LQ9 Cadillac engine upgrades?

[WS6]

You could always go with a carb style intake manifold or get an LS6 intake manifold. The factor plastic manifolds can take paint and powder coating so you can do it in silver or whatever color a powder coater can offer. I would highly advise against an aluminum intake unless it is the carb style.

As for power goals, you'll need headers for sure. A good all around cam for that engine would be a comp XER 228/232 on an 112 or 114 LSA. I love the 114 LSA personally. You could also go a little bigger and not hurt your low end power. I would not go bigger than a 232/236 though.



What rear gear ratio do you have and what trans are you going to use? You'll need a stall converter if you're going with an auto trans