It has occurred to me that a lot of the expense of a V8 swap can be staved off by selling the stock engine. What do you think a Crossfire engine and transmission is worth from a 2004 with less than 50K miles?

 

you would probably have to stop by a salvage yard that specializes in selling motors and trannys...get an estimate, but I would think that price would be all over the place, especially with the ecu and all...

 

Engine and tranny on ebay with less than 6k miles, $1250 BIN.
HERE

 

wow, that seems cheap...but what about ecu issues??? Won't that add to the cost to get set up right in another car?

 

Over in Lantana's V8 swap thread he was saying Beckman can 're-virginize' an ECU to mate with a different VIN - clean slate more or less. If I remember correctly, he said they do it for $250.

This is amazing news, especially for us NA guys waiting for FI applications. Being able to basically mate an SRT ECU to an NA and get it to read boost - PROGRESS....

 

In few words, Not much.