[Anti_Rice_Guy]

First of all figure out if you want a drag car or a daily driver...then think about how much money you want to spend. Your 6 spd Pontiac could very well be a bolt on DD and you could be happy with that, and not needing an LS1. You change your plans all the time and that's how you ended up with mismatched cars you aren't happy with in their current state.

LT1s, while not offering the easy performance potential of the LSX's are still great motors and if maintained properly are very reliable.

There's a member on here who has 220+k miles on his LT1 when he sold it, still runs mid 13s, and has been to hell and back. It ran like a champ, but since it has a locker and 4.56s it was retired from DD duty.