Engine Swap

[thomasbruns]

I have a 1998 GMC K1500 with the Vortec 350. I would like to know if anyone has any experience installing a GM Crate engine other than stock and any pitfalls of doing so.

[thetooth]

Have you found out anything yet, Thomas? I don't have an answer, but I've got a similar problem. My 5.7 died the other day and the dealer says I need a new one.

 

I'd rather not spend the money putting a stock 5.7 back into the engine compartment if I can help it.

 

- Tooth

[thomasbruns]

Have you found out anything yet, Thomas?  I don't have an answer, but I've got a similar problem.  My 5.7 died the other day and the dealer says I need a new one.

 

I'd rather not spend the money putting a stock 5.7 back into the engine compartment if I can help it.

 

- Tooth

 

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Tooth

 

I have not found out anything. My next option is to contact companies like JET Performance and the like to get a custom computer chip.

 

Tom

[thetooth]

Thanks for the reply. I wound up yanking my truck from the dealer and started looking for a performance shop. I'm not totally convinced that the engine isn't saveable, so I may end up having it rebuilt and modified.

 

If you want to find a chip for the stock 5.7 in your '98, I can tell you that I used the Superchips programmer and it worked really well for me. I've read that it's better than the Superchips programmer. There is a company that will swap computers with you and do a custom program, but I forget the name.

 

Good Luck,

- Tooth

[gixxer]

What exactly were you thinking of doing??

[thetooth]

I found a shop and the engine isn't a total loss. So, I'm having it rebuilt and adding a procharger supercharger.

[gixxer]

how much and where did you pick up the procharger from?? im thinking about getting me one of those for Xmas LOL