EFI 1500$????
What the heck are you looking at?
Get a 4.8 or 5.3 from the yard for 500 WITH the EFI attached, just sayin.....
I've seen them on Craigs for 300-400$.....
The chevy truck engines run forever, so don't sweat the milage, follow Kieths simple LS1 swap (stay away from my not so simple ongoing swap)
The hard part-
figuring out the wiring and maybe trans tunnel mods
Making your own motor mounts (trans mount uses stock supra mount with a little modding)
Finding a wrecked Camaro SS-than strip it and sell all the parts for cost free swap-that's what I'm doing-actually I've made a bit for cash, but the swaps not done soooo....
The expensive part
Getting some stock GTO exhaust manifolds
The 300+$ speedo conversion box.
Getting the uber expensive GTO oil pan and related parts-this sucker is EXPENSIVE!!!!!!
Getting a 1500$ low mile 5.3 with a transmission from the yards instead looking around for a deal, or a high mile engine trans combo for much less.
EVERYBODY on the planet with the exception of the CelicaSupra community has figured out this swap, it's the most logical/best option for our cars.
There millions upon millions of LS series engines around the world, parts are easily obtained, and the engines make incredible HP even stock- a measly newer 4.8 is around 300 hp and 300 ft lbs (rated in 1970 that's about 350+ hp) and guys in NBS full sized trucks get these engines into the 12" in the 1/4 mile-with full bolt ons cam and stall,gears 12.9 and on a 75 shot of nitrous 12.0- shave 1453 pounds off that for a 3k lbs Supra= lotsa fun! BTW, the LS engines tolerate alot more than a 75 shot of nitrous in stock form..
I swear, if I had the time, and finished my harder than it needs to be swap, I'd make a motor mount kit with tutorial on how to swap these engines in the ma60 chassis.
I will admit that the most durable manual transmissions choices are expensive t56, or you could even use the R154 or W58, people have used the old Camaro T5's and muncie's other than that- whats taking us so long to get on board?
ALSO, for the people who just have to have turbo lag-no wait, that's for the small displacement engines not the v8's- I've read articles where they pulled 1200 hp out of a 4.8 with an improved head and ring gaping, 12lbs of boost on a stock 4.8=500+ RWHP.....or 500 rwp out of a (very expensive) NA 5.7 liter. The options or innumerable!