Short block for boost
Le Mans Master
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From: Somewhere in the Mid 9's TX
Stock crank, throw in some decent pistons and rods. No need to crazy on expensive rings, etc that drive the price up. For 5k, a you can easily have a good shortblock built. I’d go local on the machine shop.
Last edited by winters97gt; Jan 13, 2019 at 09:53 PM.
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No affiliation with Thompson, but they’ve been around a long time and should have their **** together when building engines.
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A year or so ago one of their former employees came out and said how they toss junk together and dont care. It was a former employee who could have been fired and upset ect. So take it with a grain of salt. Point really is this isnt the first time I have heard this in my life.
Le Mans Master
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From: Somewhere in the Mid 9's TX
Yeah, it got ugly when the details got released. I was years ago before the beans got spilt.
I didn’t even bother shipping mine back. Decided to have a real motor built. H2squared, G&G here in Houston have both built rock solid shortblocks for me in multiple corvettes I’ve had. My best friend owns Bad Chad Performance here locally and he uses LME with great results.
I didn’t even bother shipping mine back. Decided to have a real motor built. H2squared, G&G here in Houston have both built rock solid shortblocks for me in multiple corvettes I’ve had. My best friend owns Bad Chad Performance here locally and he uses LME with great results.
Le Mans Master
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From: Somewhere in the Mid 9's TX
It’s really water under the bridge. Pat G didn’t destroy my motor. He left room in the tune and the motor was broke in properly.