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Originally Posted by palallin
A mystery engine/tranny out of a junkyard, maybe, but not a fresh set ready to go.
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Quick Ebay search found several 5.3/4L60E for under $2000 with trans, computer, all accessories. 160K or so miles. Most guaranteed 6 months. Several without trans for around $1200. You can go mystery at Pick-a-part for way less, but I'm talking running pullouts with warranty. If I dig I can find less miles or less money. These 5.3s will go 300k easily. So for a weekend machine I would have no problems with this.
You can buy a new basic crate 350 for less than you can rebuild it-if you do it right. And have better heads and less leaky.
Again, I'm not against gen 1 small-blocks. I have 2 running. But the OP question is an LS swap worth it, I say yes.