GM crate engines

[1BigCarrot]

strokers all the way...LOL.

yeah once you start it's hard to stop

 

[shovelbill]

yeah once you start it's hard to stop

there's just nothing like a 5" arm, 3 5/8th inch bore 103" shovelhead.............toss in a honkin Leineweber cam and a **** ton of compression.......LMAO

 

[mountie]

I put in a 350, 4-bolt main at 220,000. That was back in 1999. Still running great. ( I changed a cracked head 8 years ago & replaced my stock exhaust manifolds)..... but not complaining !!

I got the engine through Pep Boys. It was a good re builder, that only distributed through them.
It cost $1,300 as a long block.

I have 391,000 miles on the truck.

 

[likestrucks]

I have the 12530283(new GM 4 bolt L31) installed in my truck. It's nice that it comes with a 3-year 160k warranty. For the price, i don't think it can be beat. Its 7 years old now and has about 70000km on it and I haven't had any issues yet.

 

[Oldblue98]

I have the 12530283(new GM 4 bolt L31) installed in my truck. It's nice that it comes with a 3-year 160k warranty. For the price, i don't think it can be beat. Its 7 years old now and has about 70000km on it and I haven't had any issues yet.

This is the one I have been giving thought to, lot of good reviews on them.

 

[Nathaniel2g]

This is the one I have been giving thought to, lot of good reviews on them.

My father bought a 5.7TBI crate motor back in 95, for his 95 K1500. It's got 400k+ on it now and still tows a horse trailer nearly every day.

 

[biggbiker]

So it looks as my 222,222 mile L31 has 100,000 miles left in it good to know.

 

[shovelbill]

So it looks as my 222,222 mile L31 has 100,000 miles left in it good to know.

at least if you change the ol........it's bulletproof.....PERIOD.

 

[Roger Stephenson]

Curious as to member experiences with GM crate engines . 1998 5.7 let me start out by saying I am not looking for performance , just dependability and quality for a direct stock replacement. I would like to hear good and bad experiences . Would like also to hear about your experiences with the vendors customer service, delivery etc that you bought from.

I bought a GM Crate Engine for my '88. Like you I was not interested in a hot rod so I bought a long block 5.7 and added an Edelbrock Preformer TBI manifold and a set of shorty headers. I installed the engine late in 2010 and have used it as a daily driver since then. It is used mostly for local drives of 50 miles or so round trip but has made several 400+ mile drives at freeway speeds plus one 800+ mile round trip to Savannah. Other than oil changes and a replacement serpentine belt it has been trouble free. I went with the crate motor since rebuilding my 5.7 as I would have done with line boring, new cam bearings, cam, etc plus head work for the milling and valve work would have cost more. I would do the same again.

 

[Tachyon]

Curious as to member experiences with GM crate engines . 1998 5.7 let me start out by saying I am not looking for performance , just dependability and quality for a direct stock replacement. I would like to hear good and bad experiences . Would like also to hear about your experiences with the vendors customer service, delivery etc that you bought from.

See my signature.
I installed a GMPP HT383E crate engine in my Suburban for exactly the reasons you're talking about. Yes, I wanted a little more power, but I mostly wanted something that would be bullet-proof reliable.
I have to report that after now having this engine for several years, I am VERY pleased with it and have no problem recommending it. It's pretty much everything I wanted in the swap. There are a few things I wish I'd known ahead of time, the main one being to replace more of the addons and engine accessories at the same time I did the swap. Eg, distributor, PCV, EGR, EVAP etc. but most of all the fuel injection spider. I recommend that upgrade to every Vortec owner, but especially engine swappers.
I can post more and answer questions, but I've already posted a LOT on this project over at GM-Truck Club (no offense to this forum, I've just been a member there a lot longer).