Future engine?

bynummustang said:

I have a 1990 LX hatch with a 5.0 and a 5-speed: the clock reads just over 150XXX miles. I'm wonder what everyone thinks, and what I should or shouldn't do.

I plan on boring my stock block to 306 CI, putting either GT-40 or Twisted Wedge heads, a decent cam, and put a 1.7 L Kenny Bell blower with a flowzilla kit, stronger clutch, flywheel, bigger injectors, fuel pump ect.

Other than the lifters, rockers, pushrods, valve springs, and what not, are there any major or big parts that I need to get to make that setup work well. I plan on having it for 'almost' daily driver. Split the week or so with my stock '98 civic.

What do yall think that power and times might be with that?

Jordan

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Honeslty, with those mods you should see near 400RWHP depending on the amount of boost you'll be pushing. Read my sig, and I barely spent anything because I went with a carb. Easier to work on...

Don't forget new oil pump / shaft. You should also spend an extra 200 to get your rebuilt block balanced.

i think you will be able to get 375+ whp out of that setup. you will have to upgrade the tranny if you dont baby it.

Don't get ahead of yourself. Have you added up what all that will cost? What does your budget look like? How do they compare? If you want to run a blower and pack in the boost, your going to need a stronger block, much larger heads, intake, exaust, forged internals, this will cost some serous money. Then you need a drivatrain that will hold this and a suspension to get it to the ground. You will need upgrades fuel, suspensiong.... I could go on and on. People get these dreams about having this small list of mods with a small price tag and expect to be running with the big boys, well, it ain't that easy, and it's not anywhere cheap. Then again, you can still build one fast car for not too much money. Before you sign your engine's death warrant first check the compression and leakdown. Go from there.