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Message: <blockquote data-quote="trekrok" data-source="post: 4340176" data-attributes="member: 6668">I'd vote for the LS swap too. If you are talking stock-ish I wouldn't have an issue doing a 5.3l.  They are relatively cheap and you can get one with trans and all the electronics (and definitely get all the electronics) on a pallet. People sometimes get intimidated by the wiring part, but the information is out there and it really isn't that bad. I used the factory harness and just stripped out all the unnecessary wires. That's pretty satisfying and you are stripping out way more wires than you are keeping. I swapped a 5.3l into an 80 series land cruiser and it wasn't terrible. The worst part was motor mounts and squeezing it into a bay designed for a 6 cylinder. If you are working on a vehicle that's more popular with swaps, kits will be available that will make it easier. I don't necessarily think the 5.3l is a dog. I watched a show last night where they swapped heads, cam, rockers and intake/carb and made 400hp. That's pretty respectable to me.  That said, if you are going to spend the money to do that work, I don't know why you wouldn't start with a 6.0 to also gain the .7l. I think a crate motor would probably be cheaper than paying a local reputable shop to rebuild it one-off. Plus I have trust issues on these things. Are those really clevite bearings in there or did I just pay for clevite and get a china special? Once that motor goes together, you are pretty much at the mercy of the shop's integrity as to what parts and machining occurred. Yeah, trust issues.</blockquote>

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