Mmm... Ol'Curmudeon, living up to his name once again...
@aiiraciing- I'd pull an LS and paired transmission outta whatever high-performance Chevy I can find. Found that the average on Ebay for those setups is ~6000. Most of them are older rear-ended Corvettes and some Camaros. I'd keep whatever transmission came with them.
as for GBRacer- Thank you for the valuable input. It is much appreciated. I value your advice and expertise.
In all seriousness, however, GBRacing: Go look at the classifieds, and figure out how many people on this forum are selling their prerunners with swapped engines and trannies. That, and go search up the 1450 Sportsman class, and look at what trucks they run. (Do they look like full-on race trucks?)
The reason I asked here is because the members provide desert racing information and help better than any Chevy truck forum. The LS swap is a huge part of prerunner builds, trophy trucks, and buggies.
Thank you for providing useful info, aiiraciing. Appreciate it!
(not trying to start a forum fight. just trying to learn here.)