Ls1 Intakes / F.A.S.T Intakes
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Well the LS1 is a fine motor and I have no problem building that up with all the mods, but are you saying that you can get 500+ hp with out stroking the motor and forged internals for under 12 grand drive train not included? I do know that stroking the motor is a pretty big cost with crank, heads,cam,etc.
My car is an auto right now with the stock rearend and if I want to be up in that range of hp, I will do the proper mods to the rear end and trans. At what hp mark should you be thinking forged internals?
My car is an auto right now with the stock rearend and if I want to be up in that range of hp, I will do the proper mods to the rear end and trans. At what hp mark should you be thinking forged internals?
I can tell you that the internals can hold up to 500rwhp pretty easily. The danger zone is about 600rwhp or 650hp+ to the crank or more. Now some people are gonna say "well mine or my friends/uncle/cousin/dad's..whatever....cars engine blew up after 400rwhp or whatever" because in reality there is no real set number other than stock that the internals can hold. But in most LS1's 600 at the wheels seems to be the limit. I've seen supercharged cars making 550 at wheels for well over 2 years without anything happening to the insides or the rear end. Because they stay kinda away from the track. It comes down to how you treat the car.
Now as far as 12k for that engine....thats crazy...I've seen so many 402 to 427 cu. in. short blocks LS1, LS2 engines naturally aspirated make between 520-600rwhp its not even funny. I just saw a 404cid LS2 dyno 540. the cost of the engine .....$4300 brand new shipped! plus heads, cam, push rods, fast intake..all bolt ons, tuning.. he spent a total of around $7700 including the engine. He's gonna buy an N2O kit for an addition 100-150hp boost for like 1k so yeah hes gonna have a 700+hp car for less than 9k with a new engine! Lots of options just look into them all before you make a decision.
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