I will be starting on my 73 swap soon and have planned on an LS1 from the beginning, but now I have a dilemma. My good friends wife has decided one of his projects must go. So he offered me his 97 LT1 6 speed Firebird that he just had the engine built in by a very reputable shop for 2900! He has that much in the engine alone. So what say you take this deal or get the LS1?