LS1 Gen III in a box???
02-06-2014, 11:26 AM
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LS1 Gen III in a box??? Hi,
I need some info on this complete engine that I would like to sell on Ebay.
I believe it is a '98 Camaro/Firebird LS1 with Corvette covers on it. It has sat untouched in a crate/box since new. Date on side of box reads Sept '97.
It was bought from a Chevy dealer and kept, untouched in a temperature controlled warehouse.
Can someone tell be what it is worth, how much I should try to sell it for?
Thank you.
I need some info on this complete engine that I would like to sell on Ebay.
I believe it is a '98 Camaro/Firebird LS1 with Corvette covers on it. It has sat untouched in a crate/box since new. Date on side of box reads Sept '97.
It was bought from a Chevy dealer and kept, untouched in a temperature controlled warehouse.
Can someone tell be what it is worth, how much I should try to sell it for?
Thank you.
02-06-2014, 11:45 AM
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Well that certainly is interesting. I cannot provide much input other than you have to factor in the engine isnt as "fresh" as you might think...it has sat up in a warehouse for many years and I would begin to question all the gaskets/seals. Just my .02 though.....
On second thought, who lets such an engine just sit somewhere for so long? Its an LS1, she needs a home!
On second thought, who lets such an engine just sit somewhere for so long? Its an LS1, she needs a home!
02-06-2014, 02:17 PM
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Id run the **** out it! The gaskets are all rubber/silicone, they don't dry out. If anything there could be some surface rust in the cylinders from sitting. But the rings will wipe that right out. Before the crowd gets in a uproar let me tell you that many of new cars sit for a long time before they are put into service. When I was a Service Manager at a dealer we would have cars sit for months out on the back lot, if not a full year some times; Brand New! Sitting that long in the Florida Humidity will cause surface rust, but we did exactly what you would think. Jump started them and let them run a bit, clean them and deliver the car.
I wouldn't be scared at all to install that and let it eat(as much as a stock ls1 will) haha
I wouldn't be scared at all to install that and let it eat(as much as a stock ls1 will) haha
02-06-2014, 03:14 PM
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Id run the **** out it! The gaskets are all rubber/silicone, they don't dry out. If anything there could be some surface rust in the cylinders from sitting. But the rings will wipe that right out. Before the crowd gets in a uproar let me tell you that many of new cars sit for a long time before they are put into service. When I was a Service Manager at a dealer we would have cars sit for months out on the back lot, if not a full year some times; Brand New! Sitting that long in the Florida Humidity will cause surface rust, but we did exactly what you would think. Jump started them and let them run a bit, clean them and deliver the car.
I wouldn't be scared at all to install that and let it eat(as much as a stock ls1 will) haha
I wouldn't be scared at all to install that and let it eat(as much as a stock ls1 will) haha
Start it and dump the oil after 5-10 min and add fresh oil and let it go!
I doubt there's any rust in the cylinders since the exhaust manifolds are still on!
02-06-2014, 04:09 PM
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Can you turn the engine with a wrench? That's a very long time to be sitting. Seals shrink, oil degrades, so many things could be or NOT Be going on.
Give it to me and I'll make sure it gets good use.
Give it to me and I'll make sure it gets good use.
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02-06-2014, 07:17 PM
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It was bought by a pretty wealthy hotrod/dragracing friend of mine who had a great connection with the parts man at a local Chevy dealer. I don't know the reason why the dealership gave him the deal, but it included 2 engines (one drive-by-wire and one not) he planned on using it in a hotrod, moved to Arizona and left it in his brother's warehouse. Now he is trying to liquify some possessions while he still can.
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