How much should one expect to spend on a swap like yours? My son want's a V8 swap and I would like to give him some realistic figures. Thanks.

Depends on goals/available parts (do you have a donor vehicle?)/tools/experience (will you have to hire someone to do certain things?).



Check out grannysspeedshop.com and norotors.com.

The swap is more about how complete your donor car is or power plant is. I had to piece mine together i got motor and a auto trans for $1k decided to go manual another $800 for trans. about $300 wiring



So far I have spent about 3K including this head gasket job i did now only work I out sourced was the pcm modifications.

Sweet.

hope to drive it up to stewart soon for a little fishing trip with scotty do ! ! !

Update ! ! ! !

Here is what my engine bay looks like as of 1/31/2011

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radiator ground clearance

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Your subframe looks low, is the whole car lowered?

No its not lowered im guessing from the 26 year old suspension and the weight of the new motor its a little lower the control arms should be straight horizontal but they are a little up from horizontal.

Looks good! I'm a little worried about my rad clearance, I've got mine sitting completely vertical.

yeah that was why i re did mine. My rad was vertical but was siting lower than the tow hooks so i said no no. i re did the frame but i should have made it a bolt on and not welded on like my cousin did. he helped me weld the frame together but he was rushed for time so we welded it on.

i would like to remove the frame and make some brackets so i can remove the frame if needed. right now if i have to remove the front crank hub i would have no space to put the puller on there.