8.1 MOTOR

By AUSTKAINE
October 25, 2004 in Gen III & Gen IV V8 Engines (LS-Based)

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AUSTKAINE

Posted October 25, 2004

I have run into a '01 8100 vortec motor w/ 17,000 that I'm looking to swap into my fj40 rockcrawler! Guy is asking $500 for it and says that "coolant is disappearing at about 1 gallon per month." Can this just be a bad gasket or do you guys think something major is wrong w/ the motor? It is also missing the injectors, throttle plate, exhaust manifold, egr valve, harness, and ecm. I've looked into westers ecm's as well as gmpartsdirect for the ex. manifold, egr and injectors. These parts add up to be around 2k. Does anybody know anywhere else to get these parts for cheap or by chance have some extra 8.1 parts lying around in the garage? Is this a good buy or not? Thanks, Austin.

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