Costs of LS1 swapping?
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Costs of LS1 swapping?
What sort of prices are people spending for their LS1 swaps? I am hoping to be able to do a complete swap with a budget of 4000 dollars which should include the purchese of the engine and transmission, wiring harness, pcm and the mounting kit from Grannys and the little things that i am forgetting.
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What sort of prices are people spending for their LS1 swaps? I am hoping to be able to do a complete swap with a budget of 4000 dollars which should include the purchese of the engine and transmission, wiring harness, pcm and the mounting kit from Grannys and the little things that i am forgetting.
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What sort of prices are people spending for their LS1 swaps? I am hoping to be able to do a complete swap with a budget of 4000 dollars which should include the purchese of the engine and transmission, wiring harness, pcm and the mounting kit from Grannys and the little things that i am forgetting.
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I dont think you could do everything right for less than $5,000 + cost of the car.
I looked up all the parts I wanted and I would have ended up spending about $6,500 on a LS1 swap.
I looked up all the parts I wanted and I would have ended up spending about $6,500 on a LS1 swap.
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I spent about 10k on my swap, but I factored in paint/body work, some suspension stuff, engine upgrades, new clutch/sensors/intake manifold, good solid cooling system, lots of new parts.
I got some good deals on the engine/transmission and only paid 700 for the car and had already brought it up to a well maintained (and oiled, unintentionally ) with the rotary engine.
I got some good deals on the engine/transmission and only paid 700 for the car and had already brought it up to a well maintained (and oiled, unintentionally ) with the rotary engine.
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What sort of prices are people spending for their LS1 swaps? I am hoping to be able to do a complete swap with a budget of 4000 dollars which should include the purchese of the engine and transmission, wiring harness, pcm and the mounting kit from Grannys and the little things that i am forgetting.
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$8k to do it right IMO. This is for an FD. Less if you can find some smoking deal on a powertrain. Much less if you are doing an FC where the mounting equipment is far simpler.
I looked for an engine for 3 months...and the cheap ones I found were not worth it. I got an 18K mile LS1/T56 out of a 2002 Camaro Z28 for $5000 shipped to my door. It came with everything and I considered that a good deal. I think it still is.
I looked for an engine for 3 months...and the cheap ones I found were not worth it. I got an 18K mile LS1/T56 out of a 2002 Camaro Z28 for $5000 shipped to my door. It came with everything and I considered that a good deal. I think it still is.
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lol......................
ive been looking around.. im expecting to spend 7k on engine tranny and mounting kit... that doesnt include all the other stuff im going to need.........
CHEAPEST ive found and ls1 t56 combo was like high 3xxx and thats with a nice chunk of miles.. thats about the price of your budget and that doesnt include the subframe and everything else needed...
ive been looking around.. im expecting to spend 7k on engine tranny and mounting kit... that doesnt include all the other stuff im going to need.........
CHEAPEST ive found and ls1 t56 combo was like high 3xxx and thats with a nice chunk of miles.. thats about the price of your budget and that doesnt include the subframe and everything else needed...
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