ok...he's the deal...I've driven a 95 Z28 pulls great through 3500 rpm but falls off at around 4500 so it SEEMS like its a bottom end beast. The LS1

pulls all the way to 6k harder that any LT1. So it SEEMS like the LT1 has more bottom end but its not even close just...even with your gears, a 6 speed LS1 will eat you with out a thought.