thendawg

So Ive read a ton of builds and still cant really seem to find a consensus. I have a stock LS2 that Im getting ready to do a budget turbo setup with. Original plan was to go ahead and put pistons/rods in it, but due to financial limitations, Im thinking of sticking with a stock shortblock for now. While I have the shortblock torn down to clean it, Im going to put a new set of rings in it, widen the gaps a bit to keep from worrying about ring ends butting, and put a set of 317 heads on the motor to drop compression to 10:1. In the end, Im basically going to end up with an aluminum equivalent of an LQ9. From what I understand, this should be quite capable of handling 650-700whp through a T56 on E85, however, I havent seemed to find any similar builds, so Im just wondering if anyone has experience with a similar setup around that power level, and if it lasted. I still plan on building a motor for it down the road (likely an iron block 408 stroker, or something of that nature), but for now Id rather have something I can enjoy for the time being.

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iTrader: (17)

I have put that setup through its paces for over a year at well over 650hp. It'll live for years as long as it has a proper tune.