Modern Drivetrain Swap

d100clubcab said

LS guys are getting full pullouts for $750 and doing entire old school swaps for $1000-$1500

the biggest hurdle for G3 HEMI swaps are the computer and harness
Places like Modern want $1k just for the harness or $2,600+ for the harness & ecu
LS guys out there have the harnesses for a couple hundred and can flash your ecu for another hundred or so

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True, but if you get a stock harness and computer with a junkyard pull you can modify it yourself to remove the circuits you don't need. The only thing you might need in that situation is a flash, which should only be a few hundred.

I'm not denying that the LS is a much bigger market and likely cheaper, I just think the gap has narrowed quite a bit from even just a few years ago. I did my swap around 4 years ago and just finding an engine was hard enough. A lot of places are finally starting to catch up and offer Hemi stuff. There are a few plug and play Megasquirt setups that are roughly the same cost as their Ford and Chevy counterparts now I believe.

Either way I think the engine is actually the cheapest part of building a resto-mod style Mopar. Suspension and chassis setups are pretty serious money. I debated an RMS Alterkation many times, but I bought my car for less than that setup would cost me, and that's just the front suspension setup. The rear costs the same amount, so I'd have twice the value of my car is suspension alone.