In other news, like I mentioned in a previous post I bought an Engine. Well, this weekend was pickup weekend since I had a Friday off
After perusing junkyards and pricing everything out, as well as the fact that I have ZERO knowledge of engine wiring/tuning etc. I decided to leave the engine building to the experts. Compared to around my area for a JY Lm7, plus cost for a wiring harness strip down and ECM tune and everything else that needs to go into it, the cost of purchasing a turnkey motor from BDTurnkey seemed like a no brainer. And with the stage in life that I'm at, time to work on the Heepster comes at a significant sacrifice to other things going on in life. Doing all the wiring and tuning myself sounded like a huge waste of time when I've got so much other shit to do on the build.
Enter: turnkey engine from Bryan at BDTurnkey:
This thing came with literally everything to hook it up and I couldn't be happier with the work that Bryan did. Saved me a ton of headache and time and I know it will be done right the first time.
Engine is an L59 out of a 2006 suburban with 92k miles. With the tune he put on it it should put out ~340-350hp running on 91oct. Came with all the wires labelled and even a manual for my dumbass to make sure I dont screw anything up when I go to hook up ignition and other stuff. And since it's a DBW engine he even put in a cruise control option (so fancy). Also has all the wiring necessary to just plug and play into the 4l60e I picked up a few weeks ago and even includes Tow/Haul mode.
To say I'm excited is an understatement. I even got to hear it run on his test stand before we loaded it up to bring it home.
I cant find a good drool emoji in here, but thats pretty much what I was doing when he fired it up.
Loaded her up in the truck and drove the 4 hours back home, well worth the trip to pick it up in person!
As you may know from my previous posts, everything I'm building is in a lovely 2 car garage. No fancy ass shop for this guy. Plus, when I finish working on the rig it gets shoved to the side so my wife's car can go back in the garage. Ya, space is at a serious premium here lol. She really thought she was gonna have to give up her garage space so that I could keep the new engine inside, I told her it would fit, but she didnt believe me:
Wont be here for too long though, next step is to get it mounted! Just need to convince a few friends to come over for a day or two to get it mocked up and welded in. Then the real fun begins.