Considering selling - Aluminum 5.3 Swap

Hello everyone.

Recently, my wife and I have been discussing our "Toys", and with welcoming our Son into the family in early 2020, my conversion project just hasn't seen as much attention as it deserves.  It did see the the Road-Course twice since its been swapped, and it was an absolute blast to drive, even without being "Dialed In".  

The car is a Red 1983, with the 944 Turbo Rear valance, and Turbo Twist Reps 17s.  I bought it in 2017 with 57k miles, and it currently has almost 59k miles. I paid $4500 for the car.

I did every bit of work myself, with the exception of any welding. (Custom Oil Pan, Custom Exhaust). The motor is an all-aluminum  5.3L, with a complete re-work of the Cam and valvetrain.  The cam makes power up to the 6800 rpm range.  I will attempt to list out everything I have purchased and installed:

EXHAUST
Headers Custom Manifold style, Gasket and Bolts   $499.99
3" Single Exhaust with V-Band. Vibrant Resonator, Borla XR-1 Muffler $750.00

TRANS, CLUTCH, & BELL HOUSING
C5 2 Piece Corvette Bell Housing - Manual  $264.99
C5 Bell Housing Flywheel Dust and Debris Cover  $24.99
C5 1 Piece Adapter Plate $359.99
Hydraulic Slave Bearing with Hose / Fittings, Bleeder $199.99
TPC Stock Clutch, GM Pressure Plate, Flywheel, and ARP Bolts $399.99
ARP Flywheel Bolts $33.99
ARP Pressure Plate Bolts $22.99
Pilot Bearing Adapter with Bearing $79.99
944 Clutch Master $99.99
Transmission Strengthening Plate $124.99
5R Transaxle $1,580.00

ENGINE
2004 LM4 Aluminum 5.3L $700.00
Camshaft + Valvetrain $850.00
Corvette Front Accessories $450.00
LS2 Intake Manifold + Injection $280.00
Motor Mount uprights LS1 (pair) $299.99
1/2 Spacers $89.99

OIL PAN
Custom Fabricated Oil Pan $450.00
Remote Oil Filter $159.99
Oil Pan Gakset $29.99
Mighty Mouse Catch Can $290.00

ENGINE BAY
TPC Turbo Radiator - All Aluminum $399.99
TPC Turbo Fan Shroud, Fans and Mounting HW. $149.99
Heater control valve and hose kit $79.99
Heater BY-Pass Hose $19.99
944 Water temp Sensor $29.99
944 Guage - Oil Pressure Sensort Kit $75.00
Fuel Kit  - Clamp Style. Stainless hose for engine bay. $199.99

ELECTRONICS
Stand Alone Wiring Harness - LS1 - DBC $579.00
Corvette 0411 PCM $200.00
VSS Bracket & Sensor $134.99
Throttle cable $54.99
Tuning (Done by me) $100.00

BRAKES
Wilwood Brake Cailper Kit (Wagenswest) $1,175.00
Stainless Brake Lines $79.00
Race Pads $110.00
Street Pads $100.00
Stoptech Drilled and Slotted Rotors $672.00

SUSPENSION
Paragon Products Coilover Kit 400# Springs $289.00
Koni Shocks and Struts $700.00
Racers Edge Camber Plates $499.00
Rennlist Spring Plates Adjustable $375.00
30mm Torsion Bars $299.00
Rear 19mm adjustable sway bar $170.00
M030 Front Sway bar/Bushings $600.00
KLA Strut Brace $150.00

WHEELS + TIRES
Currently On The Car:
17" Turbo Twist Reps $450.00
275/40/17 Rears + 235/45/17 Fronts Nitto NT555R (Still basically new) $552.00

STOCK:
(4) 15x7 Cookie Cutters with older tires

Estimated Parts Total $16,285.77

The car would come with some extra parts as well, which can be discussed with interested buyers.

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I am interested in buying the car. Where are you located? Any issues needed to be addressed? Does the ac and heat work?

Thanks, Bob

I am located in Southern Michigan. Heat is not hooked up, and I have removed all of the AC components.

The intermittent wipers do not work, but you can still control them manually; and the Headlights are stuck on High Beams. I wasn't worried about any of these things as I just wanted a track car.

Hotrodz of Dallas wrote:I am interested in buying the car. Where are you located? Any issues needed to be addressed? Does the ac and heat work?

Thanks, Bob

Is the ac in the dash removed as well? If so, do you still have the parts that came out?

Everything in the dash I left alone. I wanted it to remain as stock looking as possible.

The Oil pressure, Tach, speedo, Temp, battery, etc all work.

Hotrodz of Dallas wrote:Is the ac in the dash removed as well? If so, do you still have the parts that came out?

Cool. Let me discuss this with my partner and I will get back to you.

PM'd you my phone number. Would like to talk to you and make this deal happen.

Thanks, Bob

If the car is still available I am interested.  Please let me know.  Not sure if this site requires a certain number of posts to be able to PM but it's been quite a while since I posted. Thanks, Brad Morgan

Still for sale.

LStuner wrote:Still for sale.

Did you change your mind? I'm still ready to buy it.

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It is still for sale. My plan is to take it to Facebook Marketplace this spring.

I love the aluminum 5.3 liters. I have one myself.

The Rods are Stout with full floating witspins. I understand why they take a ridiculous amount of power as is.

Bump. Now asking $12,000. Still driving the car nearly everyday.

Interested in the the 944.  Email sent George.  I've been lurking on here a long time, just haven't posted much.  

Thank you,
John