I drive mine every day and even on long trips to florida and califronia even, my odomoter shows 195,260 right now and the only thing I have done is a drivers axle and a clutch, everything else is fine. I have done all the performance mods listed below in the last year and a half or so and the car has only gotten faster. I am running 14.8 in the quarter now with the header, exhaust, cai, es inserts, act clutch, B&M short shifter, and wheels/tires. i love the car, and I bet you could make it faster than that big V8 you have.
Brent
Brent