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I honestly think that the LSX is a great motor, simple enough. The windsor based SBF's are great too. Theyre all cast from a mineral and cost money to buy. You can build a 400 horse motor (no matter the brand, make, model, size,..... Unless its a 3cyl suzuki motor...thennnn youll be hard pressed to make 100hp) They all have their strong points, and their downfalls. Its mainly a contest of who had the deeper pockets. I myself want to build a fairly decent 351 for my bird eventually, along with a nice iron block 5.3 for my bel-air. I will probably have more cash dropped into the 351 than the LS knockoff, but thats ok. Im not here to rant and rave cause Im generally not like that and Ive kept my nose out of many threads lately to avoid the LSX vs SBF debates. I am however generally a purist when it comes to motors in SPECIFIC cars. If you walk up to a old 40's or 30's ford or dodge pickup at a car show and you getting a real good look at it and think to yourself " thats nice!" then you see a 350/350 under the hood you stop and think (well atleast I do I dunno 'bout 'chu) why would you spend the cheddar to resto-mod this thing and not have the same breed under the hood? IMO that breaks the deal on a show toy. BUT that aside from the point here we are all AUTO ENTHUSIASTS we dont care about things like that. Sleepers Mav' ,for instance, is the prime example. That car is effing gorgeous and has a shload of time, patience, blood, sweat, and busted knuckles in Im sure and its truely a BA ride with a LSX no less, Im sure it makes him happy (me too...[jealous]) Its one of a kind. Im sure that Im not the only one that looks at it and thinks "thats one bad ride".

We are all here for a reason, cause were all a little Nuckin Futs:hick:. If somebody had a 78-88 foxbody whatever, that was clean and moving under its own power hell even if it doesnt run, we like it, respect it and accept it.

IMO I think the LSX if built right will kick some tail, as with the 5.0. but you can never know until you put them side by side and run them. I personally know a guy with a 89 LX with a exploder motor and a plate system thats pushin' around  400 horse that spanked a 408 LSX in a z28. Does that make the z28 a loser? No. That just makes him go home tweak his ride and try again.. cause thats what we do.

But to the OP's statement. Vinnies bird will definatly run the  out of it IMO, but one never knows. Build it and drive it to Oklahoma and run them thats all I can say

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I found this thread interesting because I own an 88 Tbird Turbo Coupe 5-speed and an 04 GTO... Best of both worlds right :D lol...

In regard to the OP: I raced my roomates 2001 z28 Camaro Ls1 6-speed ( mods: k&n filter ) from a roll and dig in my 89 Convertible Fox Mustang 5-speed ( mods: gt40 explorer heads, upper and lower intake, shorty headers, 2:73 rearend gear lol ). From a dig I could get him by a car in the quarter and from a 20 roll he would get me by a car.

BTW where do I do an introduction thread around here?