1986 Buick Regal 5.3 LS1 Swap Cammed
02-22-2012, 09:19 AM
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Car has A/C and worked, but on the truck accessory drives the compressor would hit the frame. You either have to switch to f-body drives, or there is a company that makes a bracket to relocate the compressor up high. I wanted to get the bracket and get it working again.
As for the turbo, my tuner was wanting me to do this as well. But I really just wanted this as a driver untill I could get a g8. Also my rear end would complain about it too.
As for the turbo, my tuner was wanting me to do this as well. But I really just wanted this as a driver untill I could get a g8. Also my rear end would complain about it too.
03-08-2012, 10:53 AM
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Looks nice. Would you be interested in trading plus cash for an 02 camaro with a manual tranny? Or could we just switch cars and we could keep our respective transmissions 
03-08-2012, 06:46 PM
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If you launched it correctly I don't see why it would not run in the high 12's. Basically LS2 power numbers, but all the torque is made faster. I ran it twice in the 1/8th before the cam and I believe the first tune was done, but I can't remember. It ran 8.7 both times before I got tired of waiting.
03-11-2012, 07:46 AM
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Since I was asked how much the swap costs I broke it down. Actually startled me too.
$1200 trans, and cross member
$890 motor shipped to my house, (a steal!)
$200 fuel
$350 harness and unlocking the PCM
$120 Oil Pan
$250 radiator and hoses
$150 water pump
$300 cam
$800 in tuning
$300 exhaust
$600 headers
$400 for misc. mounts, air filter, starter, alt
$200 for drive shaft
total $ 7010
add about $600 for paint supplies
$500 for new fiberglass bumper fillers and spoiler
$300 for shocks and springs
$250 for rear end
$150 for all new brakes and hardware
$200 in wheels and tires
$700 Dakota Digital Dash
$50 for s10 cruise control box
total $9750
$700 for rust free 3.8 grampa regal
$10,550
Only pieces for car I didn't buy new were the wheels and LS6 valve springs were out of a 52k mile car.
Most are rough guesstimates, but I had a lot of trial an error with getting the fuel pressure correct and other parts I probably forgot. Thats actually more than I thought it would be. So it's a steal for my price really I guess. Thought I was about 2k less.
But somebody (not on this site) actually low balled me with $2500 because he needed a toy and that was all he had.
$1200 trans, and cross member
$890 motor shipped to my house, (a steal!)
$200 fuel
$350 harness and unlocking the PCM
$120 Oil Pan
$250 radiator and hoses
$150 water pump
$300 cam
$800 in tuning
$300 exhaust
$600 headers
$400 for misc. mounts, air filter, starter, alt
$200 for drive shaft
total $ 7010
add about $600 for paint supplies
$500 for new fiberglass bumper fillers and spoiler
$300 for shocks and springs
$250 for rear end
$150 for all new brakes and hardware
$200 in wheels and tires
$700 Dakota Digital Dash
$50 for s10 cruise control box
total $9750
$700 for rust free 3.8 grampa regal
$10,550
Only pieces for car I didn't buy new were the wheels and LS6 valve springs were out of a 52k mile car.
Most are rough guesstimates, but I had a lot of trial an error with getting the fuel pressure correct and other parts I probably forgot. Thats actually more than I thought it would be. So it's a steal for my price really I guess. Thought I was about 2k less.
But somebody (not on this site) actually low balled me with $2500 because he needed a toy and that was all he had.