I'm not sure how "cost effective" LSX engines are. Yeah...you can buy an old LS1 off of eBay for 3 or 4 grand but it's going to come out of a wreck and chances are it has 40-60,000 miles on it and it's been beat on. Aftermarket parts for them are outrageous. By the time you're done swapping out the cam, heads, and intake you're probably looking at $8000 for a 450hp engine without touching the short block. And you're oddessy doesn't end there. Now you have to get special motor mounts, computer system, have the computer system recalibrated by a professional, a new fuel tank with internal fuel pump, modify the oil pan to fit your car, a set of custom made headers which are priced somewhere in the upper stratosphere and yadda...yadda...yadda.
No thanks.
