Its simply a matter of goals. If your going to stay below 550 hp and your on a serious budget. Go Gen 1 parts are cheap an their is no hidden conversion cost's.
If you have 600 hp goals then the LS is the only way to go and you should realize that these goals will cost you.
for me the cost is about 12 grand. 6K for a GTO dropout (this includes trans)
4K for a supercharger and 2 K for mounts headers and Misc stuff.
Now can you build a 600 hp Gen 1 for that sure.. but not a stable one. Once you get to these numbers you need to go with a Dart block which are 1400.-2k easy. Add in a set of 3K Afr's and a 1K cam lifter rocker combo, 3 k on the efi 2 K on crank rods pistons. Quick math puts you at the same numbers with no trans pluse $$ for a charger and cooler (no cooler for blow through BTW).... it adds up fast... and at the end of the day you wont have 18 degree heads or an alum block.....
Last edited by XLexusTech; 05-12-2009 at 06:32 AM.
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