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<blockquote data-quote="Quick Strike" data-source="post: 15313157" data-attributes="member: 11920"><p>Look at the costs to optimize your engine for E85 vs the gain. You would need a few things to be on that path:</p><p></p><p>$1000 - pistons and rings </p><p>$ 600 - head studs, main studs, ARP 2000 rod bolts, reusable side studs</p><p>$1400 - cams, springs, retainers, cam bolts (assuming a great sale) </p><p>$1000 - machining costs (plus finding and trusting a machine shop to do the work quickly) </p><p>$ 400 - gaskets and fluids </p><p>$ 300 - good main and rod bearings</p><p></p><p>There you are at $4700 assuming you assemble the short block and long block yourself. This is without without a consideration of a better damper $600, oil pump with billet gears $400, CNC head porting $1000 (minimum) - not to mention good timing chain tensioners and a better water pump. You could be close to $7000 for a stout, purpose built E85 engine that might give you somewhere around 100 hp over your current setup with the same blower. What does a nitrous system cost?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Quick Strike, post: 15313157, member: 11920"] Look at the costs to optimize your engine for E85 vs the gain. You would need a few things to be on that path: $1000 - pistons and rings $ 600 - head studs, main studs, ARP 2000 rod bolts, reusable side studs $1400 - cams, springs, retainers, cam bolts (assuming a great sale) $1000 - machining costs (plus finding and trusting a machine shop to do the work quickly) $ 400 - gaskets and fluids $ 300 - good main and rod bearings There you are at $4700 assuming you assemble the short block and long block yourself. This is without without a consideration of a better damper $600, oil pump with billet gears $400, CNC head porting $1000 (minimum) - not to mention good timing chain tensioners and a better water pump. You could be close to $7000 for a stout, purpose built E85 engine that might give you somewhere around 100 hp over your current setup with the same blower. What does a nitrous system cost? [/QUOTE]
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