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'88 GT stock block capability

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Old 01-19-2008, 04:35 PM
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Default RE: '88 GT stock block capability

The car made 374rwhp/ 328rwtq (On motor) & 611/ 698rwtq on an NX 225 wet shot.

Now figure in a 17% drivetrain loss thru a T5 tranny and you end up with around 440 flywheel horsepower on motor & 720 horsepower with a 225 shot.

I have videos, pictures, timeslips & dyno slips to prove it.
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Old 01-19-2008, 04:55 PM
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450 to 500 is a safe limit...after that if you consistantly test the max power I'd go to a Boss block
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Old 01-20-2008, 01:08 AM
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Boss block? Who makes that?
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Old 01-20-2008, 10:27 AM
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The new boss block is a ford racing piece, pretty nice, go with one of those and maybe a forged stroker kit from fordstrokers.com and you should have a bullet proof combo good to at least 1200 hp. I've seen the boss blocks as cheap as 1500 recently.

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Old 01-20-2008, 09:32 PM
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This is still all speculative, I'm not sure if I'm going with this car or an '04 Cobra. This guy says the internals are all forged, so I was thinking of buying a replacement block and tranny (currently has a T-45) and calling it a day. The car is already built with a lot of performance stuff, including twin turbos. All I'd have to do is replace the block and crank up the boost.
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Old 01-21-2008, 12:12 PM
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ORIGINAL: irish1

The new boss block is a ford racing piece, pretty nice, go with one of those and maybe a forged stroker kit from fordstrokers.com and you should have a bullet proof combo good to at least 1200 hp. I've seen the boss blocks as cheap as 1500 recently.


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Where have you seen them go for that much?
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Old 01-21-2008, 01:22 PM
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i wouldnt push a stock block much past 500rwhp with a good tune
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