Money to spend.....

[TRUUBLE]

Yup. I'm only running 7 pounds of boost on my stock block . . about to kick it up a bit with the addition of the water/methanol injection kit. But, I have no illusions about the block lasting very long. That's why I'm getting the Man o War block and building an "all forged" 427 . . . so I can boost the bujesus out of it and it won't break.

Blowin the head gasket at the track was merely a warning of things to come . . . .

And . . . YES!!!!! Boost is like crack . . . once you start, you can't get enough . . . you just want more!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Dark_5.0]

If the motor has good compression and oil pressure there is not a problem. There are many guys around here in the 11's and tens with turbos with the stock block without any problems.

Most of us will NEVER and I repeat NEVER will make enough HP to crack the stock block down the middle. Anyone that knows anything about boost will tell you it is usually a melted piston that ends up getting you NOT a cracked block. Avoid detonation and the stock block WILL take you a long way. Aftermarket stuff will break just like stock stuff if you detonate Its all in the tune.

It isnt about what you spend its about the end result.

[gnarkill0303]

Damn haha now i really dont know what to do. I have heard both sides with basically the same answers from a bunch of different people. My motor has 82,537 miles, and like i said tranny was rebuilt about 2000 miles ago. I think im probably going to build the motor. I mean no sense in wasting 5 grand on a kit if im gona have to constanly worry about blowing something up....but then again that turbo seems really nniicee

[Dark_5.0]

Originally Posted by gnarkill0303

Damn haha now i really dont know what to do. I have heard both sides with basically the same answers from a bunch of different people. My motor has 82,537 miles, and like i said tranny was rebuilt about 2000 miles ago. I think im probably going to build the motor. I mean no sense in wasting 5 grand on a kit if im gona have to constanly worry about blowing something up....but then again that turbo seems really nniicee

Like I said earlier going lean or detonation is what kills boosted motors. You will have to worry about that no matter which way you go. You already have forged pistons so I dont see the point.

[TRUUBLE]

Hey . . don't get me wrong . . I'm happy that I did the blower . . . but with 103,000 miles on my motor . . well . . . lol

And, who knows. Maybe it'll hold together. We'll see.

[Dark_5.0]

Originally Posted by TRUUBLE

Hey . . don't get me wrong . . I'm happy that I did the blower . . . but with 103,000 miles on my motor . . well . . . lol

And, who knows. Maybe it'll hold together. We'll see.

You and him are not in the same boat. You have hypereutectic pistons which are not very boost friendly. I would not boost any more than you currently are. If you closely monitor your fuel and timing you could get away with more but not much more. Even if you do kill your block big deal just get an 88-93 block dirt cheap and get a cheap rebuild and your back in business.

If you had factory forged pistons you could boost the hell out of it and be more worried about head gaskets than the engine.

[TRUUBLE]

Originally Posted by Dark_5.0

You and him are not in the same boat. You have hypereutectic pistons which are not very boost friendly. I would not boost any more than you currently are. If you closely monitor your fuel and timing you could get away with more but not much more. Even if you do kill your block big deal just get an 88-93 block dirt cheap and get a cheap rebuild and your back in business.

If you had factory forged pistons you could boost the hell out of it and be more worried about head gaskets than the engine.

I'm not gonna invest too much in this motor, as I am starting my 427 build-up next month, or in November. But . . . I didn't know it had hypereutetics in it . . . thanks for the info.