Shop in San Diego to install LS motor
 

Hello all,
I am new to the forum and I am looking for a shop in San Diego to install a LS motor into my 1969 Blazer. My current small block 350 is done. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Ryan

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I have zero advice for you....but I'm morbidly interested in the quote you get when you find one.

Keep us in the loop.

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I did mine myself 4 years ago, a shop is SD will charge a ton to do this.
I could advise you on a few questions if you feel like tackling it yourself. Not hard at all as long as you have some technical abilities and can turn a wrench.

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Well I found a guy in San Marcus that would charge $2000-3000 for the just the install of the engine. The price I am getting for an engine swap is $8k-$11k.

72Mike-I am a little pressed for time and space to do the build myself. I do really appreciate the offer though. Thanks

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That price you were quoted, I think I should raise MY labor rates from the 60's to at least Y2K prices.....................damn I would have enough to stay retired

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Did that price include engine and trans, and all fuel parts?

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IMO engine swaps are something that you do yourself, or you don't do it at all unless; its a high-dollar ground up custom build (like a Riddler car or an actual turn key racecar) OR your doing something so radical that no home-hotrodder could attempt it.

Paying a shop to put a used engine into a used truck more often than not, results in getting the least bang for the buck, bar none. A typical LS swap is getting done under $4k, and that usually includes go-fast goodies and custom stuff. Your looking at over twice that for a stock junkyard motor.

When something breaks, you have NO idea how to track down the problem if a shop did the work. You can't exactly have it towed to a normal garage if a failure occurs.

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PM me if you are interested in someone in Orange County I know a couple of shops that could do the installation

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RyKramer99,

I am a computer tech, I did my swap in my carport over a 7 month time frame, working evenings after my kids were in bed ( I am a single father also). The only thing I didnt do was the exhaust, I had a guy come out and do the exhaust on a trailer that was a lift kind of thing and he did my exhaust. I had very little help and rented the cherry picker and a few other tools I did not have. The engine and trans cost me about $1000, harness and tune, about $250, exhaust about $200, fuel and misc about $300.

You can do this!

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2k to 3k just to install the engine??? I should be doing this for other people and not just myself.

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CUNNINGHAM MOTORSPORTS is near san diego area. Ls1tech.sponsors. I went there and they had alot of nice cars being worked on including old schools getting ls swaps.:metal:

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Charging that much money for an LS swap seems crazy to me. I did mine in about 2-3 weeks (4-6 hours a day). However I had all the parts that I needed from doing all the research before I started the swap. Converting the harness and intergrading with the existing truck harness was the hardest part.

I also agree with Brew, if something breaks you will know what is wrong and what parts to get. Auto parts stores won't know what to look for.