What?? you guys are crazy.
These motors have forged rods, pistons, and crank. I bet they would last 500k or more in stock form. Anything under 700whp is childs play.
OP.. i say tune, cold air intake, and pulley need to be on order ASAP.
Its a COMPLETELY different car with those 3 mods.
I feel like a VTEC Prelude would whip my GT500 when it was stock.
So the bearings, rings, and timing components are now going to fail after tune, pulley, and Intake? Couldn't disagree more.
If you're talking blower upgrade and a 800hp set up, then yeah... I might agree.
however, bearings, rings, and timing components are not stress points. IF they are going to fail, they will fail at 500hp just as they would at 600.
I like the fact that I can drive whenever I feel like it vs. worrying about dirtying up a garage queen. I've got a few chips and dings so there is no reservation in driving and enjoying my car. I bought it to drive it!
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What I said was that the forged rotating assembly has nothing to do with the survivability of the bottom end of a high mileage engine. Saying that it does is giving someone false confidence.
I don't think your understanding what I'm saying. What I'm saying is that the rotating assembly does not "wear" due to mileage the same way that bearings, timing chains, chain guides, rings and other friction and tension surfaces do. The oil pump gears are the scariest part of it in my mind, they're sintered metal and the design puts a lot of friction and torque on them being at the end of the crank.
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Thanks!car looks outstanding!
Definitely do that! I want to know how it goes!I think I'm going to try a VMP 2.5 pulley and a tune. I really would like to data log this motor as well and see what shows up. I've got a K&N CAI I got for a good deal a year ago and never installed it. So pulley, CAI and tune, we'll see if it can handle it.