We have a '95 T/A, AT, hardtop, beautiful red, w/ 101K miles and a blown head gasket. Hopefully, that's all there is wrong if/when we decide to fix it.

My question is - considering the prices some of these fine LT1 cars are selling for, would it be throwing good money away to get a 101K engine fixed for the $1500-$2000 good shops are quoting?

What should we do with this car? Drop a new motor in?

Thanks in advance for your replies!

 

save yourself $1000 and do it your self.
a head gasket on an lt1 is not that hard of a fix

 

I'm an accountant not a mechanic - and most likely don't have the tools...

 

I had the same problem. I just bought a used motor for $1100. and I found a mechanic who will put it in for $500 plus any parts. If the rest of the car is in good shape, it's worth it.

 

Can you afford to do a lot to it? If so and it is really as nice as you say (otherwise), then have the motor rebuilt to a nice 383 with a good heads/cam combo to go into it. Don't forget you're going to need some good headers, exhaust, torque converter, & a custom tune. It won't be cheap though...

You could always just pay the going rate for the head gasket fix, but you'll still have just a stock 350 in there. Or you could sell it for cheap and spend the $$$ to buy another nice LT1 without any problems...

Either way, this will cost some money if you want one of these cars...

Mike

 

I'm begining to think all of these LT1's ultimately develop the same problems...

How much for your "383" scenario?