The LQ4 is the same engine Dan has in his truck They were in the 2000-2007 classic 2500 trucks only about a couple million of them made. Very easy to find and very good bang for the buck buy. GMT-800 because I want a GenIII motor and platform. Any GMT-400 is still GenI and GenII smallblock territory.

Differences how? There is a LQ9 which is essentially the same motor but had stronger rods a couple years and had different tune. It made more power than the LQ4.
 

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With which engine? You don't want to deal with the AFM?
It would be so much easier to just take an Lq4 throw some forged slugs and rods in it and a blower cam, maggie it and have a solid 11 second ride. It's an easy combo and I like the fact that the GMT-800 trucks are a lot lighter. I would also find one without any rust. :fume:
Question: Why the LQ4 (which I think is a 6.0)?

And other than swap-ability, why go with a GMT800 and not a 400 for weight purposes?

Great, just what we need, another lowered 4x4 on here. :jester:


Are there differences in the 6.0's?
The LQ4 is the same engine Dan has in his truck They were in the 2000-2007 classic 2500 trucks only about a couple million of them made. Very easy to find and very good bang for the buck buy. GMT-800 because I want a GenIII motor and platform. Any GMT-400 is still GenI and GenII smallblock territory. Yeah, I know. That's why I said swap-ability would be a bigger issue.

Differences how? There is a LQ9 which is essentially the same motor but had stronger rods a couple years and had different tune. It made more power than the LQ4.
I did a quick search on the differences and someone was saying that the pistons were different. :dunno:

I think Justin has L92 heads on his SSS, but what's the advantage of them?
 

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