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XLexusTech

05-28-2010, 03:16 PM

Anyone know a good place to get a drop out LS motor in the North east?
Looking for GTO ls2 6 speed manual ...

I am 45 mins outside boston but can sources within 300 miles if need be

Memphis

05-28-2010, 05:33 PM

If you can't find anything in your 300 mile range Cleveland Pick A Part deals with a bunch of late model GMs. They actually have full IRS setups out of GTOs for under $300 right now.

Ron.in.SoCal

05-28-2010, 09:31 PM

XLexusTech

05-29-2010, 04:29 AM

PM sent

malibu9in

05-30-2010, 02:45 PM

210 649 2554...www.hpsalvage.com ask for mark. 1st class products and service.

daytonayellaz

06-01-2010, 10:19 AM

Anyone know a good place to get a drop out LS motor in the North east?
Looking for GTO ls2 6 speed manual ...

I am 45 mins outside boston but can sources within 300 miles if need be

I can and will help you with a motor if your interested. NO ONE can get you a motor for a better price when comparing apples to apples. These are great drop outs and as Ron stated above ....I have sold A LOT of them to members here and other foruns and locally. Check my trader rating and posts on my for sale threads to see what everyone is saying. Im not sure how much longer I will be able to get these deals, but for now still available. I have a good shipping connection as well. I will shoot you a PM.

Blessings,
Travis

customshop

07-26-2010, 09:00 PM

Can you send me a PM on what you have looking for a ls1 or ls2 for a project. thnx

Mr.VENGEANCE

07-26-2010, 09:04 PM

better jump on these...

ModernMuseum

08-11-2010, 12:07 PM

highschool70ss

08-11-2010, 06:32 PM

You can do a search of salvage yards on http://car-part.com/.

CruizinKev

08-11-2010, 07:29 PM

daytonayellaz I just sent a PM :)

BonzoHansen

08-12-2010, 05:01 AM

ebay seller fparts is contemporary corvettes in Bristol PA. They have a good rep on pull out setups as well, often with warranties.

Cris@JCG

08-12-2010, 04:09 PM

Cleveland Pick A Parts.. I have 2 least four motors & transmissions from them.. call gus! great guy to work with..

dropped72ss

08-21-2010, 09:08 AM

I'd recommend travis as well. I just purchased a ls2 from him. It was very clean. He's honest and a great person to deal with. Not to mention great prices

LS1NOVA

08-21-2010, 08:25 PM

you can do a search of salvage yards on http://car-part.com/.

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RYU

08-24-2010, 12:00 PM

What does an LS1 + 4L60e + PCM go for these days?

daytonayellaz

08-24-2010, 07:58 PM

Deleted it.....sounded like I was trying to sell something, sorry mods!

daytonayellaz

08-24-2010, 08:37 PM

You can do a search of salvage yards on http://car-part.com/.

I tried that last year when I was looking for my first LS motor, you can find them on there..... The price sounds great at first...then you find out they cut the harness, that they strip the motor of all accesories, starter, ECM, MAF, TCM, alternator and on and on. Then they charge you big $$$$ for each one of these items to get it back complete again, and you still have a butchered harness and missing all the bolts!

I have seen the way some of these companys pull motors......I used to drive a rollback for a while for a friend who owns a salvage yard. He networked with several yards and I would go to pickup/ drop off cars and parts to other yards. I sometimes had to wait if they were not finished pulling something. I have watched engines dangling 3-4 feet in the air by some wiring, or hoses etc and these guys will get out the side cuts or box knife...and ...yup you guessed it..SLAM right on the ground from 3-4 feet some times more depending on how tall the guy is doing the job. I have watched them also violently work the levers up and down on these giant front end loaders that have forks that they use to lift the cars....until they literally shake the motor out....and again...SLAM right on the ground. It is a sickening sight to watch. Im not saying every place is like this, but the quality of the extraction is only as good as the guy actually doing it....not the guy sitting behind the counter taking your phone call and your money. This was 15 years ago when I worked there....My Dad worked there for years, my business was slow and the owner asked me to drive for him some....It turned into a year. I could tell you a lot more stuff I saw, but wont.

Dont want to sound hard on these companys...there are some places that do a good job.....but still cut the harness and charge you for every little piece that bolts onto the long block. Which is very expensive in the end, plus you dont have any of the bolts to reattach the stuff. As I said in the very begining...I was on this site and called several companys and all said the same thing and in the end was to expensive for me.....but Im not independantly wealthy either...sooooo????

This is how I ended up finding my hook up for these engines....after beating the bushes for months finally found some one who cares....actually he likes CASH :) It takes hours to pull a motor the way my guys pull them...thats why they look so good and complete.

