I don't understand why people think you have to do something special to BB to make it turbo friendly.
Because with good heads and a stroker kit and a turbo, it goes kaboom real easy above 750hp...The block is a big limiter hp wise. Which is why most will just build a 700hp NA stroker.
I have no first hand experience with this for a BB. However I do have substantial experience with imports. Everybody always said these particular motors come apart at 300 Hp. I have proved that wrong by a long shot. Lost of boost and lower RPMS the import engines live very well. A HP number is just that a number.
A 440 making 800 HP n/a will have to spin much higher ( be a tightly wound motor) than a 440 under 15 psi. A 440 under boost will make so much more tq and HP at a lower rpm than a NA I believe it will last a long time. I will see soon enough.
My last 440/512 stroker was built back in 2010 and went as fast as 9.70 at 138.5mph on pump gas NA, won the Championship in 2013 with it.....I put hundreds of passes on it and its now in a street car with less cam and iron heads running 10.70's,,,,,,,So tell me again how a drag motor can't live long...Made 700hp most of its life with no power adder....I want to run 1000-1300hp and a stock block is asking for a lot of trouble at that level. If that engine had an after market block, I would have changed pistons, and added boost and knocked a full second off our ET and gone 8.70's but there in lies the issue, I called everyone I could think of for a block, and nobody had one...... I don't car about a 600hp turbo 4cyl or an 800hp turbo G3 when I have a +800hp NA street car...We are looking to go a bit faster. Cars in the "street class" these days show up with a 632 and two kits on it.....my junk don't compete with that.
And I am no fan of imports so don't park behind me, I use them as wheel chocks...lol
