LS1 is a decent engine. It's no 350, but it's a decent SB. The next salesguy I hear say "it's the best 350 ever made" is going to get an up-close and personal view of my fist.
Enough rambling. Both the LT1 and the LS1 have the universal Chevy bellhousing pattern with one small modification for the LS1. It has a bolt hole between what are the top two bolts on "normal" blocks.
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67 C20 '78 400sb 0.030" over, 9:1 cr, CC Xtreme 4x4 254H, port-matched '69 882 heads & stock cast iron intake, rebuilt Q-jet, Summit headers (1 5/8" primaries), true dual 2 1/2" glasspacked exhaust, NP435CR trans, 4.57 Eaton rear end.
It's a decent-looking work truck. No top-end, but it's great off the line.
'69 International Loadstar 1700 school bus converted to an RV. Working p/s (only took three years and three owners to replace the belt & a pressure line), low-compression 345 (176 certified net hp @ 3800rpm), single 3" exhaust w/custom cherry bomb muffler, NP435 trans, two-speed Eaton rear end, very warm & rodent-free heaters.
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'67 C20--427 tall deck/SM420, 4.10 HO52 (Michigan has not been kind to the Old Man)
'95 Caprice--355 LT1/T56/3.42 8.5" 10-bolt (daily driver, almost 300k on the chassis)
'07 Outback--wife's car. 125k & counting. No head gasket or transmission issues yet. *fingers crossed*
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