370 or 408?
370 or 408? I found a couple cyl that had lost compression on my stock LQ4 bottomend, so I am faced with building it, what do yall think? Just bore it out and go 370, or go all the way, spend the extra and do the 408? I dont know if cost wise, HP per cube is really there?
This is not a daily driver, its a drag car, with insurance, and registration.
as far as future plans for the car, I wanted to switch to a solid roller setup, and have a healthy 500+ hp on motor, and maybe spray a couple hundred ontop. But for now, here is the setup
MTI 2E heads-cleaned up 853s
MTI X-1 cam- small but does work!!!
FAST 92/92- unported
SVO 42# inj
infront of a TH350, and strange 12 with 3.73s
for the rest of it, its listed on my fquick page, but I know that you cant just look at a motor from one point of view, you need to know the whole combo to make the most of what your talking about..
Thanks in advance for the advice.. Also any of our sponsors want to chime in with current deals/sales, I am looking to do this in the next couple weeks!!
This is not a daily driver, its a drag car, with insurance, and registration.
as far as future plans for the car, I wanted to switch to a solid roller setup, and have a healthy 500+ hp on motor, and maybe spray a couple hundred ontop. But for now, here is the setup
MTI 2E heads-cleaned up 853s
MTI X-1 cam- small but does work!!!
FAST 92/92- unported
SVO 42# inj
infront of a TH350, and strange 12 with 3.73s
for the rest of it, its listed on my fquick page, but I know that you cant just look at a motor from one point of view, you need to know the whole combo to make the most of what your talking about..
Thanks in advance for the advice.. Also any of our sponsors want to chime in with current deals/sales, I am looking to do this in the next couple weeks!!
Im doing a 370 now, I should get alittle over 500RWHP with my new Dart 205 heads and cam. Im still trying to decide on a cam, but I am waiting on my engine builder to pickup the heads from the machine shop to decide where I need to be at on a cam. I went with a 370 cause even in the long run it will be more reliable and it actually cost the same as a 408, just have to start watching tolerance levels with that big of a bore. My car is no race car by any means but if I need the extra power its going to be there.
Im doing a 370 now, I should get alittle over 500RWHP with my new Dart 205 heads and cam. Im still trying to decide on a cam, but I am waiting on my engine builder to pickup the heads from the machine shop to decide where I need to be at on a cam. I went with a 370 cause even in the long run it will be more reliable and it actually cost the same as a 408, just have to start watching tolerance levels with that big of a bore. My car is no race car by any means but if I need the extra power its going to be there.
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I think either is just as reliable.. it becomes unreliable when I spray 300 ontop of it, and plan for it to take it and smile!!!
even then, enough tuning, and I can make it last long..
thanks again for the ideas fellas..
my stock headed camed and intake LQ4 made 435 at the rear. So how come I wouldnt make 500 with a better cam and better flowing heads and FAST intake, and 370 ci ? Mind you this was on a very conservative street tune.
