# How much to LSx swap my XXXXXX? **URL:** \ **Category:** Vendor Marketplace\ **Created:** [November 28, 2011, 7:22am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-much-to-lsx-swap-my-xxxxxx/261500 "2011-11-28T07:22:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 33
**Author:** ![KrazyKid](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/krazykid/32/6371_2.png) [@KrazyKid](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/KrazyKid)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2011, 7:24am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-much-to-lsx-swap-my-xxxxxx/261500/33 "2011-11-30T07:24:24Z")
> [@Out with the old, In with the new \*\*NEW Pic on Page 5\*\*](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/out-with-the-old-in-with-the-new-new-pic-on-page-5/42803/102): > > yea you can do it for 3k… just get the motor and tranny for free and hope Mike is feeling nice enough to make mounts and headers for free not gunna happen! > [@Another reason to HATE Boston.....](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/another-reason-to-hate-boston/46837/30): > > I still have that convo from when we talked about it on fb, and yeah we were figuring right around $3k for the swap. If figures change its understandable, shit happens. Every number we made was a guess at that point. I still may be down for this, but not with this e30, a cleaner one. yeah this list I made here was way more involved that the chat we had going. And I was way under on the labor after I started to itemized out the sub jobs to do a swap. > [@\*\*\*\*Official: Southgate Meet Thread\*\*\*\*](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/official-southgate-meet-thread/29171/1875): > > where are you finding a running LS for $540? That seems dirt cheap. and LS you wont. those are aluminum blocks and still fetch about a grand easy. the “LSx” like John said are the same exact engine, but with an iron block. Vortec motors out of trucks. The one for my RWD Jetta I paid $500 delivered to Albany Speed at the time. Thats a dime a dozen 5.3L (lm7). The LQ4 I have for the camaro now fetch about $650 on ave from JBAP. But I got the entire 2500 HR truck for $500, with a 4l80e, ecu, everything else. Scrap the truck and get back $200 or so, and its a great deal. But they are everywhere. Search on JBAP for a 2000 silverado 5.3L and 2 pages will show up. GM really messed things up when they came out with the LSX crate engine. the LSx, x being a place holder for 1,2,3,7… (aluminum block), was the lingo, then nobody wanted to admit they put an iron block in and “gained” all that 70lbs, so the truck motors got wrapped up in the LSx name. That new 20K LSX confused everyeone even more now. :banghead --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-much-to-lsx-swap-my-xxxxxx/261500)._