help need new motor
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Instructor
Joined: Sep 2006
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From: laguna niguel ca
help need new motor
Blew the engine in my 2001 coupe.
Does anyone know where i can find a cheap rebuilt ls1
in southern california?
How much should i expect to pay?
Any responses would be greatly appreciated.
thanks
Does anyone know where i can find a cheap rebuilt ls1
in southern california?
How much should i expect to pay?
Any responses would be greatly appreciated.
thanks
Burning Brakes
Joined: Apr 2007
Posts: 763
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From: Oceanside Ca
Blown Motor
Sorry to hear about your blown motor
You might try A&A Corvette in Oxnard. Once, a long time ago and a galaxy far away people were concerned about numbers matching between their car and the motor in the Corvette. You might try and find a quality shop who can rebuild it for you. Try and start a thread in the Tech section in this forum if you haven't already. If the block and heads are still in one piece, I would personally stay with the original block and heads, but I ain't the one with the sack motor, sorry.
If all else fails join a Corvette club near you and ask around, at least attend a meeting once for free, I did and they are great too!
Hope you get to: "See the USA in your Chevrolet", soon again. Best wishes.
You might try A&A Corvette in Oxnard. Once, a long time ago and a galaxy far away people were concerned about numbers matching between their car and the motor in the Corvette. You might try and find a quality shop who can rebuild it for you. Try and start a thread in the Tech section in this forum if you haven't already. If the block and heads are still in one piece, I would personally stay with the original block and heads, but I ain't the one with the sack motor, sorry.If all else fails join a Corvette club near you and ask around, at least attend a meeting once for free, I did and they are great too!
Hope you get to: "See the USA in your Chevrolet", soon again. Best wishes.
Racer
Joined: Feb 2007
Posts: 431
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From: Chico CA
Before you look for a rebuilt LS1 (or LS2), check with a vendor like West Coast Corvettes for the price of a new one. They have long block LS1 engines, less the throttle body, listed for under $5400. It ran me over $5000 to rebuild my last FE Ford, what with balancing and align boring and so on. A warranted new engine could be a bargain.
That said, the cheapest I've seen a cast iron 350 rebuild was in the $1500 range when all was said and done. Done right, it was over $3000 by the same small shop in rural Northern California. Just a valve job, new valves, my son doing the labor, cost my father in law about $800 in parts and machine work, on a GM 3.8 liter V6.
That said, the cheapest I've seen a cast iron 350 rebuild was in the $1500 range when all was said and done. Done right, it was over $3000 by the same small shop in rural Northern California. Just a valve job, new valves, my son doing the labor, cost my father in law about $800 in parts and machine work, on a GM 3.8 liter V6.
