[lt1aggie]

I've got a '97 z28 with about 95,000 miles. The car is 100% stock. While too poor right now to get serious, I would eventually like to get in to the road racing/autocross lifestyle. The problem is, I don't know if it's worth the effort to start modding my car or just wait until I can get another one. The car has been great mechanically so far, but I'm afraid it's performance will be severly limited for potential racing with 2.73 gears and an automatic (in addition to the face that it's speed limited). (I know, I know, but I had to take what i could get.) Swaps can certainly change that, but it's just one more thing I'd have to do. The other thing I was wondering is if it would be better to start out with an ls1 car. Brakes are another problem. I know about Bob's brackets, but if I had an ls1 car, the swap seems so much easier. There seems to be a lot of people with lt1's on this board, but I've read that the ls1 is also better in the upper rpm's. I know racing is a huge money pit to begin with, but it seems like it might be easier to just start with something else. I want my car to handle much better for general driving, but I know the more I do, the more I'll want to spend on it. Plus, if I'm going to do something, I'm going to do it right and that usually means spending more money out of the box. Should I just wait it out a couple more years until I finish school to get something else or just start the madness now? Any insight would be great. Thanks.

[CMC #37]

go have fun now and get some experience while you finish school. after graduation look for a LS1 car that has already been modded a bit.

Why? Not to knock this as a choice from scratch, but this fella already has a nice LT1 car-more than enough power and a great platform for curvy type drivin'. Back in 98-99 most of my friends dumped their LT1 cars to get LS1 cars and took a huge hit on depreciation on their LT1 cars. This was a bandwagon I did not jump on and in retrospect I am glad for my wallet and for my driving skills to this day. In fact the LT1 'Bird is in my garage right now and I have no desire to sell it. I can't think of anything an LS1 car has to offer the autoxer/RR person besides the ability to roast tires quicker in straight line driving, something most of us here are not too fond of anyway! :drive: This is definitely a case of cheaper to keep her! (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)