Engine Ideas? (sorry for posting in the wrong section)

[WELTERRACER]

I feel sorry for anyone who risks ruining their engine by going cheap and buying "CAT" products. I would throw those rods in the trash can, you can think they are made by scat, but they are not

I have the rods and crank at the machine shop right now... They told me they are AWSOME and good to go.. They are not UNDERCUT like ive been told before and are everything they are claimed to be.. 4340 forged/shotpeaned/doublemagnifluxed!

They only thing the machine shop is doing is balancing the rotating assembly!..

I wont push my engine over 800hp just due to the fact that my block/tranny and rear end just wont take it.. Im not at all worried about the engine internals!!



You just dont have any faith do ya?

[Ralph LoGrasso]

I have the rods and crank at the machine shop right now... They told me they are AWSOME and good to go.. They are not UNDERCUT like ive been told before and are everything they are claimed to be.. 4340 forged/shotpeaned/doublemagnifluxed!

They only thing the machine shop is doing is balancing the rotating assembly!..

I wont push my engine over 800hp just due to the fact that my block/tranny and rear end just wont take it.. Im not at all worried about the engine internals!!

You just dont have any faith do ya?

Sorry to get off track here, but Welter, what clutch are you using?

[WELTERRACER]

Sorry to get off track here, but Welter, what clutch are you using?

I am using a stock replacement clutch made by ZOOM..

I dont do 6500 rpm clutch dumps, so i did not feel the need to go to an overpriced Racing clutch!

When you have over 600hp.. it doesnt take much to smoke the tires or beat the honda next to you.. LOL

[my72vette454]

Thanks for the replys everybody. When I say 1000 hp I mean I want an engine built to take that much power just for durability reasons then the 7-800 or so that it will see occasionally see wont stress it too much. The only way it would ever see that much would be on race gas and lots of boost and I wont be doing that hardly ever. I am doing a dana 44 rear from a C-4 vette and a 4L80E trans for the rest of the drivetrain. Right now with my 3.08 gears and a 4 speed I can get 14-15 mpg cruising 75-80 mph and it didnt change with addition of the turbos either. other people I have talked to with big block vettes have been able to get 20 by going with an overdrive trans so I hope I get to be so lucky. I have always been inspired by the banks twin turbo cars of the past 25 years and the newer ones I have came across ie Meanie's C-4, Chicayne, Monte Williams, just to name a few. When I came across this site a few years back I found guys that have many of the same ideas as I have had for years. So with all my ideas as well as lots of ideas I have gotten from here I am building my dream car. I want my vette to be streetable, have good handling, be comfortable and as fuel efficient as possible, but wickedly fast when the need arises so out of all the power adders it seemed turbos were the way to go for me. The system I built for my car allows me to retain all the acessories...a/c, power steering, ect and is very driveable, you can get in it a little around town and it acts like a normal big block but if you floor it and count to 2 you better be paying attention as it will roast the tires off at anything under 70 mph which I think is pretty cool by the way. The motor I have in the car now was real tired and was burning a quart of oil every 300 miles and it is a low compression motor so I figgured it would be good to try the turbos on since it was already on its way out anyways. It lasted for about 8 tanks of gas and lots of "tuning" later but now has tons of blowby so its time for a new one. Sorry for writing a whole chapter but I wanted to share some background info. Anyways thanks again, I am getting my parts list filled out.

Mike