How much should these motors be priced at I was offered one for $850 67k miles everything on it except for front accessories and intake should I pay it?

 

You are in the ball park. Depends on the condition. Except for the accesories and intake $850.00 is not that great. With it is reasonable.

 

Seems to be in a great used condition

 

how much are these usually selling for?

 

I scored a complete '99 5.3 with a fire-burned intake manifold for $100 on Pick-N-Pull's half-price day, I paid LKQ $ 800 for an '01 LQ4, and I paid another dismantler $300 for my first '01 4.8, and $340 for my second. But now, less than 2 years later, they're asking $525, which I refuse to pay, I can get a complete Vortec 350 or a complete Vortec 454 for under $200 each.

 

Paid $750 for a 99 LM7 from a member here. Picked it up. Had 150k miles but had video proof of it running with great oil pressure, had every accessory still bolted on and came with the harness, ECM, starter and even the battery cables. A lot of miles but not that much for these motors, plus it came with the cable TB which I wanted... I hate DBW.

Got it home and opened it up and looked great inside.

For the LM7 id say the 500-850 is a good range but that should be complete with ECM, harness and accessories with decent miles.

 

Around here (salt belt) you can get a whole pullout, engine trans ECM accessories wiring you name it, for about that.

Sounds like a bit on the high side.

But of course that's colored by currently living in a place where bodies dissolve in front of your eyes and leave behind motors that are still good. Haven't tried to buy one in So Cal, been acoupla years since I last lived there, out there bodies outlast motors, so ya gotta take that sort of thing into account. Might not be out of line.

 

I read on here and see people getting these 5.3 motors for nice prices. I've been calling around different yards here in Los Angeles and they all seem to be on the high side. One even told me that they are getting popular and going fast so I guess now they're raising prices I've yet to see even 1 for $500

 

Then start asking for the 4.8L version. They'll make just as much power if you spin them a couple hundred RPM more. They have even more potential than the 5.3 if you're going to turbo, because of the shorter-stroke crank, more journal overlap means more strength. Skip pre-'01, try for '07-up, but '01-'06 is ok.