89-93 gt 5.0 bottom ends
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are you talking about a stock block? Not much....depending on miliage, I'm guessing the most you would want to go would be about 300-350 hp...
I have heard around 500 hp is a ticking time bomb. There are plenty of H/C/I 5.0s around 300 hp with no problems at all.
The 'safe' HP limit on a stock 5.0 block is about 450.
Any more than that requires keeping your fingers crossed.
Any more than that requires keeping your fingers crossed.
Rear wheel or flywheel hp?Nutfield said:
5.0 liter blocks tend to split at the valley around 500hp. But 400 seems to last pretty well.
450 HP at the flywheel.DRK281 said:
That's about 380-385 ish at the wheels, but it should handle that all day.:banana:
It varies. I'm around 300ish whp with my mods with more in it if I reupgraded some bolt ons and had it tuned. Very safe and the car doesn't have an easy life. 450 horse at the crank is a safe number, much more than that and I would at least realize the potential to split the block is there. How high you turn it is a bigger killer more than anything though.
Oh yeah, the 93s have hypereautic pistons so be wary there. The older ones have forged pistons, and the bottom end will survive as much power as the block will.
Oh yeah, the 93s have hypereautic pistons so be wary there. The older ones have forged pistons, and the bottom end will survive as much power as the block will.
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im puttin down 330 and dont have any problems
my buddies 89 lx runs 10.80 1/4 with the stock block afr 165 tfs stage 1 big mass ported tf intake c4 trans brake and slicks tuned 330 rwhp and a big shot NOS
keeps the rev at 6200 3.55 gears
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