Not Sure What To Do
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Teching In
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Was lookin at TrickFlow also. Lookin at 195 intake, 75 exhaust, and 62cc combustion chambers....2.02" intake/1.60" exhaust valves. Made for a supercharger setup on the LT1. Looked into AFR also.
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I run those TFS 195 heads. They will knock your compression down a little to 9.2-1 on a stock shortblock.
On The Tree
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You should talk to Brute Speed for sure.
You don't need forged internals to have a supercharger but its good insurance. The main factor will be the tune.
I run forged pistons, rods and crank and the STOCK 2 BOLT MAIN caps and saw over 600 rwhp and 20#s of boost. Get the tune right and you don't break stuff.
If you really are looking for 700+ hp and don't care about blowing the motor, then you can strap on the blower and drive it till you break it and rebuild it forged.
You don't need forged internals to have a supercharger but its good insurance. The main factor will be the tune.
I run forged pistons, rods and crank and the STOCK 2 BOLT MAIN caps and saw over 600 rwhp and 20#s of boost. Get the tune right and you don't break stuff.
If you really are looking for 700+ hp and don't care about blowing the motor, then you can strap on the blower and drive it till you break it and rebuild it forged.
You should talk to Brute Speed for sure.
You don't need forged internals to have a supercharger but its good insurance. The main factor will be the tune.
I run forged pistons, rods and crank and the STOCK 2 BOLT MAIN caps and saw over 600 rwhp and 20#s of boost. Get the tune right and you don't break stuff.
If you really are looking for 700+ hp and don't care about blowing the motor, then you can strap on the blower and drive it till you break it and rebuild it forged.
You don't need forged internals to have a supercharger but its good insurance. The main factor will be the tune.
I run forged pistons, rods and crank and the STOCK 2 BOLT MAIN caps and saw over 600 rwhp and 20#s of boost. Get the tune right and you don't break stuff.
If you really are looking for 700+ hp and don't care about blowing the motor, then you can strap on the blower and drive it till you break it and rebuild it forged.
On The Tree
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Oh my, let's argue semantics here. You're right, you can throw a rod, I've seen someone stick a rod through the side of a block while starting it. The point is, what are the chances? Slim due to boost. The higher chance would be because of high RPMS and has nothing to do with the boost, which is what the OP is asking.
The rebuild I am speaking of would be because of the hypercrap pistons breaking at the ringlands. Puffing smoke out the oil cap like a train, pressurizing the crank case and shooting the dipstick out. All of which would be because of a bad tune and detonation, not because of too high RPMS and a rod coming out sideways.
The rebuild I am speaking of would be because of the hypercrap pistons breaking at the ringlands. Puffing smoke out the oil cap like a train, pressurizing the crank case and shooting the dipstick out. All of which would be because of a bad tune and detonation, not because of too high RPMS and a rod coming out sideways.
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Oh my, let's argue semantics here. You're right, you can throw a rod, I've seen someone stick a rod through the side of a block while starting it. The point is, what are the chances? Slim due to boost. The higher chance would be because of high RPMS and has nothing to do with the boost, which is what the OP is asking.
The rebuild I am speaking of would be because of the hypercrap pistons breaking at the ringlands. Puffing smoke out the oil cap like a train, pressurizing the crank case and shooting the dipstick out. All of which would be because of a bad tune and detonation, not because of too high RPMS and a rod coming out sideways.
one of the common mistakes I see with boosted LT1s is people using a tiny supplied intercooler that came with the kit and a mail order tune or none at all.