The assumed costs of an LS1 swap would be around 10.000 Euro (14.000 USD) according to some other American car enthusiasts, does that sound about right? Now I know it'd cost a lot of money which at least half of I'll never be seeing back, but still it'd be a great thing to save up for and a very interesting project, not to mention how it'd be a huge achievement when it'd all work out. I've read that it could be done a lot cheaper, but that's with just the engine I'd imagine, all of the other stuff that's also needed it what really makes it expensive.

Edit: Or any other LS swap for that matter, doesn't have to necessarily be LS1, since the LS1 is fairly low on HP compared to the later LS engines.

 

I'm tracking my expenses.

LS1 with computer: $1400
Wiring: Est $100 for supplies (had to buy a better soldering iron and some decent strippers etc)
Transmission, $1400 for an LT1. In which I am spending another $5-$600 to convert to LS1
LS7 clutch set up with new slave and line, coming close to $700 there.
Odds and ends like hoses etc $200
I just had an order of $950 to Hawks for mounts, SFCs, throttle cable etc... Granted I threw in an extra couple of pieces like a new center console plate.
$750 to Speed Hut for some nice custom gauges... I went this route because now I don't have to calibrate the ECM for speed, no worrying about diodes etc for my tach and my LS1 fuel sending unit can stay in place as the fuel gauge is also programmable... So That was just a way to save some headaches and have some nice modern looking gauges.

I'm going to be around $6500 canadian to get this done... And that's not counting the extra tools I've purchased and doing 99% of the work myself.

 

Thanks for the list! Not to forget about improved brakes however, or at least I'd need them with my RS. BTW, sorry if this was posted in the wrong section, and should be in the LS specific section, please move if you find it to be better at place there. But 6500 CAD (around 4300 Euro), damn, that's pretty nice. For me there'd also be a couple of hunderd Euro's in shipping costs added however.

Another consideration would be to get a beat up Fourth Gen F-Body like this one (lots of new stuff in the car apparently, very healthy drivetrain) and swap everything over, including rims for break clearance and the suspension and rear axle and everything to make sure you have all you need in one go and have everything correspond the way it was meant to.

Edit: Also if I'm only going to buy the parts I need I heard about the LQ4 engines being a pretty damn good alternative to the LS engines, being pretty much the same engine just slightly heavier and much, much more affordable. Sounds like a great option for a student mechanic like myself who'd have to save up for quite a while anyways, maybe a lot less long this way with an LQ4 ;]

 

Moved it for you.

 

Cheers, mate!