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blackax · 06-13-2012, 11:47 AM

The biggest price on an ls3 build would be the Dry Sump

and because you didn't say anything about weight you can always go with an LQ9 block (iron truck block)

Basic prices

Block 1000 - 1500
forged internals 1000 - 1500
heads 1500 - 2000
Cam 150 - 300
Dry Sump 2000 - 4500

If we leave is NA we could get 550 to 600 no problem the last 50 might be a little harder and still make it nice on the road

I would say skip the dry sump and get a TVS 2300 its still under 10K and we can go over 650

06-13-2012, 11:47 AM	#10
blackax Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 1,255 Tweet	The biggest price on an ls3 build would be the Dry Sump and because you didn't say anything about weight you can always go with an LQ9 block (iron truck block) Basic prices Block 1000 - 1500 forged internals 1000 - 1500 heads 1500 - 2000 Cam 150 - 300 Dry Sump 2000 - 4500 If we leave is NA we could get 550 to 600 no problem the last 50 might be a little harder and still make it nice on the road I would say skip the dry sump and get a TVS 2300 its still under 10K and we can go over 650 __________________ 2006 CTS-V 1993 Trooper 1991 Impulse RS 1988 Trooper II SAS 1986 TrooperII (No Rear) 1988 Impulse (dead) 1983 K20