by Jonathan » Sat Nov 18, 2006 2:36 pm
I wouldn't say affordable, the block is going to run about as much as one of the siamese bore 302 blocks would run you, but it's a production block and won't require all the machining, so that in itself saves you more money. A stock roller block will be doing good to handle about 500hp, I'd guess this one to handle something like 800-1000hp pretty safely. Not quite as much as a DART block would or something like that, but it's more streetable considering the design of the water jackets (you won't have as much trouble with coolant spewing out of the radiator due to a block that lacks water jackets). And you'd still have to shell out for the heads, bottom end, cams, etc., but you'd be doing that anyway. You've gotta pay to play.
It'll do best for somebody that's looking to stroke it out and/or possibly turbo/supercharge the crap out of it. Design a good turbo system and you'll be making 800hp at the rear wheels (possibly on pump gas), and this would be a block to do it with. The stock roller block simply isn't going to handle that kind of power safely. If you're an all motor kinda guy I wouldn't see how you could justify it.
I wouldn't say affordable, the block is going to run about as much as one of the siamese bore 302 blocks would run you, but it's a production block and won't require all the machining, so that in itself saves you more money. A stock roller block will be doing good to handle about 500hp, I'd guess this one to handle something like 800-1000hp pretty safely. Not quite as much as a DART block would or something like that, but it's more streetable considering the design of the water jackets (you won't have as much trouble with coolant spewing out of the radiator due to a block that lacks water jackets). And you'd still have to shell out for the heads, bottom end, cams, etc., but you'd be doing that anyway. You've gotta pay to play.
It'll do best for somebody that's looking to stroke it out and/or possibly turbo/supercharge the crap out of it. Design a good turbo system and you'll be making 800hp at the rear wheels (possibly on pump gas), and this would be a block to do it with. The stock roller block simply isn't going to handle that kind of power safely. If you're an all motor kinda guy I wouldn't see how you could justify it.