So the time has come to start planning my 300zx build.

We are going to tear it down to the bare chassis and resurrect it from there.
So that opens the door for a lot of options.

The end goals for the car are:
Enjoyable to drive, daily driver.
at least 300 whp.
Decent gas mileage

Looking through some of the options, I've basically narrowed it down to either building the stock engine, keeping it N/A and running with that, OR doing an LS1 swap.
Both have their pros and cons.
So far, it appears that to get to that power level, it is going to cost about the same.
Building the stock engine keeps things more simple as far as making things work.
Doing the swap however, does offer things like, much greater potential down the road, and does have the "cool" aspect to it.

Any advice?
Any bits of info?

I'm in the process of figuring out just how similar the price tags would be to either building the VG or doing the swap. If the VG can make that kind of power, and get decent mileage for just a few grand, and the swap is going to cost 7, 8, 9+ grand, then the answer is easy, we'll just build the VG.

Since either option is going to have a ton of work involved, that part isn't really a factor (assuming the LS can be done without major body modification and/or can be make to work with gauges and all of that) If the Swap is going to be a MAJOR pain to get done, then it'll just wait til another project.
But, from what I've gathered, it isn't much more difficult to get done as compared to doing the swap into an S-Chassis and if that truly is the case, then it is a wash as far as I'm concerned.

The only other major factor is drive ability.
I would have to assume that the LS engine could put down 300 whp without trying too hard. The VG on the other hand, I have concerns that it is going to be less pleasant to drive at that power range.
And Gas Mileage. Being a daily driver, MPG is a major concern. I'm thinking that to make that kind of power, the VG might just have to guzzle down gas. Any thoughts on either engine in that regard?

Again, I'll take any input, advice, 2 cents, 10 cents, tips, information, resources, point in the right directions, cheat codes, hints, tricks, bonus items, etc that I can get.

Greatly appreciate it