I wish I could do a LS1 type conversion for $2000. I would go into business doing them all day long but then again before long the LS1 conversion will be old news and everyone will want the HEMI or the LS2 conversion or the new LS2 that shuts down to 4 cylinders for fuel conservation and run the throttle body electronically instead of by cable.

I believe I am somewhere above $3000 on my conversion and I started out with a rebuildable engine. Gaskets sets are really expensive when you rebuild one of these engines. I bought mine through Scoggins-Dickey since they had a package deal instead of having to buy them one gasket at a time. They also supplied bearings for the cam and reground crank. Got new GM piston rings off Ebay for $100, good deal there. Basic long block with intake, injectors, fuel rail and water pump set me back $1000. Wiring harness $175. Got the PCM for $58 but having it customized by Allen is adding to the total. Being burned by Dynatech Motorsports to customize my harness screwed my total up another $360 for nothing. Since LS1 type cracked rods are not rebuildable I had to purchase a couple more but got a set of some good used ones off ebay for $90.

As you can see I have not gone hog-wild on this project and the total is getting up there. It helps to hear it run now and again just to let me know it's worth the trouble I've been through, even though at this time the VATS only lets me run it a second at a time.