How much power can a stock block handle?

[1cln50]

I have an 03 mach 1 and was wondering how much power can it handle? Future plans are a blower, but not anytime soon.


thanks for any help.

 

[Admin]

Sorry, but this is the help desk for the the site/forum.

To get an answer to your question, I'm moving this thread to the Mach 1 forum.

 

[1cln50]

my bad man, im new to the site and wasn't sure how to post a topic. go ahead and delete

 

[Andrew03Mach]

450ish rwhp seems to be the number thrown around as being relatively safe. Some people make more and some make less. I think the amount of power it can hold safely will depend on how good of a tune it has.

 

[beowulf68]

I have an 03 mach 1 and was wondering how much power can it handle? Future plans are a blower, but not anytime soon.


thanks for any help.

The Stock WAP block can handle quite a bit of power. Some say 650whp some say 8 or 900whp....Guess it depends who you talk to. Now the Stock Pistons/rings are a different story. Most will say don't run more than 500whp. Some run more for thousands of miles without issue and some throw a rod at 450. I push 500whp with a Vortech V3 and a built 5-spd trans on stock internals and have no problems at all on my 04 Mach 1. Though I am in the process of building a fully forged internal stroker shortblock just in case!!

 

[1cln50]

thanks man, that's what I assumed also. Long term it will be built but if I came across a sweet deal on a blower id throw it on and run low boost for fun lol

 

[SuperMach1]

My car blew a ring making 415/385 through an auto.

 

[1cln50]

that sucks lol maybe ill just hold out and build the shortblock first

 

[SuperMach1]

The car was boosted for about 8 years and 40k miles. So putting a blower on your car wouldn't hurt just keep the power under 450 and run a safe tune.