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Old Sep 19, 2008 | 12:26 PM
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Looking at buying a high milage ws6. It has aprx 120,000 on it, what should be done if I want to do heavy mods to it? Will the motor be able to handle mods?

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There are alot of people running full boltons and heads/cam on high milage ls1's. It all depends on how well the car was maintained. You could always buy all the boltons and save up for a refresh and new heads/cam. then have your self a new engine, and reuse your boltons.
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My car just kicked 114k.. I just put down 341 / 347 on a stock motor, bolt on 98...
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From what iv been reading ill probably have the build the motor cause im looking the put it into the 10 second range
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please let me know if im wrong
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You are definitely going to want to look into a rebuild. You may not have to go all out with the motor. Maybe a stock rebuild with better pistons and rod bolts and a h/c setup on the bottle. I wouldnt think you would need to do a fully forged motor. But with that kind of goal and that many miles I would say you might want to look into a shortblock.
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What are your plans?
I want to be in the 10s safely with drag slicks and skinnies and try to stay in a 4-5k budget range if possible
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Translation: Lots of spray? haha
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Originally Posted by 00_transam_vert
Translation: Lots of spray? haha
lol I wonder how safe the motor would be with heads, cam, spray and new rod bolts
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I dont think the car has been thrased but thats a hard thing to judge
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Originally Posted by JimDangle
I want to be in the 10s safely with drag slicks and skinnies and try to stay in a 4-5k budget range if possible
Drag slicks + stock 10 bolt rear = So there is 2k+ right there. enough go gas to go 10's on a 120k engine = so save you money for a forged sb new rear ect...
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think its possible w/o drag slicks?
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10's? no way.
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