I have been waiting to get my head above water from SEMA. But I will let some of the cat out of the bag on this this crate motor deal I have been putting together with the Fairway Chevrolet dealer in Las Vegas. The Guys at Fair way are great to deal with and are highly motivated to grow there performance parts sales numbers. Plus these guys have various cars in the works at shops all across the country.
They have given me some rock bottom prices on these crate engine and are not trying to make up for a low price with a stout shipping cost. They just sell in Volume and make up their cost on the back end. They will ship almost all engines west of the Mississippi river for 150 bucks.
Here are the costs, I pay the exact same cost on all my crate engines.
LS3 - 430hp - $6,217.00
LS3 - 480hp - $6,625.00
LS3 - 525hp - $7,600.00
LSA - 556 hp - $11,200.00 This engine includes a twin disc clutch
LS9 - 638hp - $20,800.00
After a meeting with Gm Performance parts about a 2013 sponsorship I was informed that the best seller among LS crate engines is the 480hp 376 LS3 engine. It's barely 400 bucks more for 50 more horse power. What a great deal. Now the LS3-525hp engine has the same camshaft as the 515hp Circle track engine they sell for your Saturday night local oval track racers that run in usually the high end "Late Model racers" classes. So it is going to be a more high rpm camshaft, meaning it makes more power on the top end. But this dyno sheet shows that the engine makes quite a bit of bottom end torque for a high rpm circle track camshaft.
Then the other option to continue with is the engine controller.
The LS3 430Hp unit will run you - $1065.00 PN 19258270
The LS3 480Hp unit will run you - $1065.00 PN 19258267
The LS3 525Hp unit will run you - $1125.00 PN 19259261
The LSA 556Hp unit will run you - $1201.00 PN 19259293
If you need more info don't hesitate to call Jason at the parts counter at Fairway Chevrolet in Las Vegas. 1-800-395-1440