Let me see first im a broke college kid trying to finish my last year of school, second GM never made a fast truck(SRT's are jokes) and is the only reason i was steered away from a VHO or SS(seriously GM SS badge on a truck like that?), third i could have bought a single cab for about the same as i bought my truck for, it might have been a 5.3 or even worse a 4.8, after full boltons the truck still would not have been as fast as mine is, add a cam and it would almost be there(add it to a 4.8 and um lol), or i could have thrown a 6.0 in it, about 1500(give or take a few since LQ9's range in $ depending on a lot of money, my buddy bought a LQ4/4l80 for 2500) dollars later it would have been as fast as mine is right now. Hmm do you see where im going, i bought my truck in november last year and i owe 1k on it, you know what comes next? Built motor backed up by a whipple. LSx is superior to a modular motor but a GM truck is not superior to a Lightning when it comes speed vs money.