Looking for block options...
03-11-2005, 04:57 AM
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RE: Looking for block options...
dude, dont go 308. you dont wanna go more than .030 over bore which is 306 with the stock rotating assembly. but if you wanna make 500+ hp and still be able to drive it on the street go with a 331 from dss with their level 20 cnc block. it will be cheaper and it handles 550 hp. and with the 331 you wont need as much boost to get 500+ hp.
03-11-2005, 05:26 AM
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RE: Looking for block options...
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dude, dont go 308. you dont wanna go more than .030 over bore which is 306 with the stock rotating assembly. but if you wanna make 500+ hp and still be able to drive it on the street go with a 331 from dss with their level 20 cnc block. it will be cheaper and it handles 550 hp. and with the 331 you wont need as much boost to get 500+ hp.
dude, dont go 308. you dont wanna go more than .030 over bore which is 306 with the stock rotating assembly. but if you wanna make 500+ hp and still be able to drive it on the street go with a 331 from dss with their level 20 cnc block. it will be cheaper and it handles 550 hp. and with the 331 you wont need as much boost to get 500+ hp.
i already said i wanted a whole new block to hold up to a 308. im not going to re-use the stock components if i didnt make that point already...
i was actually thinking of going to 310, just so i can keep the motor destroked and capable of revving fast to spool up the turbo or centrifugal supercharger...
i am going to design the engine right, there is a right way and a very expensive unneeded 'right way; to make power. a 331 stroker turbo is not needed when a destroked motor running on more boost can make more power because of the RPM capability.
yes a 331 turbo is nice, but IMO a large engine needs a roots or twin screw blower because of the lower revving characteristics of the engine, and the ability for the roots blower to take advantage of those characteristics where a centrifugal supercharger and turbo will not.
03-11-2005, 02:34 PM
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RE: Looking for block options...
your gonna make the block really weak with a 308, the only way you can do a 308 is and it be able to hold up is with a world products or dart racing block. and your saying you dont wanna spend the 2 or 3 grand just on that. and a destroked engine is nice, for a really light car. and high reving is gonna kill your engine fast with your heavy car, even if its set up to run that way. more displacement and a stock cnc remanufactured block sounds like it would be the smartest way to go, and dss are able to handle probably the most hp of any stock block. Yes there are lots of right ways to build a motor, mine is just more practical than the way you want to. if you check out 5.0 mag during the king of the street issue, the best 2 cars were running 331's with blowers and making 600 + hp, with alot less boost than you would need in a destroked 308 or 310.
03-11-2005, 04:37 PM
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RE: Looking for block options...
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your gonna make the block really weak with a 308, the only way you can do a 308 is and it be able to hold up is with a world products or dart racing block. and your saying you dont wanna spend the 2 or 3 grand just on that. and a destroked engine is nice, for a really light car. and high reving is gonna kill your engine fast with your heavy car, even if its set up to run that way. more displacement and a stock cnc remanufactured block sounds like it would be the smartest way to go, and dss are able to handle probably the most hp of any stock block. Yes there are lots of right ways to build a motor, mine is just more practical than the way you want to. if you check out 5.0 mag during the king of the street issue, the best 2 cars were running 331's with blowers and making 600 + hp, with alot less boost than you would need in a destroked 308 or 310.
your gonna make the block really weak with a 308, the only way you can do a 308 is and it be able to hold up is with a world products or dart racing block. and your saying you dont wanna spend the 2 or 3 grand just on that. and a destroked engine is nice, for a really light car. and high reving is gonna kill your engine fast with your heavy car, even if its set up to run that way. more displacement and a stock cnc remanufactured block sounds like it would be the smartest way to go, and dss are able to handle probably the most hp of any stock block. Yes there are lots of right ways to build a motor, mine is just more practical than the way you want to. if you check out 5.0 mag during the king of the street issue, the best 2 cars were running 331's with blowers and making 600 + hp, with alot less boost than you would need in a destroked 308 or 310.
i dont want a 331.
I want to keep the 302 stroke.
people always bore out sportsman blocks to 308.
i dont want a DSS blueprinted block because they are just stock blocks that are prepped.
i am looking for a block that can handle 900 HP, is that too much to ask?
