Need some advice on an engine...
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Need some advice on an engine... OK, My original plan for my car was to do all the bolt ons, & then save up for a fully built long block to handle nitrous. I went to an lsx car meet & someone with expierence said to just do heads & cam and a little spray. They said it would hold up with the stock short block. They said it would be a waste of money & labor to replace the whole long block at once. The way I look at it, If I do a nice heads & cam, & a little spray, and then break somthing in the shortblock, Ill have to take everything apart again & install a forged short block anyway, & pay for labor again. Im not made of money BTW, and like doing things once.
The engine is stock with 52K miles, Headers & fast intake are going on next. My goal is 600 rwhp with the spray, or what ever I can get out of 93 octane safely. What do you guys think I should do? Heads & cam, or wait for a long block?
The engine is stock with 52K miles, Headers & fast intake are going on next. My goal is 600 rwhp with the spray, or what ever I can get out of 93 octane safely. What do you guys think I should do? Heads & cam, or wait for a long block?
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OK, My original plan for my car was to do all the bolt ons, & then save up for a fully built long block to handle nitrous. I went to an lsx car meet & someone with expierence said to just do heads & cam and a little spray. They said it would hold up with the stock short block. They said it would be a waste of money & labor to replace the whole long block at once. The way I look at it, If I do a nice heads & cam, & a little spray, and then break somthing in the shortblock, Ill have to take everything apart again & install a forged short block anyway, & pay for labor again. Im not made of money BTW, and like doing things once.
The engine is stock with 52K miles, Headers & fast intake are going on next. My goal is 600 rwhp with the spray, or what ever I can get out of 93 octane safely. What do you guys think I should do? Heads & cam, or wait for a long block?
The engine is stock with 52K miles, Headers & fast intake are going on next. My goal is 600 rwhp with the spray, or what ever I can get out of 93 octane safely. What do you guys think I should do? Heads & cam, or wait for a long block?
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So, Its either heads, cam, & no spray, or heads, cam, & little spray and hopefully the thing wont break. If it does, then I would have to buy a forged short block & do it all over again, & thats where my dilema is.
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I just did heads, cam and a converter on a stock bottom end, the change is incredible! I am also going to spray a 100 shot to it. But not until its in second. You are most likely to break your trans or rear end on spray if your not trying to push more than 100 with it. Stock bottom ends are really strong. You will be surprised how fast you can go on a stock bottom end.
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I just did heads, cam and a converter on a stock bottom end, the change is incredible! I am also going to spray a 100 shot to it. But not until its in second. You are most likely to break your trans or rear end on spray if your not trying to push more than 100 with it. Stock bottom ends are really strong. You will be surprised how fast you can go on a stock bottom end.
