LS1 Questions

[94s10cpi]

I have been thinking about putting a ls1 with a t56 in my truck for sometime now (99 Xtreme 4.3 5spd) and i had some questions. Is 3500 a good price for a ls1 with a t56 (came out of a wrecked trans am) that includes the wiring and computer, front cross member with engine mounts, shifter, pedals, and the hydrolics for clutch? I've been looking around and I can't seem to find any others cheaper than that price. Also does anyone know if I will be able to use my stock console? and or will I have to cut the hole back farther for the shifter? I decided that im not gonna have a/c on it so I won't have to mess with any of that. Where can i find long tube headers? all the links that people have posted won't let me go to them. or is the shortys good enough? If anyone knows where I can find an engine cheaper please tell me. 3500 for an engine and trans kinda high. I'm sure I will have more questions later down the road. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

[mknight759]

how many miles and what year if i was to do it again i would start off with the 6.0 and build me a stroker

[vandejr]

for 3500 id buy l92/6.2 .

[turbobandit]

that is pretty high. You can get a trans in the neighborhood of 1500 complete. then engine for 7-900$. Harness/computer is the expensive part, i'd go with Jarred at CPW for less headaches. Send him your stuff and he'll adapt it for you-- 700$ or so~

then accessories, mounts, headers, all that other jazz adds up quick. It's not a cheap swap

[94s10cpi]

Yeah i was thinking that it is pretty high. it came out of a 2000 ws6 with 44000 miles on it. anybody know any good places where i can get a ls1 or ls2 for not a bad price? everyone i found on ebay is pretty high. if i could find a ls2 for kinda cheap and then get a t56 for around 1500 i'd rather do that any day. if i could find an engine with all the accessories on the front would help alot well if they would work and not hit anything.

[mr spree]

try ls1tech.com
they usually have someone selling there motor for a good price

[turbobandit]

^ i agree.

OR, search your local salvage yards, and buy the whole car. Deal with the scrap car afterwards.

[94s10cpi]

alrighty thanks.

[94s10cpi]

yeah the only thing that suck about my local salvage yards is i live in a small town ha its home of mark twain tho lol so there are like never any ls1 or ls2's in the yards. there arn't really even that many ls1 camaros or gtos around if there are they like to hide haha

[Performin Norman]

That's on the high side. If you do a little research and hit the sites as listed above, you will get really good deals.

I've been gathering parts for my LS/T56 swap also and have found some stellar deals.

[94s10cpi]

yeah im gonna have to start looking for the killer deals for sure.

[Performin Norman]

I also wanted to add. It all depends on how much work you want to do yourself. If you don't mind doing more work, you can get even better deals. But if you want plug and play, you won't get as good a deal.

If I run across any deals, I'll throw them at you.

[94s10cpi]

alrighty yeah a little more work i dont mind i plan on dong this over winter and i would greatly appreciate that

[turbobandit]

i bought my trans for 800$. just needed a new 3-4 shift fork.

Did the re-build myself. Alot of fun! learned alot too.

SO the extra 250$ for the rebuild kit was worth it

[94s10cpi]

yeah there is a lot of stuff for sale at ls1 tech lol

[Performin Norman]

I've found really good deals by looking at Craigslist every day and religiously. The good stuff goes really fast so if you can keep a constant eye on it, you'll get the deals.

[94s10cpi]

yeah thats were i found that engine and trans from.. i wish you could look at stuff for sale through all of craigslist and not have to pick a state and stuff. i live close to st louis mo so thats where i look at. any good places to look at on there? it just takes along time to go through every place lol

[94s10cpi]

okay i think i might of found a pretty good deal what do you all think? http://stlouis.craigslist.org/pts/1407778489.html

[94s10cpi]

even tho im looking for a t56 i would just sell that trans

[Performin Norman]

There ya go. That didn't take long at all. LOL

[94s10cpi]

nope not at all lol now i just need a t56 i found one for around 1250 but now i cant seem to remember where i found it at lol i think it was on ls1tech not sure tho

[Performin Norman]

I found one for $400 but it needs synchros. I don't see stellar deals on T56s very often but saw some in the 500 - 700 range on racing junk a while back.

[94s10cpi]

okay found the transmission lol http://www.ls1tech.com/forums/lsx-pa...wer-price.html is it at a good price? there was another one a found for 1200

[94s10cpi]

yeah i dont really wanna mess with rebuilding one lol

[94s10cpi]

on the one for 400 how hard is it to replace the synchros?

[mr spree]

Ive seen one for 900 with about 70k miles. Keep looking. Dont jump the gun
cause a good deal will show up!

[94s10cpi]

yeah true dat. ima keep looking