I think I pissed a few people off.....

[srv1]

i dont understand some of these threads. how do you compare and LS1 motor to a 5.0 motor? 80's technology vs. mid 90's technology! come on people! just think, if they still produced the pushrod five liter today, it would be just as good as or better than the LS1 motors(excluding Explorer five liters). it seems some people are comparing apples to oranges. and yes the LS1's DO respond well with mods. when the fuelie five liter came out in 86, do you think the engineers were thinking of people modding it? no, not really. the market simply wasnt there at the time as it is today. so the GM engineers work with this idea in mind due to the performence industry of the 90's.
Ford got smart. made it smaller and more powerful. 5.0 is 200 at the rear, the 4.6 2v 230 at the rear(roughly). well to me, that sounds right. the only thing for did wrong was not to make the 5.4 standard in the Stangs(excluding the 2000 R). you know what the 2000 R does, so take that motor, put it in a live axle SN and tweak the motor a bit and see what it would do to an LS1! i hope you (some of you) get the picture.

Chris is totally correct. cant compare 80's vs. 90's technology. but what i can say is this. Ford did a way better job of matching their components on the 5.0 in the 80's than Chevy did in the Camaro's in the 80's.