New Crate Motor Advise Needed.

[Field and Son]

I am going to start rebuilding my 69 suburban 1/2 ton 4x4. What is the best GM crate motor to buy and best place to buy one? Any tricks to getting the best deal on one?? Thanks for any advise...Jay

[Clyde65]

5.3 or 6.0.

Best swap out there and easy on the wallet too.

Crate motor, you can spend anywhere from $1500.00 and up and I mean way up.

A 6.0/4l80e or one like, your looking around $2500.00 but you will get better mileage and a HUGE cool factor out of it, also these motors will last for a long time.

[Davetopay]

Originally Posted by Clyde65

5.3 or 6.0.

Best swap out there and easy on the wallet too.

Crate motor, you can spend anywhere from $1500.00 and up and I mean way up.

A 6.0/4l80e or one like, your looking around $2500.00 but you will get better mileage and a HUGE cool factor out of it, also these motors will last for a long time.

Just what I was thinking. I'd go ahead and go for the carb swap kit as well...but that just because I abhor doing wiring work.

[Field and Son]

Is this $2500 price range for a complete new engine. I am not familiar with this motor. Where can you get one?

[cdowns]

not new junkyard takeouts

[Rodk65]

I just installed this crate motor last weekend. So far so good.

http://www.summitracing.com/parts/NAL-12568758

[mbgmike]

Originally Posted by Rodk65

I just installed this crate motor last weekend. So far so good.

http://www.summitracing.com/parts/NAL-12568758

Thats a real good price. we can beat Summits prices on most parts but we can't on those. We sell crate motors of all brands even 636 CID Hemi's and OEM assembly line motors also when we can get them

[Field and Son]

Just looking for something close to stock. Nothing radical. Price range of $1500-$3000, and I am leaning toward a crate motot from summit at the moment.

[mbgmike]

Originally Posted by Field and Son

Just looking for something close to stock. Nothing radical. Price range of $1500-$3000, and I am leaning toward a crate motot from summit at the moment.

Thats your best deal at Summit Good luck finding one for $1500.00 thats an old price. We are $1900.00. They used to be around 1300.00 but they have gone up. Warranty work can be a problem with some dealers when you install them yourselves. We have run into that at times. Think those motors are still made in Mexico maybe not. They are are a good bang for the buck for a replacement motor. Plus there shipping cost is good

[pooz911]

I think I paid $3500 or $3600. I paid to have it installed. Drove out of the shop at $6000.

I believe the paperwork said it had 330 hp and 415 lbs of torque at 5000 rpms.


There was a magazine article that was published just before I purchased my motor. The engine was ran for 50 hrs at a specific rpm. only turned off to change the oil at a certain time. After the test, they tore down the motor and spec'd it. Barely any wear and no stretching of the connecting rods.

[vectorit]

If I were in the market.
I'd be calling all of the local Chevy dealers, since if they have one in stock more than likely they'd be interested in selling at a discount. What with the slow sales these days.
Plus, you can pick it up yourself and save a shload on freight.
Like said above, if there is a problem - your go to is local.

[Field and Son]

I do agree that local would be the way to go if any of them are at all close in price. Will have to do some checking this week and see what I can come up with.

[sleepertruck72]

I agree, shop around. I looked online for the best deal I could find on a GM Performance 350HO, and when I found the best price I printed the page with price and took it to my local GMC dealer and they matched the price and had it shipped to their shop the next day ! Good luck with your search !

[wwotr]

Originally Posted by Rodk65

I just installed this crate motor last weekend. So far so good.

http://www.summitracing.com/parts/NAL-12568758

OK is it JUST ME?
I'm not seeing the HP/Torque ratings.

[POPO1984]

Originally Posted by Rodk65

I just installed this crate motor last weekend. So far so good.

http://www.summitracing.com/parts/NAL-12568758

I was gonna get that before i decided to go 383. how do you like it.

[djmachinist]

Originally Posted by POPO1984

I was gonna get that before i decided to go 383. how do you like it.

Nice engine, lots of bottom and mid-range torque. I don't think the GM HP rating of 355HP is acurate, more like 330 HP. But all things considered, a very sweet engine!!! I'm getting about 12 mph which is about average for these trucks. I'm running a Turbo 350 with 308 rear end gears.

Dale

[Rodk65]

Originally Posted by POPO1984

I was gonna get that before i decided to go 383. how do you like it.

I have 400 miles on it since we installed and it works great with the tuned port.

[Beatcoaster]

I put this in with a few other items. Got in on their last sale for $3995 and added about $2000k in other items, including a fresh th350 for a complete drivetrain redo...http://www.jegs.com/i/Blueprint+Engi...0CTC1/10002/-1

405hp and 441ft-lbs on the engine dyno it shipped with. The lowest ft-lb reading is 358 at 1800rpm...I am still breaking it in but at 3500 the tires start to break loose and it's making 406ft-lbs and 271hp then. I am still working on tuning the carb as it is running rich and is a gas hog - but in time it should be at 10mpg easily. My uncle gets 14mpg with his 383(similar cam/heads/carb) running a 12% lean setup per the edelbrock map, so I am about to try that and see what my wideband a/f gauge says...It sure looks pretty!

[FLDBRED]

Did you look into the Year One Motors?Over 400 HP for 2900,comes with a dyno sheet!

[68Stepbed]

How much are you willing to spend and what kind of power do you want?

[pooz911]

Depends on your budget.

I bought a gm crate 383 motor about 9 years ago. I am very happy with it.

[cdowns]

i'd check a few magazines for GM crate deals as well as online choices for GM crates to get a feeling for prices // then i'd go to a local GM dealership to see if they will come close to the deals you've found

to me it is worth a bit extra buying local for the piece of mind in case of warrenty problems arising


['ve had a few GM crate engines never had a problem but have heard of a few scattered problems that r to b suspected with mass production units

[wwotr]

Originally Posted by pooz911

Depends on your budget.

I bought a gm crate 383 motor about 9 years ago. I am very happy with it.

I paid $5600.00 for my GM Crate ZZ383/425 Motor back in 2004.

This time around I think I'm gonna go for a 350 with about 330HP.
There looking to be around $2900.00

[scottcorvette]

We've fitted a few GM ZZ4 motors into Corvettes and have been very impressed, we have also very recently fitted a GM 350/290 crate motor and because of the cam this didnt make enough vacuum to operate a brake booster satisfactorily.

[1969stepside]

the dealer ship is the best place to get a crate and every dealer has a diff price too