I am finding it costs more than I would have guessed, but I also have moved from trying to make some budget things work here and there to doing it the way I wanted to in the first place. I initially had bought an LQ4 that I was going to freshen up, then I wanted LS3 heads and a cam. Then I found somebody that wanted my LQ4 (which I parted out the accessories, intake, etc and gotten all of my money back from the original purchase) and then I found an LS3 block. I have found that all of the little stuff is what will really get you though. Accessories, transmission, gaskets, headers, PCM/wiring, gauges, gas tank, radiator as many others have mentioned. I justify it by thinking about the fact that most of those would have been replaced anyway (new gas tank, radiator, gauges).
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Stephen
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