Just be carefull, ask lots of questions!

daytonayellaz

08-24-2010, 08:51 PM

Looks like Travis kind of fell off the map. I think he's dealing with some family issues, so hopefully he'll be back soon. He's only logged on two or so times in the past few weeks.

If anyone knows him personally, I'd REALLY appreciate it if you can have him call me. He has my contact info. I was supposed to transfer some funds last week but he has been virtually un-reachable for the past week+.

-Keith

Keith,

Thought I should follow up your post here... I just didnt want to take your money until I shipped out some motors that were allready paid for by other members. I have shipped them and back to selling now! Also I have decided to stop selling motors that are "coming" this has caused some longer than I would like delays in shipping. They have to be in my possesion before Im taking any money and promising a time frame on shipment. Plus my Home Improvement business has been slammed for a while now. Spent what extra time I did have with the wife in northern MI visiting her terminal Grandfather. My business has actually slowed down just a bit in this last week so able to spend some more time on the engines for now. Give me a call...I have the info for you on your T56 and as soon as I get it here you can send me some money :)

Thanks,
Travis

PT Sportwagon

09-04-2010, 07:09 AM

Travis, Are you going to take " orders" for motors? I really haven't fully decieded if I want to do the swap but reading your post on the way they treat motors at some yards. I would rather get one from you than one of the smash yards.

Tim

daytonayellaz

09-04-2010, 08:02 AM

Bronco3738

09-25-2010, 09:58 AM

Sent you a PM Travis, starting to gather parts for my Chevelle. Looking to see how much this is gonna hurt.

Mike

klean63

09-28-2010, 09:33 AM

Sent you a PM Travis, starting to gather parts for my Chevelle. Looking to see how much this is gonna hurt.

Mike

Me too, except mines a Nova

jeeper90

10-06-2010, 07:27 PM

Travis can you look and see what is available in the LS6 or LS2 cat. with t56? I live in Nevada so shipping is an issue. What do they come with? fuel, accessaries,pedal assembly? Thanks
Chris
[email protected]

xxxturbo6

10-06-2010, 09:21 PM

subscribed... Looking for a LS2 & 4L65E

Tango68SS

11-11-2010, 11:19 AM

Travis,

I am at the beginning of my project and have decided to go LS2/4L60E. Can you PM me and we can talk? Thanks!

daytonayellaz

11-11-2010, 03:41 PM

Travis,

I am at the beginning of my project and have decided to go LS2/4L60E. Can you PM me and we can talk? Thanks!

PM sent! Got just what you need :)

Tango68SS

07-25-2011, 02:13 PM

PM sent! Got just what you need :)

OH YES YOU DID Travis!!! Hoping to fire this puppy up sometime in the next week! Brian's been really busy on a few other projects...

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Thanks again for hooking me up!

TC

daytonayellaz

07-25-2011, 08:04 PM

OH YES YOU DID Travis!!! Hoping to fire this puppy up sometime in the next week! Brian's been really busy on a few other projects...

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Thanks again for hooking me up!

TC

Looking really good TC! Brian is doing a great job. I hope you get it running soon as well. Let me know when you do. Your certainly welcome and thanks for all the kind words ;) Give me a call some time and we can catch up.

Tango68SS

07-26-2011, 03:45 PM

WILCO Trav! Brian and I will call you the day we fire her up, just so you can here her run as promised! Talk to you in a week or two!

TC

robertjra

07-26-2011, 07:41 PM

Xlexus -- IMHO, your absolute best resource for LS motors is Travis 'daytonayellaz' here on this board. He gets about 10 a month; everything from 5.3's to 6.2's and T56's and most with about 10k miles on them. I bet there's at leaast 15 guys here (maybe more) in the last 4 months that have gotten dorp outs from him, including myself.

If you need his email send me a PM. He's located in Indy and shipping is easy and pretty cheap.

i got one from him he has the best customer sevice and he will help you after the sale!!!! check this out.
https://www.pro-touring.com/showthread.php?79220-!!!!-Best-deal-on-ls-!!!&highlight=

icemanrd19

07-28-2011, 08:14 AM

im looking for a ls2 t56 combo or something similar for my 67 camaro. Cash in hand

pw2006

07-28-2011, 08:34 AM

Travis and his son crated my LS2/4L70e yesterday and are shipping it out today. I also had a great experience with Travis, a very standup guy. Thanks Travis!

6D9 Matt

07-28-2011, 10:02 AM

Id like to hear what Travis has as well... send me a PM with prices/setups if you could Travis. Thanks!

Ron.in.SoCal

07-28-2011, 11:23 AM

Id like to hear what Travis has as well... send me a PM with prices/setups if you could Travis. Thanks!

Matt - I'm pretty certain Trav is not trolling this thread so it'd be better to send him a PM. Just click on his user name above...

