Nice work!!! I live North of you and would like to do the same on one of mine next winter after gathering the goodies. Do you have rough cost of parts so far?
Do you already have a 4l80? Total cost for my 4l80 alone was $2500 including parts and labor.
For the engine and all that fun stuff, I haven't kept track. I'm thinking it was a little more expensive since a lot of the accessories on my gep engine were damaged when it was removed from the last truck, had to replace the fan clutch, dipsticks, power steering reservoir, and I probably have to replace my ps pump, its a loud sucker (whining).
$400 for the doghouse
$2500 for the engine, paid extra to have it tested.
$80 for new oil pan (original was dented to ****)
$80 for air horn intake
$40 for a belt
$230 for new crossover exhaust pipe
$180 for new remote power steering reservoir
$100 for new serpentine 200 amp alternator pulley
$100 for the stupid special nut and adapter for that pulley...
$3710. No labor since I did the job by myself, I worked 11-8 every day for 3 weeks, but a lot of time was spent waiting for parts.
Despite the broken parts on the engine, it arrived pretty complete. Even came with half a front driveshaft from an uparmored humvee.