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JAMMAN wrote:
Never done one, but whatever you do keep it under 500HP those little windsor blocks seem to be OK up till 500HP then at 501 they split in half.
Not really but it seems that way, plenty of literature on high horsepower 5.0 windsor builds breaking. I have probably seen 30 pictures of separated blocks.
If you pursue this please keep us updated that is a cool path.
This is false info. Lots of people have made a lot more power than 500hp on a stock block. It's all in the tune. Will they last? Probably not, but guys have raced them for entire seasons making over 500hp with the right tune.
All right, if you have butt loads of money to make sure everything is absolutely right and you crest the 500HP barrier for a couple seconds long enough to get the thing over the light then yes you can get over 500HP. I would like tho see the article of a sustained over 500HP windsor block that stays in one piece.
As a whole if joe schmuck making less than 80K a year takes his mustang and tries to pork it past 500 he ends up with a 2 piece block. I wish this were not true but save for a few scattered lucky bastards that got a casting made on a wednesday before lunch and have more disposable income than most of us do gross income, you are asking for trouble.
Though my statement is of course not 100% entirely true it is based off reading dozens of articles from the time I owned my GT (bought in 88) stating it is not wise to attempt a 500HP build from a stock 302 block.
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