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Originally Posted by 67chevysupercharged
How economical is this swap compared to just buying a V8 98-02 f body? What would be different with bolting the tailhousing and torque arm in say a 94-97 fbody?
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It depends on how you look at it, LS1 F-bodies cost between $5,000 & $10,000. The one's in the lower price bracket have all been wreaked...More like totaled & rebuilt. The one's in the higher bracket have clean bodies & interior but have been ran HARD, Have pretty bad blow-by, Oil leaks, Rear diff's wore out. Needs shocks, Brakes, Tires & The trans is probably on it's last leg.
I have $5,637.82 in mine right now including the price of the car, TT&L & the following parts..
LS K-member
F-Body Oil pan, Pick-up tube, Windage, Dipstick & tube
LS6 valley cover & PCV hose
LS2 Intake
LQ9 cam (FREE)
L92 valve springs, New take-offs (FREE)
Hardened push rods
Motor mounts
Trans mount
Aeromotive rails (FREE)
Aeromotive regulator
Various AN fittings
4-bolt to 3-bolt throttle body adaptor
L99 brackets & accessories (2011 Camaro) (FREE)
V8 driveshaft, The V6 shaft is 2-piece with a carrier bearing (FREE)
BBK headers & Y-pipe
ARP header bolts
Flowmaster 3-inch universal muscle car exhaust (fabrication required)
Borla 3-inch muffler (FREE)
LS1 radiator
'98 F-body oil & temp senders
2 gallons of antifreeze
3 cans of Freon
Receiver drier
orifice tube
WS6 rear sway bar (FREE)
Rear Bilstein shocks (FREE)
Yukon 3:42 gear set
Diff bearing kit
Spicer rear wheel bearings
Moser axles
Posi Carrier (FREE)
Mobil 1 gear oil
LT1 front springs, For the iron block 5.3L (FREE)
Bilstein struts
Moog strut mounts
Timken front wheel bearings
GM LS1 heater hose assembly
GM brake pads
AC-Delco rotors
AC-Delco left window motor
Kee Audio/CDT speaker kit
BF-Goodrich Comp-2 245ZR-50-16 (4)
Staked plate trans cooler
P/S return line
Royal Purple P/S fluid
Still need to buy....Windshield (cracked), AC hoses (Custom, L99 Compressor), Radiator hoses (Not sure with L99 brackets), LS1 4L60E dipstick & Tube, Air Intake set-up.
I recently rebuilt a '07 4L60E & put it in my 'Burb after the Sunshell broke on the original '04 trans. I sold the '07 trans to a overseas customer this past week. Going to rebuild the '04 trans......But not including that in the price list because I will actually make money.
Your questions about '93-'97 F-bodies......
All '94-'97 4L60E use a 4-bolt tailhousing. (Same on '93 700R4)
All '98-'02 F-Body 4L60E use a 6-bolt tailhousing & a different trans mount location.
Trans Crossmembers are different....
I will find out if a '93-'97 Torque Arm Mount & Torque Arm are the same as '98-'02.