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Thanks for the pictures Dave, she is a true treasure. rob

I just did an L86/LT4/8L80 swap on a 1971 Impala and all in with hydroboost and a power steering conversion and all in was $18k. $13k in parts, $4k in labor, $1k in tuning.

I would shop around . Here 40k would be a total ripoff of the customer.my Shafiroff 434 with 763hp was less expensive than that engine quote and came with a warranty. And you would still have another 24k to throw at it. SHOP AROUND !!!!

Hey Joe, as Kelly said Kenin Uilkie has a 71 and did a LS3 swap. He did the package deal on his and he is in Phoenix I believe. If you look at the FGMCC facebook page (link below) scroll down to June 26 theres a short video of him at the Carlisle car show. He drove all the way. https://www.facebook.com/fgmcc Yea shop prices are high, just try and remember with good shops your not only paying for time but their experience. Nothing worse than being under the car covered in sweat, oil, grease and having to stop and run to the local auto parts store because the starter your installing needs metric nuts and you don't have any laying around lol

You need to contact Kevin Uilkie on here or one of the Monte Facebook sites. He has a few Montes, including an LS and is in Arizona so he might have some good leads for shops. Not sure what he goes by on this site.

Good looking Monte, great job Doug.....

Niiice Doug!!!!!

Looks Great, and yea it seems theres always something else to do on these first gens lol

Looking good Doug!

beautiful! love the color!

Very nice car.

Hey Joe, well we all know shop labor prices aren't cheap lol. If your having them do the whole project I doubt they'd appreciate or allow you to shop lower prices on individual parts and pieces. If you only have 1 referred/reputable shop then pretty much what they quote is what it is. The reason I mentioned HP is because you didn't mention what rear you had in the car, posi, gear set? Depending on the converter they selected you want to make sure your getting the best cruising experience. Check out your local car scene, shows, cruise in's, drag strips (I know your not racing it but car guys are car guys) and ask questions. I don't want to get into your personal business, but you could save a ton of money doing it yourself. Plus you'll get all the swearing/bleeding/knuckle busting experience that goes with it. There are a ton of knowledgable people on this site that have pretty much done everything to help you out along the way. The only hurdle would be getting a friend or two to help you pull the old and drop the new motor in the Monte.

There aren't any suspension changes needed for the swap, but it does give a more modern ride. The fuel system can be taken care of with a Tanks, Inc. system. It has a built in fuel pump and otherwise looks like a stock tank. You can run braided lines front to back, but I flared stock replacement lines for -AN fittings and used braided only where rubber was used on a stock system. The best oil pan for the Monte Carlo, in my opinion, is the F-body oil pan. Avoid the muscle car pan from GM, it sits too low. Mounts are cheap. Holley makes mounts for a Chevelle but they're backwards on the Monte Carlo so I used flat plates that adapt stock three bolt mounts. For A/C you should be able to take advantage of a Vintage Air or Classic Auto Air system. You would just need a bracket for the LS instead of the SBC/BBC bracket. Did the shop say what they would use for powertrain control, a stock reworked system or an aftermarket solution? Did they give any itemizing? Depending on what they're planning to do for suspension I could see that being $10K.