I'm thinking about picking up another Bu this weekend for a DD/beater. I've got a 5.3 that's 75% complete sitting here. Thinking about dropping it in over getting a used motor for the car since it needs a motor. I'm more concerned about getting decent MPG with it since I get 15 currently with my truck. I've had many LS cars and know the amazing motors pretty well.
SO, I'm at a crossroads. Get the car and throw a cheap-o 350 from a junk yard in there to get it going. Maybe $350 for the motor.
Or
Throw the 5.3 I have in it and get way better MPG and have more fun. I have the Motor, heads, intake, injector, truck fuel rail, water pump, truck wiring harness and PCM. All I need for the truck stuff to be complete is, alt, power steering, A/C, tensioners, misc sensors for the motor, motor mounts, exhaust, fans, rad.
I'm trying to do this as relatively cheaply as possible. But if I spend a couple hundred more doing the 5.3 and getting 10+ better MPG, it will be worth it.
I haven't been following this site in the last year or two since I haven't had a g-body. But I can't stay away any longer. So, I'm not up on all the swap info and what works and doesn't. I've been reading topics on here tonight and will read most of them by tomorow.
SO, I'm at a crossroads. Get the car and throw a cheap-o 350 from a junk yard in there to get it going. Maybe $350 for the motor.
Or
Throw the 5.3 I have in it and get way better MPG and have more fun. I have the Motor, heads, intake, injector, truck fuel rail, water pump, truck wiring harness and PCM. All I need for the truck stuff to be complete is, alt, power steering, A/C, tensioners, misc sensors for the motor, motor mounts, exhaust, fans, rad.
I'm trying to do this as relatively cheaply as possible. But if I spend a couple hundred more doing the 5.3 and getting 10+ better MPG, it will be worth it.
I haven't been following this site in the last year or two since I haven't had a g-body. But I can't stay away any longer. So, I'm not up on all the swap info and what works and doesn't. I've been reading topics on here tonight and will read most of them by tomorow.