Dean350

Can somone tell me what all i would need to dump a nice 5.3 in my mustang i need like a full parts list and a rough guess on price wise how much it would cost it is going to be a street car and a car i take to car shows so i need somthing loud scary and sexy so i was thinking a 5.3 with a ls6 intake any other opinions on making it look good once its done?

23_hellfox_23

For starters you will need the motor/trans and the price for that has too many variables for me to really determine that haha.
If you can do all of your own work/fabrication you will make it out a lot cheaper than most.
If you buy a motor/trans with a harness/computer you will need to make it "standalone" similar to these harness' >http://secure.ultracart.com/catalog/PSI/
Then you will need the fuel stuff, which all depends on what you car already has and your goals, there again I do not know your situation so I cannot give you a price on that.
You will need the suspension (k-member, and trans crossmember) in order to mount said motor/trans so you could go the cheaper route and get these!> http://www.ajeracing.com/mustang.php
Or make your own mounts (for the cheapest) from your current, there is a write up on how to do so somewhere you just need to search for it.
You will also need headers (for the loud and scary part) and the cheapest LS swap headers are arounf $500 I think.
Really everyones build budget is different, my personal budget and what I expect to spend is about 10k on my car if not closer to 15k.
There are guys that have completed said swap for around 5k and did a really good job.
You just need to do some research and look at other peoples build.
Good luck with your build.
Hope this helps a little.

Dean350

I was hoping to do the whole build for about 2000

CustomX

iTrader: (1)

Not gonna happen unless you have one hell of a hook up

TwinsDad

Good luck with under 2000...I'm 3500 in just parts not including the motor/trans or upgrades.

geoff17

LOL!! Never gonna happen.

FrossB

iTrader: (1)

Yea under 2000 is not going to happen unless you get some free parts and do everything yourself.

Although there is cheaper things I could have done...here is my current price list of parts

Car: 700
Complete 5.3: 500
AJE K Member w/ mounts: 320
LT1 Radiator/Fans: 50
Manual Rack: 250
Accessory Bracket: 100
Head studs/gaskets: 130
CTS-V oil pan: 200
Non-EGR Manifolds: 50

That's a little over 2000 bucks there and im nowhere near ready to drive.

The bare minimum to make it run would be trans,stall, custom driveshaft, and custom harness...which, in my mind of being realistic, is almost 2000 dollars haha

Dean350

Already have the car and engine and I have a good friend who is a good welder/mechanic been at it for 20+ years I'm not looking for a drag car just something nice

geoff17

So many people never actually add up the true costs they have in their car and I actually added up EVERYTHING this time on my project. You will probably have almost $400 just is miscellaneous stupid crap that people never list or remind you of such as: random gaskets, sealants, random nuts, bolts, locktite, rtv, oil, oil filter, trans filter trans fluid, radiator fluid of choice (water and water wetter or rust inhibitor or anti-freeze/coolant if up north), hose clamps, stupid one time use tools, zip ties, vac line, vac tees, etc the list goes on.

No joke I bet I have close to $2,000 just in the stupid nickel and dime parts and random crap that just adds up. People always forget about the small stuff and the NUMEROUS trips to the auto store or hardware store for $2-$10 purchases that they just forget about.

Not trying to rain on your parade, just don't want to see someone go into something like this and realize halfway through that they aren't going to be able to afford to finish because they have already used up a quarter ($500 of $2000) of their budget on stuff they completely forgot to factor in. It seems like its become a bragging game on who can do an ls swap the cheapest and people leave stuff off to make it look like they did it cheaper than x person did.

23_hellfox_23

True statement here! ^
That's why I figure I will spend a minimum of 10k on my swap.
That's not including the car.
But I figure all said and done, to be at the place I want it to be, I will be closer to 15k.
And at 15k I still will only make like 450rwhp and have an 8 point cage, most of my budget is going to suspension and such though.
I will spend about 4k on the motor and such, 3k on the trans (TKO600RR and bell housing etc) and then everything else.

LS1MCSS

iTrader: (18)

It's still not going to happen for 2K. There are just too many little things that you end up having to buy.

1SMKN99

im doing a turbo ls1 swap in my 99 gt, but yea def not gonna happen for 2k.