Nice.. wish i had gone with a LS in my 96 2 door.. i went with a gm crate and replaced the spider fuel injection and all of the ignition system etc.. its just sub par.. lol. You running stock gauges?
Looks good.. I am at a cross road . thinking about rebuilding my 5.7 Vortec or swapping it out to an LS motor. can you give me a lil advice. should I rebuild or swap?
That sounds like the exact same crossroad I was at. I went obviously the LS route. Knowing what I know now, here are my thoughts: 1. Budget: If you want to spend the least, just rebuild the 5.7. 2. Time: Again, if you want it quick, rebuilding the 5.7 is the fastest. 3. If you want power and or just better overall fun, LS all the way. 4. Added costs: With an LS I would 100% rebuild your transmission to handle the extra power (even a stock LS). My rebuild was $2,200 to handle 400ish HP. 5. I would probably not run dual 3" exhaust (if its a daily) I'd do dual 2 1/2" into a 3-4" single out Magnaflow. 6. If you go LS, get a drive by cable! It would have been soooo much easier for me to hook up my cruise control and AC with a Drive by cable as the computer is what you want as well (for the AC hookups). 7. If you put a cam in the LS, factor in a base tune so it will run and a final tune ($200-300 for the base and $600 was my final dyno tune). The base tune could get you by, but I'm picky 🙂 8. With the LS you will need Patients and time. So if it is not a daily, that is better. If you need the rig fast, go 5.7. 9. Gas mileage: a stock LS (no cam) will get better then your 5.7. If you cam it, it will get about the same, maybe a touch less. If you don't care about milage, you might consider a 6.0 and no cam. Or, if you do a 6.0 and cam it, it would be a crazy fun time :-) A BT Truck Norris cam in a 6.0 with intake and headers is a solid recipe for good fun 🙂(probably what I might do if I did things over). 10. There will be a LOT of small parts and costs with the swap. You will likely have $8k including a tranny rebuild and LS purchase into it. Maybe you can save, but I got all good stuff and spared no expense. As well as a stupid expensive exhaust. Hope that helps a little! It is way more fun to drive with the LS but you will need patients to work through all the small gremlins. That is the hardest part no one says.
I miss my 98 😢 had to sell it as I couldn't afford keeping the big hoe with her guzzling gas like there's no tomorrow, doing the ls swap & all I had planned for her. Needed a reliable economic daily driver with my new job situation..
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Nice.. wish i had gone with a LS in my 96 2 door.. i went with a gm crate and replaced the spider fuel injection and all of the ignition system etc.. its just sub par.. lol. You running stock gauges?
Yes, stock gauges, not too bad to wire 🙂
@@MCMROSE nice!
Bad ass!
Thank you!
Looks good..
I am at a cross road . thinking about rebuilding my 5.7 Vortec or swapping it out to an LS motor. can you give me a lil advice. should I rebuild or swap?
That sounds like the exact same crossroad I was at. I went obviously the LS route. Knowing what I know now, here are my thoughts:
1. Budget: If you want to spend the least, just rebuild the 5.7.
2. Time: Again, if you want it quick, rebuilding the 5.7 is the fastest.
3. If you want power and or just better overall fun, LS all the way.
4. Added costs: With an LS I would 100% rebuild your transmission to handle the extra power (even a stock LS). My rebuild was $2,200 to handle 400ish HP.
5. I would probably not run dual 3" exhaust (if its a daily) I'd do dual 2 1/2" into a 3-4" single out Magnaflow.
6. If you go LS, get a drive by cable! It would have been soooo much easier for me to hook up my cruise control and AC with a Drive by cable as the computer is what you want as well (for the AC hookups).
7. If you put a cam in the LS, factor in a base tune so it will run and a final tune ($200-300 for the base and $600 was my final dyno tune). The base tune could get you by, but I'm picky 🙂
8. With the LS you will need Patients and time. So if it is not a daily, that is better. If you need the rig fast, go 5.7.
9. Gas mileage: a stock LS (no cam) will get better then your 5.7. If you cam it, it will get about the same, maybe a touch less. If you don't care about milage, you might consider a 6.0 and no cam. Or, if you do a 6.0 and cam it, it would be a crazy fun time :-) A BT Truck Norris cam in a 6.0 with intake and headers is a solid recipe for good fun 🙂(probably what I might do if I did things over).
10. There will be a LOT of small parts and costs with the swap. You will likely have $8k including a tranny rebuild and LS purchase into it. Maybe you can save, but I got all good stuff and spared no expense. As well as a stupid expensive exhaust.
Hope that helps a little! It is way more fun to drive with the LS but you will need patients to work through all the small gremlins. That is the hardest part no one says.
@@MCMROSE Ty for the above advice. Now I have a few things to think about.
What trans is that
4l60e
I miss my 98 😢 had to sell it as I couldn't afford keeping the big hoe with her guzzling gas like there's no tomorrow, doing the ls swap & all I had planned for her. Needed a reliable economic daily driver with my new job situation..