How much power can it take?
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How much power can it take? Can the gm truck block handle 1800-2000hp with lots of boost, like around 25psi of boost....Don't want to spend 4000$ on a warhawk block...I meand if david wolfe's mustang is making that kind of power with 4 bolts per cycl. why can't the gm block hold up? Any takers on this?
I think it would be up to it, but you would have to get some serious billet caps, upgraded larger studs on both the caps and the heads and a serious girdle. Not forgetting to mention a hardcore crank.
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Originally Posted by Nitrous Junkie
Can the gm truck block handle 1800-2000hp with lots of boost, like around 25psi of boost....Don't want to spend 4000$ on a warhawk block...
At 1800-2000hp..... $4000 is cheap insurance. Just the machine work alone on a stock production block to capture and harness 1800-2000hp, not to mention 25lbs of boost, is going to make it worth it.......
Lemme see here.... $4k now.... or.... entire engine replacement when it goes boom.
Something tells me that you dont really grasp what 1800-2000hp really is. When you get tired of replacing head gaskets from around 25lbs of boost, you'll soon realize what that 5th head stud is worth..... and it will be your new best friend.
