Just grabbed the block with the crank, pistons and rods, buying new heads (trick flo or pro comp). Drove for 2 hours, paid $120. I will start a thread when i get some kind of progress going.
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Here's my basic parts list for a respectable carb'd setup
I'll add this to the first post soon:
1. Block (got mine for) - $300
2. Heads - $1200+ (mine were 1200)
3. Rockers, pushrods - $400
4. Cam - $250
5. Tranny - $400-1200 (bought a rebuilt one. Didn't have a press at the time)
6. Clutch - $350 (for one that will hold up to your power levels)
7. Carb, filter, intake - $500
8. Driveshaft - $300
9. 3G alternator +wiring - $200
10. Adequate radiator - $200-300 (I got the mishimoto z3 rad, not enough clearance imo)
11. Oil pan modification - $80 (although this was done through the shop I used to work for. Not sure how much it would cost to have it modified walking in off the street)
12. HP/HF oil pump - $100 (I think. Milodon was the one I went with. price includes hardened driveshaft, which is recommended for a high pressure, high flow pump)
13. Gauges - $150-600 (this is what can get surprisingly expensive really fast. I bought electrical gauges [which I recommend... hot fluids in the passenger compartment suck] and the fancy ultralites at that too)
All those numbers (for what I bought and recommend) add up to $5780. There's some little stuff I'm missing, like rings, bearings, gasket set, ect so we'll say $6k for now. Just bought a chopsaw and I'm ordering some pipe from summit so I can make a real exhaust. Hopefully I'll spend less than $500 on the exhaust (yes, it could be done for much less, but I want a quiet muffler and an electric cutout so that really adds to the cost)
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You could do a stock 5.0 swap for $1,000 if you've got a well stocked junkyard you can go to and can do the fabrication stuff yourself. In the race car I'm probably at about $2,000 for the swap components and accessories, but we got the engine from a JY for $250 and I got a T-5Z trans, clutch/plate, bellhousing, flywheel for $600.sigpic
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This swap cant be done properly with 1k. Realisticly even fabbing everything yourself your looking $2000. That will get you engine/tranny/driveline/clutch/pedal/odds and ends/mounts/pan. Thats assuming your dumping the exhaust and not routing it back. You can cut costs and pick stuff up for cheaper here and there but id say for a well sorted setup that isnt hacked together your looking at closer to 4k and thats a stock setup. You'll be spending $1000 on the pedal/slave/pedal box/mc setup alone to do it the right way. Figure $1000 on exhaust for headers and a not hackjob custom. (Thats assuming you dont have the know how to build your own . 95% dont) engine and tranny will realisticly be 500-1000 for a stock/mild built setup.
You've got another $500-1000 in random parts(mounts/pan/filter relocation or cooler, gauges, accesory mount stuff (assuming your at least yarding the ac)
500-1000 in cooling componants( rad /fan /switch setups)
Biggest costs that will sneak up on you are exhausts and pedal stuff. I live im bumfuck wa and still got stopped and warned for my dumps. You will need an exhaust of some sort. You can hack together a wilwood pedal setup and even make the booster delete yourself but its gonna be a hodgepodge of shit that will either fail on you or just look hacked together.
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$1,000 for pedal, MC, etc? What all are you using?
Here's what I've done:
Massive booster delete: $175
Master Cylinder: $75
T5 Hydro conversion: $165
Clutch line: $40
Throttle Pedal + Cable: $100
=$515
So yeah, $1,000 is probably unrealistic. I guess I'm in denial on how much I've spent and don't like to think about it too hard.sigpic
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