it is the valve guides- they still make the engine & it’s still an issue (unsure if it is still an issue buying the LS7 as a turn key crate motor vs. a factory vehicle that came w/ it) you don’t need trans/bearings/diffs or axles if you engine blows up. You just need an engine.
not sure if you can actually buy the HO 3.5 yet, but a regular turn key 3.5 can be found for $7500ish w/ very little effort on my part - see attached.
I was just talking hyperbole tho in general I do not think a tune is going to blow a motor on these raptors nor do I think the majority of people running tunes will have issues getting stuff fixed under warranty- but to each their own. I just figured the tuning packages offered through dealers would be way more $$$ & may or may not really guarantee warranty preservation.
To the poster w/ the blown 5.0- motor was probably similar price range as the 3.5 EB + labor &
Misc parts for install $12k does make sense. I’ve considered motor swap on my C5Z - still undecided lol.
I’d take a mustang GT w/ a 3.5 EB HO over a 5.0 V8 any day. That would maybe sway me to the mustang crowd actually lol.
On the other hand if my Raptor truly had the engine “blow up” - like rod through block not turbo failure - out of warranty if I rest of truck was lower in miles & I had a lot of mods to it (especially suspension) - well then you’d probably see me posting the first ever LS/LTx swap build on a Raptor lol!
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