Well i went through a water with my cold air intake on accident and the rod shot through the block and basicly i need a hole new engine. I was quoted about 5k for a used ls1 with 40k miles and install. What should i do whats the cheepest route. Any shops interested?

 

Haha, for $5,000 I would sell you my 40k mile LS1 with full bolt ons and install it for you.

I would get a hold of a sponsor on here and go a forged long block route. For just a grand or two more than the estimate on a stock block you could get a very very nice forged internal engine.

 

Literally out the side of the block? Get a new block/rod and rebuild the one you got. That's the cheapest, esp. if you can't do the labor yourself.

 

buy a rebuilt small block and install it yourself, i believe hotboi was selling a short block fairly cheap, he just has a bolt stuck in the block, which im sure a machine shop can get out for around 30-50 bucks? Just replace what needs to be replaced. However, if you can afford a new engine and install then buy a forged motor and have it installed. But do the work yourself i promise you that it'll save you tons and tons! you'll learn a lot too. Also, disassemble the motor yourself because if the heads and intake and whatnot are fine then a short block is all you need. I'd personally go that route if i was short on money.

 

well depending on how much you are wanting to spend.
You need to buy a crate motor ls1 with 430hp..
that will run you about 4 grand, then you can start selling pieces off the old engine to make back some of the money..

Then bam.. there you go. A nice fast engine for your car... Just dont put water into the engine again..

 

insurance?

 

Call us i got budget builds assembled ready to go!

-Marcus

 

buy a short or long block. 5k is rediculous.

 

thanks alot i wil find out whas salvagable. i was told that the engine is not replaceable because of the huge hole in the block and yes i am pret ty sure it went literally out the side of the block. What do you guys think it should cost to get this done if i dont do the work?? thanks alot

 

https://ls1tech.com/forums/showthrea...ighlight=kooks
Here is a long block forsale.

 

For $5k you could get a sponsor here to rebuild and install you a very nice engine.

 

I got a forged 347 w/cam kit installed for less than $3k total from the sponsors on this board, $5k for a stock LS1 is ridiculous.

I too would check with insurance - just find a cheap stock air box, stick it in the car, and then say "i was caught in a flash flood". New motor, for just the cost of the insurance money.

You could probably get a forged motor too, depending on who is allowed to work on the car and what kind of deal you can work out with a sponsor.

 

Call marcus! I have talked to him about some budget builds and they are good deals.

 

My buddy in a zo6 just spent 5k on a 418 from texas speed.

 

There's people selling ls1 blocks all the time here and there. It's like waiting for a bus so if your patient, you'll get one cheaper than that. A prime example was someone was selling a 6.0 (Complete) for $2,000. Not, $5,000, do you think I jumped on that deal?

 

i did the exact thing you did about a year and a half ago and had the insurance pay for everything....

 

but was the water from rain? because it wasnt even rainig this day

 

haha budget builds. thats funny coming from someone from extreme.

 

yea it was from rain. 1st time it had ever flooded in my neighborhood.

now im def not looking forward to monsoon season here in the desert

 

5K? wow, i thought we overcharged for a remanufactured LS1 at advance auto parts and that is 3500 bucks. you can definetly find them a hell of alot cheaper then that.