Deeznuns

I can get a good deal on a wrecked 2000 firebird formula with t56 right now(was rolled), it still runs and drives it's just the body and roof is all smashed. I can pickup a v6 4th gen bird for like a G like anywhere it seems like. Say I buy both, how much would a shop charge me for doing the whole swap? Motor, tranny, fuel stuff, springs, gauge cluster, the whole dam thang. And if so where? Mesa AZ cat ear, thanks

JOHNNY59

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Would be cheaper to find a good running formula or t/a than the cost of the swap.

1964SS

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Welcome to LS1tech. I'm in Mesa AZ and could do the swap, but as said it would be cheaper to just buy a Z28 or formula. Personally if you could get the LS1/T56 car cheap I would pick it up and find something more interesting to swap it into.

Mike

Deeznuns

Thanks for the welcoming! I like the look of the 4th gen firebird, yes it would be sweet to slap it into something unexpected, but still like the firebird. from what I could gather on this forum it definitely seems like lots a labor for a rookie like myself to do an entire swap like that, that's why I'd be willing to pay a shop to do it. I'm really just looking for a ball park estimate of how much it would cost say labor wise? if I already had both cars.

JoeNova

I would say with engine and trans, expect to be charged no less than $4000 in labor.

Most shops charge ~3500 labor to swap just the engine.