LQ9 under way
 

well i got home from work to see that my 6.0L was waiting for me. so before the storm hit i rushed to get the motor off the pallet and onto the engine stand.

after i got that done i stripped the wiring harness off the motor. took off the intake manifold and pulled the starter.
not much progress today but should be able to get the rest of the parts off tomorrow

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ill have more pics up to keep you guys posted on the swap.

i also got my fast 90 in!
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Congrats, looking good so far.

This is gonna be the most FTW car once youre done haha. Ive always wanted to build an iron 6.0 but now i dont have a car i want to put it in anymore :-x

that car will be back up on her feet in no time

looks like a nice clean engine u got there... good luck!

solid man . keep us posted.

nice!!

well i got her all stripped down. just have to swap balancers, oil pans, and sensors.

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Are you running it with the stock heads and cam? How do they do with the ls1 style intake manifold? i know they are rated at 345hp/380 ft lbs with the truck gear. Should be a good boost in power overall

yea im running the stock 317 heads and the stock cam in the motor. it should be a decent power increase over the stock ls1. and ill be adding the fast intake to it along with some longtubes and maybe even an underdrive pulley.(not sure on the pulley yet)

but i couldnt pass on the deal that i got on the complete lq9

hey good luck man with your build.... can i ask though what the advantages to an iron block would be from the ls aluminum block... arent you adding alot of weight to the front... are you going to run LT1 springs to counter act the iron block.... just curiouse.... im an lt1 guy and dont know crap about ls's and lq's and what ever else they are callen them these days...

its going to add some weight to the front but i dont drag this car so it isnt going to bother me. but ill be making more power with this stock 6.0 over the ls1 i had.

little update to end the day.
got the rad/fan out of the car, and removed the what appears to be an aftermarket aluminum driveshaft. looks like a gm number but didnt come up on gmparts direct. (Three Rivers 12560725)

started bolting parts to the 6.0 so i dont misplace anything lol and placed the fast on top to get an idea.
also spent a good amount of time cleaning up the LQ9 to make it look a little nicer

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Thats a stock driveshaft. They all used Three rivers but have 3 different numbers 98-99 had a parts number that was discontinued but its the same shaft.

ok thanks for the info

well i got a little more done today. probably the last time ill get a chance to touch the z before i leave for myrtle beach.

got the passanger exhaust manifold off. swapped valve covers to the new motor. pulled the p/s pump off and swapped the p/s bracket and alternator, and sensors to the new motor. looks like all thats left is just to drop the trans down and pull the broke ass ls1 out of there.

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lose the fram filter. protect your investment :nod:



looks good man. cant wait to see you around with it
:cheers:

Very nice work. Make sure you make a video after you get thing fired back up.

looks good. I see you got the other valve cover off. Did u pick up a set if ratcheting wrenches to get that last bolt out that we couldn't get yesterday?

thats still the truck oil pan. ill swap them after i get the ls1 out.

little bit of fighing but i got it off with a shallow socket and ratchet. got the exhaust manifold off also. motor is pretty much stripped except for the ac compressor and bracket

lol thought the same thing when i saw that filter.

i have one delco filter left so ill be running that. no frams for me lol.

well today is my last day in sc. cant wait to get home and start working on her some more. i hope to have the trans out tomorrow. im starting to get the itch to drive my car again lol.

i also couldnt get my hand on an ls7 clutch being its on backorder so i ordered me a nice stage 2 monster clutch with lightweight chromoly flywheel so ill probably be swapping rears sooner then i wanted to lol.

good choice on the monster:nod:

i would panit the Valve covers while its out. either black or the color of the car. make it look really nice

picked up my headers and y pipe today!

only a few more items are on the list so hopefully the car will be up and running within the next few weeks.

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