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street3285 · #1 03-24-2009, 12:41 PM

Came across this engine for sale on Craigslist...... any good?

http://orangecounty.craigslist.org/pts/1077986625.html

awr68 · #2 03-24-2009, 06:45 PM

You know, I'm going to say that's probably is a good deal. A new complete LS1 motor is 5k...so that leaves you 3k to get a complete intake and coils/wires.

**Flash68** · #3 03-24-2009, 08:06 PM

Yeah that does seem cheap!

VP23271 · #4 03-24-2009, 08:57 PM

Sounds like a good deal

It looks to be just what he said. When a dealer has to replace a blown motor in a Corvette, they get a long block from GM and just transfer over all of the accessories, coil packs and yada yada yada. The engine looks to be just a GM dealer long block.

Maybe an email to the seller might give you an idea of how he got it. I see a locker room in the back ground of the picture and I don't think it's Golds Gym lol. Maybe it's something being sold from a local dealer?

I am not 100% familiar with the LS1. Does the LS1 have that long tube coming out of the water pump on the top? The water pump on my LS3 looks different.

**Steve1968LS2** · #5 03-24-2009, 08:58 PM

Hmm.. it's billed as an LS1 but it has a truck pan. I don't recall 5.7s being put in trucks.

odd..

VP23271 · #6 03-24-2009, 09:15 PM

Good eye Steve.

I was a little curious and did a search for a water pump for a 2002 Silverado truck and also for a 2002 Corvette. The water pump in the craigslist ad looks like the one used on the Silverado.

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ProdigyCustoms · #7 03-24-2009, 09:37 PM

5.3 I bet. There are a lot of brand new 5.3s around complete, cheap right now.

**Steve1968LS2** · #8 03-24-2009, 10:04 PM

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Originally Posted by VP23271

Good eye Steve.

I was a little curious and did a search for a water pump for a 2002 Silverado truck and also for a 2002 Corvette. The water pump in the craigslist ad looks like the one used on the Silverado.

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Yea, and now that I had dinner I have the energy to agree that the water pump is a truck unit.

Would need to see a close up of the displament stamp on the block.. if it's a 5.3 then the seller is either stupid or dishonest since it's pretty damn obvious on inspection.

Like I said, Iron 6Ls went in trucks.. as did alum LS2 versions.. I don't recall LS1 (5.7s) ever going in a truck or SUV but alum 5.3s did.

awr68 · #9 03-24-2009, 10:49 PM

sooooooo, can I change my answer?

street3285 · #10 03-25-2009, 01:51 AM

There is still time to change your answer.....

I was just cruising through craigslist and saw that, and it did seem a like a good price. So, it is safe to say it is probably a 5.3 aluminum block engine from a truck?