lq9 swap
 

Hey guys, i don't know if you all remember me but this is where i first started out. I was waiting for thew new camaro when i saw some people on here who did ls1 swaps and stuff like that. tag ur it directed me to a few places and next thing you know i do a huge swap on my truck lol . i wanted to do a ls1 swap, then i was like hm, i might as well do a lq9 swap and mod it later. :chevy: so after months of research and a lot of moding and a month at nelson performance my my swap is done. i have a head problem though thanks to the guy who scamed me on my motor an tranny :barf: but ill fix it and get it running right. so here it is my 98 lq9 4l80e swap :happyanim:

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it ran really strong even with the head problem. here is what i did yesterday taking the head off

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hopefully just a few more days and i can get it back on the road.

it was so nice, everytime it would shift the tires would spin :grayvertshift:

very nice, any ideas on what it runs in a quarter mile?

very common swap, usually more economical than a LS1 swap :D

thanks im guessing some were in the 13's off of what i have seen

in a 04 rcsb with the lq9, tune headers exhuast, cam rods and springs, he ran mid 12's.. these motors have so much tq its amazing for these small trucks. i mean it never wants to stop going :burnrubber:


i was getting about 17 MPG in it with the bad head. i put around 300 miles on it.