Would this be worth it, just to get that motor and tranny. I always thought that these cars were some of the ugliest looking cars on the road but at least they had real engines in them.

I drove LT1's for about 14 years as daily drivers. I'm down to one LT1 Trans Am now, our summer only toy. I did a rough estimate in my head. In approx. 355,000 km's, I did the following-

-replaced one engine because I unknowingly bought a car with a cracked block, so write that one off to stupidity!

-3 water pumps

-2 starters

-1 fuel pump

-1 thermostat

-1 power steering hose

-0 transmission repairs

-0 fuel injection related items

-0 Optispark replacement (distributors on the LT1) which guys LOVE to rant about on the other car forums as being so unreliable!

-O engine mechanical (valvetrain, crank/rods/pistons, cylinder head work of any sort)

This is on 4 different cars (Roadmaster, 2 Impalas, Fleetwood) over 14 years. These cars did winter and summer, most of the time sitting outside all 4 seasons in Manitoba.

Of course I did regular stuff, spark plugs and plug wires, brake jobs, wheel bearing repack etc but I think these are one of the best cars ever made in this era.

Blackheart4355 wrote:

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WAIT STOP!

I know this is all lies. I know for a fact that Manitoba has only 2 seasons, winter and road repair season! 

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3 ... a mosquito season also.