So I'm having a hard time on what I want to do. I have the 4.8 and I'm pretty sure a cam bearing is going , now here are my choices pull the motor and send it out and replace all the parts or save a do a 6.0 swap I'm leaning towards the 6.0 bc a stock 6.0 I gonna do more then my camed 4.8, I was also curious what 6.0 to buy and how much am I looking at going each route , thanks joe

 

6.0 is the way I would lean to a decent low mileage one throw a bigger cam in it and be done

 

Do you now how much those run for I'm on a $2000 budget

 

Does any one know where to look? And what 6.0 I need to look for ?

 

Start calling salvage yards in ur area you canreuse most of ur parts it wil save you some money as well

 

What motor do I wan a ls3 6.0 is that the only 6.0 I can use

 

No salvage yards carry them I spent 3 hrs today calling around, could someone help me lol

 

If no one has one then rebuilding be ur uption try lkq

 

You're not going to find an LS3 for anywhere near your budget. An LS3 is 6.2L btw. You can try to find the truck version, an L92. I don't know what you would need to do the swap.

The 6.0L for your year would either be the LQ4 or the V-Max LQ9 if you can find one. I would start calling around to see if there are any of those in salvage near you. Otherwise, with your limited budget, you're going to either need to give up the 6.0 dream and look for a salvage 5.3L or another 4.8L or obviously consider rebuilding your current engine.

 

I would like to rebuild mine and put all new parts in it besides the bottom end and the heads for now at least, does any one know how much that would run to rebuild the whole engine all new bearings and gaskets ? Ill keep looking for a 6.0 or a 5.3 , thanks for the help guys I really appreciate it