I have to agree with what most you have said blksn955.o. Here are some various quotes I found on stock LS1 owners BTW...and some interesting facts they have encountered..
"I started with 272rwhp in my 2001 Z28."
Reading further, this guy went and got a tune ONLY and claims he is up to 337rwhp. That's hard to believe but wow.
"I was at a 1/4 mile track and talking to a fellow LS1 owner. His car was a auto 2001 TRANS AM with a
magnaflow catback as the only mod. Temp was good and he was running 13.1-13.3 @ 104/105 all day."
"Now take a M6 LS1 that will be starting at 13.2 @ 106 with a good driver (remember Evan Smith got 12.9's so I don't want to here how 13.2 is unreasonable)."
"You have ls1's that run 14.0 quarters and on the other end of the spectrum there were LS1's running 12.9's. Most of us were inbetween. I've always been a believer that you can't take what a few did (good or bad) and call it gospal.
The average stock LS1 is a 13.5 car. The average stock LT1 is a 14.0 car."
Again, what I was saying about stock LT1 and stock sn95 is almost exact of the norm. LS1's run average from 13.2-13.5. The autos aren't far from the sticks because they have so much torque and good shifting transmissions.
To sum up, Interestingly, I remember in the late 80's early 90's when the Z28 and GT were a good race. What was cool about it was that they had .7 liters on us and it was still real close. Many times the stangs came out ahead cause they were lighter. BUT Ford dropped the ball in 93' and chevy made the change to LT1. The gap widened even more with the LS1.
The H/C/I applied to the sn95 closes the gap again (at OUR expense) and puts us neck and neck for the most part making it fun. But when it all comes down to it and they mod there cars, the race begins again. Simply put, the chevys have bigger engines. But like you, I like the ford better even though our years are the underdogs.