LS SWAP! I'm not a fan of parking outside either but with 3 cars and a 2 car garage I don't really have a choice. A 3 car garage is at least a decade away for us as well if ever. But that would require a new house.
Yeah, but she didn't start with Kennedy until the due date so I won't be surprised if the same happens. The house is pretty much ready except for putting up little decorations here and there in the nursery.
Ah. I'm not sure if Steph would have lasted until the due date with Cruz. lol She was in some pretty good pain leading up to the surgery! I think she's just a pain baby myself. Once they started, we had less than a week left to go until the surgery. She called her bff up and talked to her about it, and her bff said that she experienced that type of pain/pressure for WEEKS before her daughter was born! Even with Sophia, how she was induced, she didn't make it past 3cm and she was just beside herself with pain. I have no doubt as to how painful that was for her, but if 3 was THAT painful, how about women who get to 8, 9, 10?? Or do a natural birth! Holy s***, they must be champs!
Luckily, we have the room for a 3rd garage spot, so we can just add on when the time comes, as long as we plan on being here for decades longer. I wouldn't want to dump $20K+ into that, only to move 5 years later. lol And, that side of the garage has a little kick back, another 11ft of depth past the "regular" wall, so the 3rd spot would be roughly 31ft front to back. Plenty of room for a lift towards the front, and room for my tool boxes, welder, compressor, shelves, etc. towards the back.
Side yard to lose.
Notice how far over the Canyon is, it's behind the wall. haha
And yea, I HAVE been researching a V8 swap for this thing! Even though these things have been around for 10 years, it's still kind of a tall order. I thought by now there would be a tried and true method to it...parts list of every single thing you need to complete a swap...troubleshooting help...the whole 9. But, seems everyone on the forums who does one, always has some problem(s) still. Something to "figure out". Some part to get still. Some wiring to do. SOME damn thing to do in order to get the swap to 100% working order, like it would be as if it came from the factory. And THAT'S how I'd want it, I just want to set it one weekend and forget it, so to speak.
Luckily though, seems the easiest swap to do, is just a regular 5.3 truck motor, and keep the automatic, nothing fancy. I've seen a few of those done, with little problems reported. Still though, easiest thing to do would be a stock 3.5L that's in it. Or, for a little more pep, I can swap in a bigger 3.7L that came in 07 and newer models.