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Does the SS/TC have forged internals from the factory???

I believe the crank and rods are Forged steel. The pistons are light weight aluminum.

crank and rods (I-beam) are forged, the pistons are Hyperutectic.

Whats the max HP you could get out of an LNF?

something tells me that you're going to get all sorts of answers from that one. lol!

I'll take a swing at it.

In general:

Stock: 260HP @ the crank
Tuned: ~310HP @wheels w/tune but no mods
Tuned+mods: 320HP+ @wheels
Turbo swap: 330HP-500HP+ @wheels

The torque numbers are where the LNFs shines. The turbo is a bit too small to have flashy HP numbers, since peak HP numbers are usually at higher RPMs. Once you do a turbo swap to a turbo that can flow well at high RPMs, then that's when you get crazy HP numbers.

Remember HP isn't everything. I've beaten cars with much more power than me simply because of weight, drivetrain, or driver factors.

Hyperutectic:
http://webpages.charter.net/beckracing/page11.htm

umm yup.. not sure the link was for buutttt, alrighty?

Is it possible to get 473HP 489 ft-lbs on a tune, charge piping,exhaust,CAI and nitrous???

In theory...with a rediculous shot of juice, it could be possible to recah those numbers. At least once anyway.

Why so specific? lol Are those the numbers to a certain v8 engine?

If that is something somebody told you they were getting, that it highly unlikely without some extensive mods... even with a large shot of nitrous with those mods, in my opinion.

Sure.. but it might blow-up on the dyno :lol:

with a turbo swap then yes,

why 473 489 lol
dude my car has killed 500hp cars on the track and on the street. number are numbers

Now as far as what the bottom end can hold ZZP had over 500hp and 500tq on the stock block so do what you want man

How did you beat 500hp cars? I got walked by a 500hp mustang cobra...twice. Once at 20mph and again at 40mph. And those pulls are where our cars shine. He didn't walk me bad, but he did walk me.

I'm interested in hearing about this too ..

Anyone else remember this thread about the guy who put a 300 shot to his Solstice GXP? Here's the thread .... the pic's no longer work but there's a link to all of them in his post

http://www.solsticeforum.com/forum/f...e-build-41759/