Where did you find your LS?

[67-stepside]

I got mine from "Just Chevy Trucks" they have stand alone packages for Ls and Duramax swaps. I'm considering the Dmax swap for my 90 crew cab Srw.

[Jerrod]

I passed on CL engine. A 220k corvette ls still in the car, running and everything. I passed cuz I had to pull it. He wanted 2k. Others on here said I did good passing on it but by the sound of the other responses on here I should have jumped on it. Now I am looking for a 6.0 instead.
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[elimontfort]

lq4/4l80 from LSX4U.COM

[H20cooled]

Originally Posted by elimontfort

lq4/4l80 from LSX4U.COM

How was the shipping for this?

[elimontfort]

It was 350 bucks and that was shipped to my door in North Carolina.

[suburban99]

I picked up a 2000 sierra 5.3 4l60e 2wd extra cab on CL...$1000.00 for whole truck.
Drove it around the block a few times and did a few burnouts. Truck runs excellent. Body is good...2wd trucks are very rare in these parts...I didn't want the hassle of a transfer case as my truck is a 62 c10...probably sell the leftovers to regain investment...snooze you loose as they sell fast.

[H20cooled]

Originally Posted by suburban99

I picked up a 2000 sierra 5.3 4l60e 2wd extra cab on CL...$1000.00 for whole truck.
Drove it around the block a few times and did a few burnouts. Truck runs excellent. Body is good...2wd trucks are very rare in these parts...I didn't want the hassle of a transfer case as my truck is a 62 c10...probably sell the leftovers to regain investment...snooze you loose as they sell fast.

Awesome deal

I picked up a 4.8L out of a 2000 Silverado with 143k on it with all front accessories and computer for $600 found on CL as well. It was about the best price I could find. Still need to get the 4l60e.

[CMFT]

6.0L/4L80E complete motor, trans, harness, ECU, etc.

Bought mine from an auto recycle shop just south of the DFW area. I may have paid a little more than some, but I have written documentation of mileage and got to see the motor run before purchasing. I've sold most of the parts that I swapped, so recouping some of my investment.

[wsurf4me]

Originally Posted by solidaxel

Being you are Fl. check out this guy. I bought one from him 3 years ago and he is still in business, he will try and sell you the "farm" so be sure of what parts you "need".
Marv Niceville Fl 850 729 5544.

He was not the cheapest but he had a COMPLETE dropeout and I was tired of searching for partial units.

He was on the way to the West coast so he delivered it to my door, I am sure I paid for it!!

Sorry I've been away from the boards for a while. Thanks for the suggestion, I had to look up Niceville, up in the panhandle which is about 8 hours away but I'll keep him in mind. May be able to work out delivery.

Originally Posted by solidaxel

What did you put in the search bar on CraigsList

I've searched for 5.3 and parting out chevy, always open to suggestions on better ways to search.

[bauto52]

I bought an LS 1 corvette engine yesterday for my 52,,ebay,,wasn't that cheap tho,,$2825.00 shipped to me. Well it's a start

[wsurf4me]

Originally Posted by 67-stepside

I got mine from "Just Chevy Trucks" they have stand alone packages for Ls and Duramax swaps. I'm considering the Dmax swap for my 90 crew cab Srw.

Originally Posted by elimontfort

lq4/4l80 from LSX4U.COM

I just checked out the sites, looks like the same place. Thanks for the links.

[fourspeedwagon]

Originally Posted by wsurf4me

Sorry I've been away from the boards for a while. Thanks for the suggestion, I had to look up Niceville, up in the panhandle which is about 8 hours away but I'll keep him in mind. May be able to work out delivery.



I've searched for 5.3 and parting out chevy, always open to suggestions on better ways to search.

for searching on craigslist, just figure out what has the engine you want and search for it- 2001 silverado 2006 suburban etc. Set an upper price limit so you don't have to look at all the $20K stuff and you'll be set. I do it on my iPhone so I can search several areas that I've set all within about 5 hours of home.

[MalibuSSwagon]

I usually put in Silverado, sierra, 1500, 2500 in search field; set 1999 to 2007 as year range, and upper price limit to 1500 (people can be talked down if they've been sitting on a crappy truck for awhile). Get good results, lots of rusty trucks in these parts.

[texasld]

Car-parts.com is AWESOME!!!

Originally Posted by crazy longhorn

I did it the hard way...parted a wrecked 2000 4wd. I sold all the parts from the old truck...(saved a few pcs for my 02 Silverado), & did not have a nickel ,in a running 5.3! I did not scrimp on parts going in, the heads were pressure checked/surfaced, & a fresh grind on the valves. The springs were replaced (blue springs). If you are short on time, look at the boneyard picks....I would do the same again, hell I dropped 30 lbs, just parting that truck? Longhorn

This is more or less the way I went. Bought an 2001 Burb that I found on CL for $1200. Kept everything I needed and then some. Sold the parts of VERY cheap to clean out my garage and brought in $1500. Made $300 and got all the goodies I needed. The Trick to CL is search EVERYTHING you can think of. You will be surprised what you will find.