yea, i know that it would be easier and less expensive in the long run to install a 6.0 or wait for the final package to install. but i look and see 4.8 or 5.3 liter pull outs with everything for under 600 dollars. they have high miles but that doesnt bother me. so for the 3 or 4 thousand miles i put on that truck i think i could live with that for now.
ls6 and t56 combos and over 3,000 dollars for decent miles. ive wanted a corvette engine in that truck since i bought it in 2000 and wanted a ls corvette engine (not the whole car) since i seen them in 97. i would want to build my own motor from the block up. even if i found a 25000 mile motor it would still bother me and i would want to rebuild it.
all my automobiles (gto , 2 obs, 79 f150) are purpose built for the long haul.
i dont mind working on my cars, as pissed as i get, it is relaxing.
back when i last was serious about this swap was in 00-02 and there was not much info back then. now a days there is almost to much. i have a tendency to over analyze things, so i was wondering to all the people out there in internet land who have swapped an ls based engine in to a 96-98 ck if you could start all over what would be the perfect year and model engine to start with.