Originally posted by Majisto:
(The GM rear ends are glass; surprised nobody brought this up),



I did. It was just buried in my long-winded diatribe above

And Blower kits for the LT1 are $2600 for the Powerdyne and $3500 for the Vortech at SummitRacing.

A turbo kit for the LT1 is $4200 at Pro Turbo Systems.

Stock LT1s have made 270 at the rear wheels. I'd call that underrated. Stock LS1s have made 300+.

'98.5 SVT#5826 of 6535, Silver Frost-As fun to drive as my old MR2 and way more practical! Not as much fun to drive as my Turbo Rx7 was, but it starts every time!