[arpad_m]

Many of us did, see an example in my signature below.

That said, this is a pretty complex equation. No matter what you do, you will increase the risk of failure and because you touch the powertrain and have to tune the car, you will be on the hook if engine damage occurs ("pay to play", essentially).

Factors to consider when making the decision on the actual upgrade path should include your horsepower target, reliability target, desired sound profile, planned use of the car, CARB compliance, whether you are willing/able to do the work yourself... and of course your budget—parts and labor to be purchased depend on the combination of these actual personal goals.

Now, if you simply want to slap on a supercharger, use a safe "canned" tune from the supercharger vendor and call it a day, it will work and your LT1 engine is very likely to survive. You will leave a lot of performance on the table and the horsepower/dollar ratio will not be good, but the solution is simple and will work.