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With rising gas prices and the lean toward cars and trucks getting better gas mileage wouldn't you think that v8 parts and older carbed motors and parts would be cheaper to buy? It seems like everybody around where I live want a lot of money for nothing especially in local junk yards.
The price of big cars and trucks with V-8's is going down slowly... Probably take til mid summer for it to trickle down to the junkyard level, if it even does....
Every yuppie in the country will fight for their right to drive their 12 mpg yuppiemobile all the way up to $5.00/gallon gas anyway.... Down right depressing to watch those herds of Tahoe's, Yukon's, Excursions, and Crew Cab pickups commuting to work every day with 1 person in them.... I guess they have to buy something that size to get a decent cup holder or something......
I'd like to put a newer ls series v8 in my Caballero but it seems that everytime I see one for sale they want a couple of thousand dollars for just the motor not including the wiring harness or the transmission. I mean its great if you can get 300 horses at 20-25 miles to the gallon. It's all possible with the technology thats out there it just seems like its hard to achieve for the everyday hotrodder. And I guess I'm a bit of a yuppie too cause my wife drives a Tahoe but we bought it for trips and to have room for family. It's kind of hard to jam 6-8 head in a Tracker or something similar.
I've got an '85 Camaro in the garage right now gettin one of those.... This is a fairly well built engine, did 435 hp on the engine dyno, and is allegedly going to do mid 20's on fuel mileage.... The entire package, engine, transmission, computer, and harness with a 12/12 warranty was around $7K....
If you can find a complete takeout without the harness at a decent price, Painless does sell a harness and 'puter for them.... Seems they're in the $2,000-$3,500 range around here too depending on which engine it is and the mileage.....