Instead of waiting to pull my motor, find another ride and hassle with my car being down a buddy's brother said he has a complete lt1 laying around. Don't know mileage or condition. I'll update if/when i check the motor out in person. Also not out of a camaro apparently. Is there anything to watch when getting an lt1 outta something different? The block and heads are the same? If it's just mounting brackets or accessory placement wont matter if i'm just going to drop it in place of my motor? OH YEAH, what would be top dollar? What would be fair or a good price? thanks.

 

If it's not out of a Camaro, Firebird, or Corvette, then it will have iron heads instead of aluminum. That would be the biggest difference I would think.

 

And of course, make sure the casting mark on the block just behind the driver's side head says 5.7, not 4.3. The side of the block will have "327" on it as well. Iron headed LT1s are not too bad and you can always find a pair of aluminum heads to go on it if you want. Not a bad way to pick up an inexpensive engine you plan on going through anyway.

 

I usually see them for 300-700 for a completely assembled old lt1 on Craigslist. There's one from a caprice right now for 300 around Minneapolis that I'm probably gonna pick up to do basically the same thing your talking about. And the cheapest aluminum heads around me right now are about 250-300 on the Craigslist.

 

Id pick it up aslong as it was a LT1. Just for the block and intake, the heads will be worthless for you.

 

and for verification purposes, iron heads are straight plug, aluminum are angle plug

 

I paid 300 bux for a short block and it had a sweet cam in it... sometimes you get lucky

 

Never heard of this, what exactly does this mean?

 

Spark plugs stick in the head at a slight angle vs. straight in/perpendicular to the exhaust ports...

 

Sometime you REALLY get lucky....my buddy is a service manager a dealership, I picked up a complete LS1 with a blown head gasket for $150 The owner got the motor replaced under some extended warranty..wtf!? Their loss is my gain.

 

^not their loss, they got a new motor for free

 

iron head spark plugs I I I I

aluminum head spark plugs / \ / \

 

^^^^^ haha love the visual aid!!!

 

The guy is asking $600 for the motor, harness & pcm. What do you think? This would be for a rebuild for awhile (knock on wood nothing happens to mine) but anything specific i should check out before investing in it?

 

I use the KISS method (keep it simple stupid) especially when dealing with people of unknown intellect

no attack at anyone on here (some people are sooooo sensitive lol)

some people are more of a visual learner.