Huge Jump in Engine Prices
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Has anyone noticed a doubling in asking price for aluminum engines in the last two weeks? I was looking at LM7s with 60-100K miles for around $600 and L33s with over 120K miles for around $1200 two weeks ago and when I went to look around today everything has doubled in price (seriously) at least around central Ohio. What happened?
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Ebay sellers have been trending upward on 5.3L engines for some time, secrets out that's for sure. Dealers are doing less gen 4 "oil consumption" replacements so less cores for the resellers. If your going to spend more than a few hundred dollars I would get a gen 4 engine, be better in the long run. The LC9 is the hot unit to find for a deal, especially with the prices you claim for gen 3 stuff.
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I haven't been looking at engine prices lately, but I did notice that the presidency changed recently. The new EPA regulations will drive up the prices on new vehicles, which drives up the price on used vehicles/engines. I suspect gas prices will be going up soon as well. Don't spend that stimulus check just yet! You might need it to pay for gas.
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I am finding them from $2500 up if they have less than 160K miles on them which is really more miles than I would like. I was hoping to stay under 120K miles so I can just do a few top end improvements and run it for several years as is.
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I did finally find a LM4 at a local yard for $500 with 98K on it. They had a few that were higher mileage but the same price. They seemed to have missed the memo that everyone else was raising prices because the next cheapest one I could find was $700 with 162K on it. I only found 1 other within 200 miles of me that was sub 100K miles and they wanted $1000 for it. After adding up the intake, oil pan kit, and c5 accessories I am in it for just shy of $2000. The best price I could find on a decent LS1 with accessories was $3000 not a bad savings since I don't need the extra power. That said if I had to spend another $500 on a 5.3 I would have just bought an ls1 that was ready to drop in.