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Old Feb 8, 2017 | 12:32 AM
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Guessing you guys don't follow the Sloppy Mechanics YouTube channel.

What engine do you have, BTW?
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Old Feb 8, 2017 | 12:33 AM
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My wallets way more than half empty! And I'm not done yet
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I've seen it, problem is he's not doing his own heavy mechanical work so blowing up a motor a month is not an option. He's got a bone stock beat to hell ls1 short block
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Originally Posted by SethU
Guessing you guys don't follow the Sloppy Mechanics YouTube channel.

What engine do you have, BTW?
I've seen a little of his stuff. He has the Colorado with the stock 6.0 making almost 1k rwhp right? Yeah I've got the stock ls1 with about 120k on it. Hard miles too.
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Originally Posted by SethU
Guessing you guys don't follow the Sloppy Mechanics YouTube channel.

What engine do you have, BTW?
He's the guy with the Colorado running a stock 6.0 at like 1k rwhp right? I've only seen one or two of his videos. I've got the stock bottom ls1, torquer v3 cam and PRC 5.3 heads. About 120k on bottom end. Hard miles. About 10k on the cam, heads and valvetrain.
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Old Feb 8, 2017 | 03:35 PM
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Yes, that's the guy. He does blow some stuff up, typically when he pushes things under conditions that he shouldn't... and he knows it, just doesn't care. If you don't push, you don't learn.

The point is, he has had quite a few builds that have been reliable 600-700 rwhp stock bottom end deals... at the level your at, no real need to spend forged kinda money.

Sounds like you'd be happy with 500 if the thing just worked the way it should.
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Originally Posted by SethU
Yes, that's the guy. He does blow some stuff up, typically when he pushes things under conditions that he shouldn't... and he knows it, just doesn't care. If you don't push, you don't learn.

The point is, he has had quite a few builds that have been reliable 600-700 rwhp stock bottom end deals... at the level your at, no real need to spend forged kinda money.

Sounds like you'd be happy with 500 if the thing just worked the way it should.
To be honest, I'd like 600 and just have it run reliably. At 540, I was already looking for more.
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