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Old 05-05-2008, 10:51 AM
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How much $$ would it take to make an 02 gt hit around 550 hp naturally aspirated?
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Old 05-05-2008, 11:01 AM
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I don't think it's possible, it's hard enough to hit 550hp with f/i so I doubt you can reach it naturally aspirated and definitely you would need forged internals no matter what way you will reach it.
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sorry buddy...aint happenin- need f/i
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Yeah i was kinda skeptical when i heard the claim of my dads friend saying he hit 550 hp naturally aspirated. But then again i don't know awhole lot about motors. I know the 02's produce 260 hp(correct me if i'm wrong), i don't know how he would be hitting 550 without F/I
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yea...i mean if he did everything he could to the motor even with a blower he would only be makin somewhere around that....2v's just dont make a ton of power like the 4v's
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Old 05-05-2008, 11:18 AM
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thats going to be a hell of a cam.
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Old 05-05-2008, 11:20 AM
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yea...i mean if he did everything he could to the motor even with a blower he would only be makin somewhere around that....2v's just dont make a ton of power like the 4v's
I know lots of guys making 700+rwhp with blown 2v's. You can make about 1200hp max with FI on a 2v but NA 370rwhp seems to be the limit.
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Maybe if you got a DOHC 5.4 .030 over and stroked out, ported heads, massive cams, a Sullivan short runner intake and full exhaust you'd see ~400 at the wheels
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Old 05-05-2008, 11:51 AM
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Maybe if you got a DOHC 5.4 .030 over and stroked out, ported heads, massive cams, a Sullivan short runner intake and full exhaust you'd see ~400 at the wheels
you'd probably see a little more out of it than that.

But not 550 at the wheels. Doesn't seem like enough displacement to get there...
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