Quote Originally Posted by R_Rated
500-2500 for car
4000 for NEW Ls motor from chevy
1500 for NEW tranny


you can find a PERFECT body with bad motor for cheap (like 200 bucks) and those are the prices for NEW engine and tranny.
Not gonna happen anywhere near $8k

$4k is NOT for a complete motor with all acc.
$1500 maybe for an auto, nowhere close for a 6 speed.

Used LS1 complete swaps are going for $5k PLUS.

You may could pull it off with a used swap left basically stock, but it'd be close after all the other money needed to be spent on the swap AND cutting a lot of corners. Then the car will probably look like crap since no money was spent on exterior.

I considered this swap before I started on the RB26 swap. Sometimes I still wish I had stuck with it.