lt1 with 4l60e or 401

L T? 1..... or LS1?  I had an LT1 car, and have an LS2 car now.  An LT1 isn't worth the trouble.  An LS1 or LS2 makes a very nice modern drivetrain with an OD trans that will give you good performance and mileage.  That said, I have a mild 390 AMX that is 100% streetable and almost exactly a second quicker at the track.  But the GTO gets at least twice the mpg....

I didn't think we were rude, just a little friendly ribbing. I don't think there is a large knowledge base on any brand forum much less here for sticking an XYZ LS13 in their favorite car. Try asking for help putting a LS in a 'cuda and see what happens. But it is your car so do whatever makes you happy. 

I owned a '96 Trans Am and a '98 Trans Am back in the day. My favorite was the '96 w/ the LT1 w/ auto trans. The LS1 had more HP but the LT1 had a lot more low-end torque, which I liked :-)

My question is: how come you don't hear anyone on other forums asking about plopping a GM drivetrain in a '69 Mopar or a Mr. Goodwrench something-or-other into a '67 Ford Mustang? If you suggest to any fans of either of those cars your intentions I'd like to see the reaction.

The best thing to come out of this is a nice body to be eventually bought at a bargain price and ready for a 360/390/401 transplant, assuming nothing is cut structurally.

Worst case, the OP will get his money back parting out the car.

Win-win!

Don't worry about it Buzzman - to post a question like that on this specific forum and think that it wouldn't push some buttons is, well, at best naive. The members here are being incredibly polite and restrained in their responses; on other forums involving other marques of cars the guy would be roasted like a marshmallow.

As I say, I'll keep an eye out for it on eBay.

Typical. It's an AMC forum you say. Well the rest of the car is an AMC. He asked for help. He didn't ask for lectures about what other forums would do ( who cares?) or how polite one is being. If you have to say how polite you are being, then you aren't being that polite. If this is an AMC forum why cite how receptive a Chevy or Mopar board would be? Aren't we AMCers doing our AMC thing? It's more than ironic that people here focus on what reaction would occur in Moparland, Fordville, or Chevy country were a similar scenario posed there, all the while saying that staying AMC is about a purity thing. Well, if it is, then following the lead of  how things are done in the automotive mainstream comes across as a little hypocritical when attempting to shun the idea of helping someone keep an AMC going their way.