Motor Swap Help!
January 8th, 2011, 7:31 AM
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Well at least it gives me time to work on my truck!
So my other freind actually suggested buying another identical 1500 like mine and do the motor, tranny, and whatever else swap! Then take the axels and put them in my toyota! You can usually find them around a grand which is almost what just a motor is!
So my other freind actually suggested buying another identical 1500 like mine and do the motor, tranny, and whatever else swap! Then take the axels and put them in my toyota! You can usually find them around a grand which is almost what just a motor is!
January 9th, 2011, 3:07 PM
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Well at least it gives me time to work on my truck!
So my other freind actually suggested buying another identical 1500 like mine and do the motor, tranny, and whatever else swap! Then take the axels and put them in my toyota! You can usually find them around a grand which is almost what just a motor is!
So my other freind actually suggested buying another identical 1500 like mine and do the motor, tranny, and whatever else swap! Then take the axels and put them in my toyota! You can usually find them around a grand which is almost what just a motor is!
January 11th, 2011, 10:07 AM
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Well I picked up the Toyota pickup yesterday! Its actually not bad for how little I paid! The body hit 200k and the motor was just rebuilt with cams, headers, exhaust, new battery and alternator.. New Yokahama tires (31's) with a 2" lift. Its a 5spd so its real fun to drive and it will hopefully be reliable.
Now this gives me more time to look at all my options. Over the summer I wont be in school and I'll be working a lot of hours. So by the fall I'll have enough for a decent truck. Now if I can get a grand for my truck it might be worth doing that. Or put $1500 into it and still only make a grand, maybe a little more...
Now this gives me more time to look at all my options. Over the summer I wont be in school and I'll be working a lot of hours. So by the fall I'll have enough for a decent truck. Now if I can get a grand for my truck it might be worth doing that. Or put $1500 into it and still only make a grand, maybe a little more...
January 12th, 2011, 11:49 AM
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yeah sounds like you got it planned out, just having no vehicle sucks, the tranny in my truck was shot and then i blew the tranny in my neon, so i had no vehicle while i fixed my trucks, so i was stuck at home, talking about sucks
January 12th, 2011, 8:19 PM
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Mr 13: we need to stay in touch, I to have a '97 K1500 that is going the ls system a vortec 6.0 to be exact, $1200 with ECU, wiring, and accessories.
the 327 TPI is toast litterly, lost the water pump an locked up.
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January 16th, 2011, 9:34 AM
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no used motor
The guys who recommend switching to a 350, 5.7 Vortec motor, are right on. It's a super motor, excellent torque and horsepower balance, economical (mine gets 20mpg or more on the highway, 15mpg in town) and durable. Plus, you're thinking about switching out a motor with 140k miles for a motor that has 120k miles? I would not do that. I'd arrange my dollars and go for a fresh 350, get the tranny looked at during the change-over and rebuild if necessary. Also, there's long term maintenance items, brakes, cooling system, suspension... if you want a good truck for a long time, do those things close together. For what it's worth, that's exactly what I'm doing with my '98 K1500 Silverado. Hurts a bit now, but my Silverado is going to be my truck for a long, long time.
January 16th, 2011, 5:29 PM
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Well as it turns out my neighbors truck got stolen and the ******* took it into a tree... (Wish he stole mine IMO). But yea he has an 00' GMC 1500 with a 5.3L I think its the 327 and was wondering if I was possibly interested in it. The motors good but he still has to do some insurance work to see but I dont know if it would fit!