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Old Jan 12, 2007 | 05:18 PM
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I am posting this for a price idea, in the soon future I might be taking out the Engine I just built for a different one. Someone might be looking for a strong running Engine, so I figured that I might be able to hook them up for the right price if I decide to do my swap.
Everything LT1 is going to go with it, pretty much from the MAF Sensor all the way to the Headers, including the Harness and PCM. This will be a complete running Engine when I decide to do this. It is my daily driver now, so I don't really know how many miles will be on it, it won't be too many. I do drive a second car, so this one is about half of what I do.
This Engine was hand built by myself, it currently has 2500 miles on it, Oil gets changed right now every 1500, but after the 5000 mark, it will be changed every 3000. I used regular Pennzoil 10W-30 for the first 500, then Quaker State 10W-30 Synthetic Blend for now, until the 5000 when it will be full Synthetic. It has no Oil leaks, good gaskets were used for it. It's got a new Water Pump, Heads were inspected and milled before the re-build, OPTI is from 2001, Intake and Throttle Body is original. This is a spec list of the Engine components. Everything is built within torque specs, Oil Pump Pickup welded on, pretty much everything built the way it should.
4-BOLT MAIN LT1 CORVETTE BLOCK
DE-SCREENED MAF SENSOR
MSD BLASTER HEI COIL
THROTTLE BODY WITH AIR FOIL
PORTED INTAKE MANIFOLD TO 55mm PORTS
HEADS MILLED .006 INCH, RESULTING IN 52.7cc CHAMBERS
HEADS AND INTAKE MANIFOLD PORT-MATCHED TO INTAKE GASKETS
FELPRO 1074 COMPETITION HEAD GASKETS
EAGLE 5130 FORGED CONNECTING RODS
SPEED-PRO FORGED ALUMINUM PISTONS
ROTATING ASSEMBLEY COMPLETELY BALANCED
CLEVITE 77 ENGINE BEARINGS
MELLING OIL PUMP WITH SOLID INPUT SHAFT, WELDED PUMP PICKUP
LT4 EXTREME DUTY FULL ROLLER TIMING CHAIN SET
LT4 HOT CAM KIT:
-LT4 HOTCAM SPECS: 218/228 DURATION, .525/.525 LIFT, 112LSA
-1.6 RATIO LT4 FULL ROLLER ROCKERS
-LT4 VALVE SPRINGS
PACESETTER RACING COATED LONG TUBE HEADERS
CUSTOM COMPUTER FULL RACE TUNING:
-ADJUSTED FUEL/AIR RATIO
-RAISED REDLINE TO 6500RPM AND ELIMINATED SPEED GOVERNOR
-ADJUSTED TIMING AND SHIFT POINTS, SHIFTS AT 6100RPM
-PROGRAMMED IN ELECTRONIC SHIFT KIT
THROTTLE BODY BYPASS
OIL BREATHER BYPASS
RE-DESIGNED COOLANT CROSSOVER LINE
34% UNDERDRIVE CRANK PULLEY
ALL SMOG PUMP PARTS REMOVED
EGR REMOVED AND BLOCKED, TUNED OUT OF COMPUTER
1LE AC DELETE PULLEY BOLTED IN PLACE

I take care of it. I am just looking for an idea, didn't mean to write a book..

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Old Jan 12, 2007 | 09:35 PM
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8,000 to 7,000? When you do decide to take it out
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Old Jan 12, 2007 | 10:29 PM
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$7000, that is higher than I would of said..
If you are jokin, that is cool. I would say around $4k, but I threw this in here for opinions.
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Well I just completed a very similar setup except mine is forged stroker and the total was in the $6500 range, haven't added up a final number yet
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I have a partially forged Stocker, but it throws some good power down.. I did something right. If I saw 4k, I would be happy.
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Old Jan 13, 2007 | 12:19 AM
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Well if you already had a partially forged setup, in which case you wouldn't have to replace the rods and pistons I'm assuming, cost would obviously come down.
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That's up to the person that wants it and what they want to do with it. The Crank is still stock GM Crank, factory Stroke and Bore. Everything was checked, and well within tolerance.
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what are your future plans merv?
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I'm retarded, I misread the post and thought you were asking for a price on how much your build might cost if you did all those things.
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probably around 3k
you might be able to get 4k with the right buyer
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Originally Posted by 1QWKT/A
I'm retarded, I misread the post and thought you were asking for a price on how much your build might cost if you did all those things.
No, I have that done and running in the Car. I am looking into possibly selling it.
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Originally Posted by 97LT1
what are your future plans merv?
Some of you all might hate it, but I am looking at a LSX 408 C.I.D. built out of a Truck 6.0l. I got a place where I can get a Harness to be direct plug-n-play, so all I have to do is build it. I know we all run against LS1's..but the way I figure, if you are going to beat them, do it big with their own stuff..
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Originally Posted by the_merv
Some of you all might hate it, but I am looking at a LSX 408 C.I.D. built out of a Truck 6.0l. I got a place where I can get a Harness to be direct plug-n-play, so all I have to do is build it. I know we all run against LS1's..but the way I figure, if you are going to beat them, do it big with their own stuff..

Thats cool. It will hurt ego's seeing the old body style eating 98+ *** left and right.
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