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The Blower Bistro
vortech pulley size and psi?
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<blockquote data-quote="Chris98vobra" data-source="post: 8496553" data-attributes="member: 2651"><p>Yes. It went on with 10,000 miles on the car. It was a daily driver and I put 60,000 more on it with boost and the stock block. 50,000 of those miles were at 12lbs+ of boost. I started tuning myself before any of the current easy stuff was available. I burned chips and owned an expensive wideband. I always watched my tune to make sure it was "safe". This is the key to keeping a stock engine alive with that level of boost.</p><p></p><p>I rebuilt it when I could tell the engine seemed to be getting tired. I added more boost and it couldn't make more power. I wasn't blowing oil and it still ran well but I was looking forward to the next step. In some respects I wish I had kept the stock block to see just how far I could have kept it going. </p><p></p><p>After many years tuning my car and many others (used to do it on the side) I am convinced and have proven that these stock engines can handle boost if you are careful about the tune. I have seen that some stock rotating assemblies seem to have flaws and boost can make those appear quickly. If yours has a flaw in the production then it could pop quickly after a blower is added but that seems quite rare. If it makes it past the first few months of a heavy foot then it could live for a long time like mine did.</p><p></p><p>Mine was a test mule for many tuning tools as they were being developed and many new parts. As such it saw WOT continuously. </p><p></p><p>Chris</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Chris98vobra, post: 8496553, member: 2651"] Yes. It went on with 10,000 miles on the car. It was a daily driver and I put 60,000 more on it with boost and the stock block. 50,000 of those miles were at 12lbs+ of boost. I started tuning myself before any of the current easy stuff was available. I burned chips and owned an expensive wideband. I always watched my tune to make sure it was "safe". This is the key to keeping a stock engine alive with that level of boost. I rebuilt it when I could tell the engine seemed to be getting tired. I added more boost and it couldn't make more power. I wasn't blowing oil and it still ran well but I was looking forward to the next step. In some respects I wish I had kept the stock block to see just how far I could have kept it going. After many years tuning my car and many others (used to do it on the side) I am convinced and have proven that these stock engines can handle boost if you are careful about the tune. I have seen that some stock rotating assemblies seem to have flaws and boost can make those appear quickly. If yours has a flaw in the production then it could pop quickly after a blower is added but that seems quite rare. If it makes it past the first few months of a heavy foot then it could live for a long time like mine did. Mine was a test mule for many tuning tools as they were being developed and many new parts. As such it saw WOT continuously. Chris [/QUOTE]
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