Ls1s are sweet rides but I love the sound of my lt1. I have no problem finding parts for my car either. It's all personal preference. Ls1 definitely has more power stock for stock but they seem to be high rpm engines. I like the low end grunt from my car and like the looks of mine over the ls1. I have seen plenty of lt1s that will walk ls1s

.. a friend of mine who passed away had a 95 lt1 which had every bolton imagineable cam and headwork nos and on just motor it would walk a 6 speed 01 vette and the maro was auto. If you can only afford the lt1 then buy it and down the road modify it and I guarantee that it'll cost no more than if you had bought a stock ls1 assuming u don't overpay for it. Either one you get will be a sweet ride That you'll never regret buying

 

If you have no problems finding parts, you don't need much yet. Try getting some Air Conditioning parts....

And yes, we've all heard of LT1's that'll walk LS1's..

 

Yes, this is the million dollar question: buy an LT1 now or wait and buy an LS1? From what I've seen, even a high mileage LS1 can get $6000 (I recently offered $4500 for a '98 with 135,000 miles and the owner pretty much laughed at me).

On the one hand, I want an FBody now, not next year, and the difference in speed doesn't bother me all that much -- I'm not a drag racer. However, I'd hate to spend $4000 and then $2000 on repairs/mods and still have an inferior car. Been there, done that ($3000 Grand Prix with $3000 of suspension work -- still handles like garbage ).

 

Lol I don't have a/c in my car so that doesn't really pertain to me. I've spent over 3k on new parts for my cara and about too drop 2500 more for a new motor. If he's. Not racing or beating his car it should last awhile. Mine has 140,000 hard miles and because of overrevving my cam is gone. Rather than wait for the slow a$$ engine builders around here ill just do a stock replacement for now and build a stroker motor throughout the winter