Well looks like the OP is gone after the first page but I'll throw in my stinky opinion because we all love running our mouths about this stuff :D:poke:. LS swaps are considered "cheap" because the engines themselves (not including the 6.0 those are like gold) and parts to upgrade them are cheap. But the actual SWAP aspect is not cheap. I have friends who have LS swapped various vehicles and it does not look easy or fun, however those vehicles didn't have good performance engines available to build up from the factory.
Not to mention a stock 5.3 is nothing to write home about, you'd still probably want to upgrade it with the same kind of parts you'd put in a Mopar V8 anyway.
@Dale Davies people swap LS's into Beemers because the BMW V8 engines are hot garbage. I have a friend who had one in a 2008-2012ish 3 or 5-series and it was an unreliable overcomplicated piece of junk. She started the process of swapping an LS and T-56 but ran out of money and sold it LMAO.