OliverKlozoff

11-20-2014, 06:17 PM

I know this thread has been dead quite a while, but does anyone know if Travis is still around with solid dropouts? Thanks

GeoffP

11-20-2014, 07:01 PM

Not to spread rumors or anything but I highly recommend you do some searching about Travis.

andrewb70

11-20-2014, 07:25 PM

Travis has been banned.

Andrew

OliverKlozoff

11-21-2014, 11:53 AM

Thanks guys. I had tried sending him a pm, but it just said his box was full. I joined this forum last night just to try and find some ls/lq9 stuff for a BMW project. Now that I've read some of the other posts about him, thanks for the heads up.

rob07002

11-25-2014, 06:28 AM

Reviving this thread to see if there are any good sources for LSx dropouts.

67rally

11-25-2014, 08:30 AM

Reviving this thread to see if there are any good sources for LSx dropouts.

Depends on what you're looking for. There's a salvage yard in New Hampshire called Bow Auto that specializes in the truck LS (iron block) engines. That's where I got my LQ9.

I'm not affiliated in any way, but happy with my 6.0. They have an eBay store: http://stores.ebay.com/bowautoparts

rob07002

11-25-2014, 08:41 AM

Depends on what you're looking for. There's a salvage yard in New Hampshire called Bow Auto that specializes in the truck LS (iron block) engines. That's where I got my LQ9.

I'm not affiliated in any way, but happy with my 6.0. They have an eBay store: http://stores.ebay.com/bowautoparts

Thanks. Looking for an Lq4 or 9 myself.

67rally

11-26-2014, 06:54 AM

Thanks. Looking for an Lq4 or 9 myself.

Here's the LQ9 I picked up from Bow:
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2013/07/LQ9023x_zpsc4d3a2b7-1.jpg (http://s228.photobucket.com/user/modi_photos/media/LQ9023x_zpsc4d3a2b7.jpg.html)

Here it is with a fresh coat of paint, some new heads and an intake:
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2014/11/EngineReassembly002x_zps5fd62e10-1.jpg (http://s228.photobucket.com/user/modi_photos/media/EngineReassembly002x_zps5fd62e10.jpg.html)

And how she sits today:
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2014/08/valvecovers027x_zpsb03a269c-1.jpg (http://s228.photobucket.com/user/modi_photos/media/valvecovers027x_zpsb03a269c.jpg.html)

Chad-1stGen

11-26-2014, 10:28 AM

And how she sits today:

wow!! Nice job that is super clean.

XLexusTech

11-26-2014, 11:59 AM

Bow is right near me... I am gonna pickup an iron 5.3 and turbo that sucker as a spare motor...

69 Camaro Guy

12-16-2014, 09:07 PM

I am am looking for a good source, will you please forward me Travis' email and phone number?
thanks,
Steve
69 Camaro Guy

Xlexus -- IMHO, your absolute best resource for LS motors is Travis 'daytonayellaz' here on this board. He gets about 10 a month; everything from 5.3's to 6.2's and T56's and most with about 10k miles on them. I bet there's at leaast 15 guys here (maybe more) in the last 4 months that have gotten dorp outs from him, including myself.

If you need his email send me a PM. He's located in Indy and shipping is easy and pretty cheap.

andrewb70

12-16-2014, 09:50 PM

I am am looking for a good source, will you please forward me Travis' email and phone number?
thanks,
Steve
69 Camaro Guy

Travis is not a good source for anything. Go look in the feedback forum.

Andrew

67rally

12-17-2014, 05:44 PM

Travis is not a good source for anything. Go look in the feedback forum.

Andrew

Thanks for keeping this thread up to date. I almost went down that road when I did my LS swap. I was right in the middle of a deal with him and I waited for several weeks for a response when a better local deal came up. If he had been quicker to respond, I would have been out five grand.

Motown 454

12-17-2014, 08:41 PM

The motor looks great, you did a nice job on it and the car.

LXCam

12-17-2014, 09:22 PM

I am am looking for a good source, will you please forward me Travis' email and phone number?
thanks,
Steve
69 Camaro Guy

Howdy neighbor, long time lurker here. Interesting timing with this thread as I had spent the past year half looking for a complete pull out. So Thursday the week before thanksgiving my son and I picked up a very complete LQ9 for his 69 bird project. The following afternoon he did me proud by rolling my 03 Denali. So now as luck would have it, I have the 9, a 4 and two 4le65's. Both trans where from AWDs, but that's an easy swap. If you're interested in the LQ4 let me know. She ran like a champ and never skipped a beat. I've been thinking about listing it for sale here, but haven't gotten around to it. I also have zero desire to CL it as I don't want any potential crack heads at my shop.

Cam.