transambandit

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Gonna need an LE3 head/cam package and a procharger and if you do ALL Of the work yourself and tune it yourself you might be under 7k, if you have a pro do it id say at least 10k

95LT188ChevyTruck

me and my dad did it years ago but yea it was just us doing the swap. i think the only thing we had to do to get it to mount was flip the driver side motor mount or i could be wrong and the passengers side but i remeber we had to flip one or the other

BizZzatch350

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355 + 200 shot, 500+ RWHP all day and reliable.

Turnin20s

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Agree with you 100% for an f-body, but if you look at his sig and his name, he has an 88 chevy truck with an LT1 for a power plant. And IMHO I wouldn't do a 502 if I was gonna spend the money, there are way more BBs that make that much power or more with better parts for a little less money.

But again are you looking for 550 fwhp or 550rwhp?? Huge difference and I assume that you have an A4 so you are going to have to have that built and thats about ~$800 for a converter + ~$1500 for a race built tranny so that takes a few thousand $$$ off of your motor build.

With the motor in my sig I have roughly $4000 in the motor including machining, which was $1000 in itself, give or take a few hundred $$$, but I got alot of the parts used except the crank, pistons, timing set, and some misc parts I forgot. Its a good thing to be a member of the forums and have friends that are constantly upgrading their cars. You don't want to know the deal I got on my LE heads and CC306

Just look around the classifieds and buy some parts here and there then you can start the build. But I'd say that if you have the patients (SP) to wait a little while for a good deal then building a 550rwhp motor on a $7K budget is possible.

BTW nice truck man, kinda makes me wish I would have finished mine

fast

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I dig the LT1 truck

these guys are on the ball, 550 @ the wheels ain't gonna be easy w/o a power adder, but I'm sure it's not impossible

I'm very curious about the combo mentioned by ProPorts1

my 396 doesn't make 550 rwhp, but I'd sure like to get it there lol (guess that white bottle makes up for it though)

I am curious what RWhp guys like Ed Wright are making, even -Pepe- and some of the other guys with BIG solid rollers

Built LT1

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With my solid roller stroker, there was a lot of money in machining and labor. If you can do some of this yourself then your budget will be more effective. It's not just the engine that will cost you, it's the other supporting mods "necessities" that will add up. And dont' forget, once the engine is completed, there is the matter of everything else on the car being able to support that power.

Built LT1

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I'll tell you soon! Ed Wright tuned my solid roller stroker. He's doing this through the mail so I can't expect it to be perfect. To be fair to him however, I will not post initial dyno numbers because he needs a baseline reading of A/F ratios before he can improve my tune.

One last thing, as with any good engine tuner, they need something to work with. Even a great tuner like Ed Wright can only work so much magic if he's tuning low performance motor. I didn't spare any expense with mine so this wouldn't apply to me.

FASTFATBOY

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My ears are growing as we speak.....please do tell. All Pro heads? The heads just shot his budget right in the ***.

550 RWHP through an auto all motor is one TALLLLLL order, VERY tall.
That is about 680(ish) to the flywheel. You can do this on pumpgas? Because race fuel is $8 a gallon.

I am trying to get CLOSE to the 500 rwhp mark through an auto...and dude I spent some CASH, $7000 aint gonna do it, I gaurantee that.


David

FASTFATBOY

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Ed with a stock converter in his car WAS making around 510 to the wheels with stock ecm, but you cannot use his car as a barometer...Ed has split hairs with that engine combo, tried everything under the sun on the dyno. Things that 98% of people just cannot do. He has a FAST system on the car now and has since run in the 9's with it.



David

engineermike

I'm with ya' on that. I made 550 rwhp through an auto with a 383, AFR210's, 224/236 cam, and 13 psi boost!

Come to think of it, getting 500 rwhp out of an NA LTx through an M6 is a real rarity.

I'm thinking 414 cid, raised runner (at a minimum) or 18 deg heads, SP intake, 13/1+ compression. . . That'll be a smooth $25k for the engine alone.

Mike

95LT188ChevyTruck

i guess i came to the realization of no 500 to the wheels. so i guess im going for 450 to the wheels now. i should be able to do that no? and thanks for all the responses guys its very helpfull

96redcamaro

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I herd of one guy making 45X rwhp with a 383 and LE3 heads and LE4 cam. he drove it all over the place too, on pump gas.

OutlawZ

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Tony shepherd made in the 530's at the wheels with a th400 and a 9" rearend..... that's naturally aspirated..... but there is way more than 7 or 10K in that motor.... I got alot of my ideas from him which is why our motors are very similar.... I'm expecting about 525RWHP roughly from mine.... Our engines are similar but we're trying some things that Tony isn't as well and I don't claim to have "ALL" his secrets..

It is possible but either of these motors (and I'm sure Ed Wright's as well) have closer to 20K in them.... I have like 12K just in parts last time I checked.... without ANY machine work.... Power and money go hand in hand. You want more you pay more....

95LT188ChevyTruck

Does anyone sell a 355ci package? I think I am going to do a 355 ai 200cc heads ported intake and solid roller valvetrain

engineermike

Much easier and cheaper.

383, 11/1, AFR210 Race Readies, hydraulic roller cam in the upper 230's on the intake, ported LT4 intake.

A larger solid roller cam will reduce the need for the extra cubes, compression, and big heads.

Mike

aboatguy

Should be a screamer! But for a truck I'd go for torque over 8,000 rpm power.

Since you decided on the AI 200cc heads call them and see what they recommend.

aboatguy

I know a couple of guys that run Harold's heads and they're very satisfied. In my book he's one of the good guys.

With the response Harold's posting received I wonder how long he'll continue to sponsor this website.

Mike

Tony Shepherd

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I can tell you Harold at PortPros does have a combo that will make that power. My car is a prime example for one and it was even setup for nitrous. If we would have gone for just n/a my numbers would be much higher. Just look at Harold's credentials and background from where he learned his trade. He is one important asset to this site and the racing community.

I will tell you it is not cheap to make this much power n/a.



Guys it is not impossible to make that power. Joe O has been doing it for many years with his combo. Just depends on how much money you want to spend.

-PEPE-

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Amen to the not cheap part, all Callie's 396 stroker with race ported heads, all setup right was close to 10k, that was just engine/heads minus intake, throttle body and all the other junk that took me to 18k total...and now 24k with a spooled 9", full chassis....and I still don't have a cage or Kirkeys.

Ramen Noodles are your friend with this hobby...TRUE STORY

If I break 520rwhp N/A soon with the dynotune I'll be excited. I broke even at 500rwhp N/A last Sep and with the new cam I humbly want 520, if she does better that'll be great.

fast

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out of curiosity did you ever call Port Pros?

tony: saw a dyno vid of your car, wicked.

-Pepe-: keep us posted on that #

in the end I totally agree with aboatguy, torque
call port pros and anyone else and get their input and combos and compare cost
just be sure to be honest about what you want out of your truck so they can recommend what will make you most happy with your ride

good luck