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Pampered-Z, you have alot of good points. My view was just that the guy was asking about a short block. If he's already looking and ordering the head package, I'm sure he's been through these motors before, so for the details that always get you, I figured he had it covered (plus some of the stuff you talked about probably come with the heads). Its good that you pointed them out however, in case he wasn't thinking about that. Bottom line is that the guy had a simple question that mushroomed into alot of other things.
the LT1 does have it's share of weirdness, but its close to a later model cast iron 5.7, so machine work wise, its pretty much the same. The oil pan is the same as a late model 5.7 (except for the oil sensor hole). As for its toughness, look at how quick some of these stock bottom end guys are going.....not too say that upgrades are good....depends on what you want to spend....
oh, also, forgive me for forgetting my machine shop guys business name, apparently that means I know nothing.....
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