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red82gt · 06-07-2002, 01:45 AM

I still don't see why you'd put all that $$ into heavy duty internals when the stock internals can handle more power than the block can take? Why not get .030" over flat top pistons, regrind your own crank and recondition your rods, a good set of fasteners, mill the deck and then you've got a motor that's just as strong (the block is the limiting factor) and you have saved $1500. Two weeks ago, there was just such a motor in a 95GT with a vic jr. intake and heads and a 200 shot running a 9.85@135mph at Mission Raceway park here in BC!
If I was to dump $2300 in internals into a block it would at least be a 351W and probably a sportsman block.

byrneck, we're just a little testy that this guy comes on and trashes the motor that powers most of our cars and from our standpoint it sounds like were relics for running the "garbage can" 5.0L in our cars, I think he has a lot to learn about the real potential of this motor.

06-07-2002, 01:45 AM	#21
red82gt Sober voice of Reason Join Date: Nov 1998 Location: Kelowna, B.C., Canada Posts: 1,514	I still don't see why you'd put all that $$ into heavy duty internals when the stock internals can handle more power than the block can take? Why not get .030" over flat top pistons, regrind your own crank and recondition your rods, a good set of fasteners, mill the deck and then you've got a motor that's just as strong (the block is the limiting factor) and you have saved $1500. Two weeks ago, there was just such a motor in a 95GT with a vic jr. intake and heads and a 200 shot running a 9.85@135mph at Mission Raceway park here in BC! If I was to dump $2300 in internals into a block it would at least be a 351W and probably a sportsman block. byrneck, we're just a little testy that this guy comes on and trashes the motor that powers most of our cars and from our standpoint it sounds like were relics for running the "garbage can" 5.0L in our cars, I think he has a lot to learn about the real potential of this motor.