Thinking about more power
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Burning Brakes
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From: Metairie LA
Thinking about more power
I know lots of guys have built monster engines with forged internals and so on, usually at prices north of $15,000. I saw this discussed earlier but would like further opinions. I admit this is "mid-range" power in Corvette circles and has a cast crank, but for plug and play with a warranty, 525HP in a 2000# vehicle isn't shabby. With headers and some tuning I would expect 550+/-. Where am I going wrong here:
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From: Wylie TX --> Less is More, except under the hood !
If my motor tanked today, that's the exact motor I would look at for sure. 
Like you said... long tube headers with a full tune and your prob at 550 HP.
Maybe add a blower to it too... Low boost prob would prob net you 700 HP at the motor.
Good luck !
Toque
Like you said... long tube headers with a full tune and your prob at 550 HP.
Maybe add a blower to it too... Low boost prob would prob net you 700 HP at the motor.
Good luck !
Toque
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Burning Brakes
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From: Metairie LA
Respect your opinion based on your skillset. We're on the same page. I figure a 50% power increase for that kind of money-turnkey-is a relative bargain. Like you said and I suspect, the motor would probably do 550 with minor tweaking and without reliability issues. Parts costs (motor, LS7 clutch, Lingenfelter reluctor box, new bigger clutch cylinders, remote bleeder, headers, etc.) would probably hit around $10k by my "napkin" math. Add $2k to install and tune and subtract what I could get for a 24k mile LS1 motor, and I believe you'd be all in at less than $10k. The planning begins.
