Black Power
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- Joined
- Jul 3, 2006
I started my swap from the 109 to LS power last year, and I've been slowly amassing parts for the swap and working on it as time allows.
Here are the specs:
Engine:
200k mile iron headed eBay LQ4 - $750 shipped
Aluminum 317 heads - $100
Truck wiring harness and front accessory drive - came with engine - $0
Dirty Dingo fuel pump spacer and idler relocation bracket - ~$130
LS1 fbody intake - $100
LS1 fbody water pump - $65
LS1 fbody steam tubes - ~$20
Hot stuff:
Garrett GT4202 75mm turbocharger - $550 shipped
5" mild downpipe (reduces to 3" after cutout) - ~$130
Downpipe vbands - ~$~50
Stock truck manifolds flipped backwards and down, flanges cut and welded - $0
2.5" mild steel crossover pipe (got way too much) - ~$140
Vbands for crossover - $50
T6 divided flange and gasket - $40
Wastegate is included on my exhaust housing
Cold stuff (yet to be bought):
Reusing Precision IC and most of the piping from the v6 - cost about $500 way back when
Aluminum piping, vbands, clamps, silicone hose - ~$100
No blowoff valve, it's a GN it'll be ok
Stock truck cable TB
Fuel system:
VMS fuel rails - $95
Mototron (either 60 or 80#) injectors - should be about $400
Walbro 400lph pump - $150
Pushlock feed (-8) and return (-6) - ~$40
Adjustable regulator - ~$100
Transmission:
Free TH350 that my dad had in his shop. It came from an old Chevelle. - $0
Free 2000 converter that was also in his shop. - $0
Stock driveshaft - $0
Mounts:
Moroso SBC solid mounts - $45
1" setback adapter plates - $35
Tuning:
Stock truck PCM that came with motor - $0
EFILive bought used - $650
I also bought the AC delete plate and cowl plate from buickgn.com, that stuff was like $180 shipped and got here almost before I clicked submit on the order. Wow. Looks amazing also, Mark you are awesome.
That's the majority of what I've got going so far. I'm going to reuse my fbody radiator and GN fan until it gives me reason to change it, I will still need stuff like throttle cable, gauges, etc. I have built all my bracing and hot side of the exhaust so far by myself (amateur welder) and I'm going to try to do the aluminum pipe if my MIG and some 100% argon will do the trick.
The worst things so far:
Cleaning this thing, it was filthy and greasy, so I've been taking my time trying to get it cleaned up well before I get the motor in for the final time.
Motor mounts would not line up for the life of me. I finally cut them down about 1/4" shorter and welded them back so they now fit.
Buying something from a website, then realizing 3 days later I needed more stuff, or other stuff from them.
This is pretty much a budget garage build, quite a bit of the cost of this stuff was taken care of by selling v6 stuff (turbo, dp, injectors, alky, scanmaster, etc) although I still have all of the factory stock stuff in case I ever get high on a bad batch of meth and decide to put it back to v6 factory stock.
I'll get pics soon.
Here are the specs:
Engine:
200k mile iron headed eBay LQ4 - $750 shipped
Aluminum 317 heads - $100
Truck wiring harness and front accessory drive - came with engine - $0
Dirty Dingo fuel pump spacer and idler relocation bracket - ~$130
LS1 fbody intake - $100
LS1 fbody water pump - $65
LS1 fbody steam tubes - ~$20
Hot stuff:
Garrett GT4202 75mm turbocharger - $550 shipped
5" mild downpipe (reduces to 3" after cutout) - ~$130
Downpipe vbands - ~$~50
Stock truck manifolds flipped backwards and down, flanges cut and welded - $0
2.5" mild steel crossover pipe (got way too much) - ~$140
Vbands for crossover - $50
T6 divided flange and gasket - $40
Wastegate is included on my exhaust housing
Cold stuff (yet to be bought):
Reusing Precision IC and most of the piping from the v6 - cost about $500 way back when
Aluminum piping, vbands, clamps, silicone hose - ~$100
No blowoff valve, it's a GN it'll be ok
Stock truck cable TB
Fuel system:
VMS fuel rails - $95
Mototron (either 60 or 80#) injectors - should be about $400
Walbro 400lph pump - $150
Pushlock feed (-8) and return (-6) - ~$40
Adjustable regulator - ~$100
Transmission:
Free TH350 that my dad had in his shop. It came from an old Chevelle. - $0
Free 2000 converter that was also in his shop. - $0
Stock driveshaft - $0
Mounts:
Moroso SBC solid mounts - $45
1" setback adapter plates - $35
Tuning:
Stock truck PCM that came with motor - $0
EFILive bought used - $650
I also bought the AC delete plate and cowl plate from buickgn.com, that stuff was like $180 shipped and got here almost before I clicked submit on the order. Wow. Looks amazing also, Mark you are awesome.
That's the majority of what I've got going so far. I'm going to reuse my fbody radiator and GN fan until it gives me reason to change it, I will still need stuff like throttle cable, gauges, etc. I have built all my bracing and hot side of the exhaust so far by myself (amateur welder) and I'm going to try to do the aluminum pipe if my MIG and some 100% argon will do the trick.
The worst things so far:
Cleaning this thing, it was filthy and greasy, so I've been taking my time trying to get it cleaned up well before I get the motor in for the final time.
Motor mounts would not line up for the life of me. I finally cut them down about 1/4" shorter and welded them back so they now fit.
Buying something from a website, then realizing 3 days later I needed more stuff, or other stuff from them.
This is pretty much a budget garage build, quite a bit of the cost of this stuff was taken care of by selling v6 stuff (turbo, dp, injectors, alky, scanmaster, etc) although I still have all of the factory stock stuff in case I ever get high on a bad batch of meth and decide to put it back to v6 factory stock.
I'll get pics soon.