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Old Apr 30, 2009 | 08:44 PM
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Maybe,were going to find out pretty soon.just got a couple of finishing touches.This is Phil Thomas's 438 turbo lsx engine,last year it went 7.59 at 191 on radials with a 106 mm turbo.Unfortunately it didn't last too long due to some inherit design flaws.I rebuilt,reworked,reinforced the entire engine.We're looking for 6's at over 200 in the 1/4 mile this year.

438 LSX 106mm turbo(for now)
LSX block with ALOT of reinforcement
ET ls7 heads with some custom VA Speed hand porting
Sonny Bryant billet crank
Grp aluminum rods
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700+ lift solid roller
Jesel shaft rockers
Jesel belt drive&frt mount dist
Marcella custom sm manifold
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and alot of little custom pieces and machining







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Old Apr 30, 2009 | 08:51 PM
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Man that sure is a work of art...
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Do you need someone to test the motor for you.
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$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

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That is one mean and expensive piece. i like lol
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Could you expand on 'ALOT of reinforcement'?????

what fuel are you going to be running that motor on???

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awsome motor
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That's King of The Hill motor.

Too bad it's not going into an F-body.
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Wow! Thats all I have to say.
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looks stock
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We'll definitely find out if the motor has been reinforced enough. I don't have any plans on pussyfooting with the motor.
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Nice! Can't wait to see what kind of numbers it pushes the car thru the traps with!
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Sweet. Love the valve covers.
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