Quote Originally Posted by Alien DNA View Post
The ZL1 is a crate motor now.....albeit an anniversary model. At approx 30K, its an expensive all aluminum option



Also there is a cast iron block version at approx 15K



The ZZ454 is a better option in respect to hp/$......that said, crate motors are hit and miss at the best of times
When you can buy all the supercharged goodness a new LSA offers for AU$11.5K + a couple of grand for a decent ECM to run it it makes the bigblocks look positively athsmatic. A well tuned LSA will paddle their bottoms in just about every way and still retain a beautiful smooth idle.

Sometimes I wish I did go that way....