As of yesterday, my LS1/T56 has officially been liberated from the donor chassis, which has me thinking about what I want to get done with it before it goes into its still undetermined new home. My focus is more on preventative maintenance and improving reliability, rather than adding a ton of power, though I might toss some kind of fairly mild cam in before it's all said and done.
The engine has just over 109k on it now and is out of a 98 Camaro I've had since 73k miles. This will be going into a car intended to see street, auto x, and HPDE duty. I'll be sending an oil sample to Blackstone to hopefully get a read on the state of the internals, but a complete teardown is not currently in the plans.
Things on my mind include:
-Timing set - Any recommendations?
-Water pump
-Valve train - How crazy do I need to go here to be reliable to ~6500rpm on a mild cam? Beehive or double valve springs? Upgrade the rockers?
-Oiling - I understand this can be a weakness of the LS on track and is a primary concern of mine. Thinking about a baffled pan of some sort, is that sufficient to prevent oil starvation? How about the oil pump? I hear the high volume pumps can potentially empty the sump more quickly than it can refill unless you're running a high volume pan.
-Clutch - Stock clutch was fine before the car was wrecked, but was probably original. Might as well get it done now. Want something friendly enough that it won't suck to drive to work, so thinking OE clutch off of one of the higher spec LS motors, like an LS7 or something.
Not looking to dump thousands of dollars into this thing, as it worked just fine as-is, just looking to do what I can within reason to keep my peace of mind down the road.
Might be worth looking into that before install. 
