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Soooo .. I finish the paint on this car today and owner says take it for a rip ..
Very fast car .. no doubt ... 505hp Z06 is no joke ... but I see that motor at 6-8 lbs being really fun.
Thoughts ???
ls7 has thin sleeves, I think if looking for >750whp most people pull them and sell them before they blow up so they can recoup the money.
After reading about them on the Corvette forum https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...ck-limits.html
I see where looking for a used one to build for boost would be a huge cost even after buying the motor .
Just doesn't make sense unless starting with a aftermarket block.
I have a friend who ownes rpm transmission old yellow c6z, auto swap, d1 on 14lbs stock longblock went 5.9x in the 8th around 114mph, the upped the boost to 17 and hurt the motor, if the tune is right there will be no problem holding 7or8 here is the car
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7.0 .. 427 ... where are the limits ? 
