good deal for a LS engine ?

[BOOOGHAR]

I stopped by my buddies salvage yard and asked how much his LS engines go for, a example he told me was a 5.3 with 49K miles, no accesoreys, no tranny, no puter for $800 out the door. I could prolly talk to his dad and get the puter thrown in on the deal soooooooo yes ? no? maybe ?

on a side night, would I need the stock engine harness if going into a old chevy for example and aquired a new harness from painless for example

[SpiderGearsMan]

Re: good deal for a LS engine ?

in 1993 I paid 800 for a 350 L98 iroc engine , tpi , no harness , iron heads
the boss bought a corvette with no motor for the used car line

[fahrenschnell]

Re: good deal for a LS engine ?

$800 for the 5.3 with accessories is a good deal if you get the harness and pcm. I pickup longblocks and completes for alot less.

Dave (STD) recently got a no miles 6.0 for not much more than that with everything included.....

SO....If he wants to throw in everything.....Yep....if not....keep looking.

Seth

PS.....I bought a 5.3 with no accy, harness, or pcm for $200.

[dieselgeek]

Re: good deal for a LS engine ?

If you have to start paring down the electronics, try to keep the coils. They're money.

[DanStokes]

Re: good deal for a LS engine ?

I know where there's a nicely broken - er - broken-in LS for WAY cheap. Call Honest Seth's used LS lot and ask for Luke.

Dan

[BOOOGHAR]

Re: good deal for a LS engine ?

$800 for the 5.3 with accessories is a good deal if you get the harness and pcm. I pickup longblocks and completes for alot less.

Dave (STD) recently got a no miles 6.0 for not much more than that with everything included.....

SO....If he wants to throw in everything.....Yep....if not....keep looking.

Seth

PS.....I bought a 5.3 with no accy, harness, or pcm for $200.

do you ship ?

[min301]

Re: good deal for a LS engine ?

$800 for the 5.3 with accessories is a good deal if you get the harness and pcm. I pickup longblocks and completes for alot less.

Dave (STD) recently got a no miles 6.0 for not much more than that with everything included.....

SO....If he wants to throw in everything.....Yep....if not....keep looking.

Seth

PS.....I bought a 5.3 with no accy, harness, or pcm for $200.

do you ship ?

He travels to jobs alot, and owns a truck. ;D

[milkovich]

Re: good deal for a LS engine ?

$800 seems high for a 5.3. Have you checked LKQ? I thought 5.3's were around $400-500 and 4.8's were practically free.

[SpiderGearsMan]

Re: good deal for a LS engine ?

bought an s10 blazer 4.3 for 700 in 2006 ..flyover country states have ultra cheap junkyards or are they u pull it ?
my dominican buddys got a dakota v6 for 35 bucks at harry's u pull it in hazleton , pa on half price engine day

[1988montecarloss]

Re: good deal for a LS engine ?

complete 5.3s from lkq auto parts are $450

the only way id be paying $800 for a 5.3 is if it cam with EVERYTHING necessary to make it run, other then that, keep looking

[SpiderGearsMan]

Re: good deal for a LS engine ?

450 ? I had twice that invested in a crankshaft

[BOOOGHAR]

Re: good deal for a LS engine ?

i checked the local lkq and they are going from 400-650

[SpiderGearsMan]

Re: good deal for a LS engine ?

thinking the 650 is accurate , these guys know what they got

how much for a 390 hp LS2 ?

[BOOOGHAR]

Re: good deal for a LS engine ?

im going to look a lil more into it on saturday when I head up to houston fer some stuff

[SpiderGearsMan]

Re: good deal for a LS engine ?

lost in austin , juiced in houston , can't remember dallas