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Originally Posted by patricksd

That's exactly what I was thinking in regards to mods. Why not buy an older one since it is cheaper initially, and I'll have to switch out the parts anyway. I'm buying this car to mod it, plain and simple. I'll keep my eye out for a 98 or 99 with lower miles.

That's the problem I've found in searching cartrader, cars.com, and ebay. There are tons of LS1's out there, but lower mileage ones seem to be hard to come by. I'm trying to stay under 70,000 miles simply for my own piece of mind. I would really like to find one locally so I can see it in person. I'm also thinking of paying the seller to take the car to a Chevy dealer and have them do a complete inspection.

How extensive are you planning to go with mods? Are you talking H/C FOR SURE, or just bolt-ons for awhile with the chance of going more indepth?