Help me prepare for my motor swap.

[OR VietVet]

Denso and Delphi parts are great substitutes for Genuine GM or AC Delco.

 

[tRidiot]

Stand by, your nickel and dime spending, $100 and $150, is just starting. You want to surprise yourself? Keep a list of EVERY CENT spent that you had not allowed for in the beginning. If there is a woman's opinion involved in that dollar figuring, keep your head covered and get ready to duck.

yeah, I'm experiencing that right now - my shopping cart on RockAuto at the moment is at $650 shipped, not including A/C supplies, window regulators a rear blend door actuator or the Tech 2 tool I am wanting.

The wife is getting used to just sighing and shaking her head. Making her think we should have just gone to the dealer and gotten something else. <sigh>

 

[OR VietVet]

That RA cart ain't shit! I just got delivered this week and last week over $2000 of parts that I bought at RA. I have the invoices and can prove it. I am literally throwing money at my rig. It's FUN!

 

[tRidiot]

That RA cart ain't shit! I just got delivered this week and last week over $2000 of parts that I bought at RA. I have the invoices and can prove it. I am literally throwing money at my rig. It's FUN!

Well, I'll end up over 1200, maybe more by the time I get the stuff I want to do - and with the motor, labor, trans, parts, etc, I'm gonna probably be up over 7 large.

I don't even want to whisper that within earshot of my wife...

 

[Jimmyy]

Well, I'll end up over 1200, maybe more by the time I get the stuff I want to do - and with the motor, labor, trans, parts, etc, I'm gonna probably be up over 7 large.

I don't even want to whisper that within earshot of my wife...

“There are 3 prices you pay for stuff, 1 the price you paid . 2 the price you tell her you paid. And 3 the price you pay when she finds out the real price you paid”. GL

 

[tRidiot]

No Vehicle Specified
STANDARD MOTOR PRODUCTS C09001 Oil Pressure Filter $ 3.09 1 $ 3.09
2004 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN 2500 6.0L V8
ACDELCO 12677836 Oil Pressure Sensor $ 34.79 1 $ 34.79
ACDELCO 2133521 (213-3521) Knock / Detonation Sensor $ 42.79 2 $ 85.58
ACDELCO 12703898 Water Pump $ 139.79 1 $ 139.79
ACDELCO 2134514 (213-4514) Temperature Sender / Sensor $ 13.64 1 $ 13.64
ACDELCO 38158 Belt Tensioner $ 27.99 1 $ 27.99
DELPHI SS10206 Crankshaft Position Sensor $ 45.79 1 $ 45.79
DELPHI SS11368 Camshaft Position Sensor $ 25.79 1 $ 25.79
DORMAN 917033 (917-033) Knock / Detonation Sensor Connector $ 13.86 1 $ 13.86
FEL-PRO MS92465 Intake Manifold Gasket $ 16.02 1 $ 16.02 (valley pan)
FEL-PRO MS96587 Intake Manifold Gasket $ 41.79 1 $ 41.79
FEL-PRO MS92467 Exhaust Manifold Gasket $ 8.69 1 $ 8.69
GM GENUINE 12567915 PCV (Positive Crankcase Ventilation) Valve $ 4.46 1 $ 4.46
GM GENUINE 25828247 Motor Mount $ 77.79 2 $ 155.58
Shipping Ground $ 39.96
Tax $ 27.75
Order Total $ 684.57


Here is what I've got so far...

 

[fasteddy]

“There are 3 prices you pay for stuff, 1 the price you paid . 2 the price you tell her you paid. And 3 the price you pay when she finds out the real price you paid”. GL

Thats funny......how true!

 

[fasteddy]

Well, I'll end up over 1200, maybe more by the time I get the stuff I want to do - and with the motor, labor, trans, parts, etc, I'm gonna probably be up over 7 large.

I don't even want to whisper that within earshot of my wife...

I'm probably gonna be around that too......for engine/trans complete.
The L86/10L90 swap would've cost me close to 10K w/o a cluster.
Then I would've spent 3-4 months trying to figure out how to get a fuel gauge to work.

But now with the new baby Duramax I'm thinking I'd rather have that. Its almost as fast as the 6.2.
And that "almost as fast" is making me think they did that on purpose.
I wonder how much those will be from the wrecked T/Y/S. The trans is the same.
Some folks are seeing 30-32 hwy MPG from that little 3.0L.

 

[hagar]

If it's coming as a long block with flywheel, be careful of what flywheel/flywheel spacer it has. Unless it is out of a vortec max or sikverado ss, it will originally have a 4l80e trans, and there are flywheel spacing differences with the 4l80e vs the 4l60e you have. Unless you have a 6 speed auto, I didn't notice what year truck you have.

 

[tRidiot]

Mine is a 4L60e, a 2004 Tahoe 5.3L. So what do I do? How do I check this and what do I do about it? It's been delivered and it is at my friend's house who is doing the swap. He is about 20 miles away and I can't get up there until tomorrow evening, probably, but I am headed that way then to take some parts... what do I look at, what do I measure, etc.,?

Or should I just email the builder and ask him? I will do that anyway, and see what he says.

Good point, and thanks for the tip.