My next build, I will price them vs. the standard stuff and see.....I do not put enough street miles on to kill anything every season. I was always told neither were streetable, but with the huge weight of a SS 2.40" intake valve, it might really take the strain off my valve-train and keep the springs cooler and need less pressure to run. I bought a reduced ramp street stripe cam where they said all I need is #180 of spring pressure. I am just looking at what makes sense and helps. And I think Titanium intakes might be my ticket to making things last and rpm like a small block. The oil squirters should also allow the springs to live longer too.
The rods are probably a stretch as I run the Hemi like a bracket car, leave at 2k and shift around 6200.....I do not think these would be any kind of an advantage for me....
I also want to do Drag Week one of these days, and I need this thing to last....
You saw his teardown of the Cleetus Mullet engine I am sure. That thing had lots of passes on it, ran up to 50PSI of boost, and did at least 2 drag and drive events. Steve even said it was pushed harder than it was intended. In my world brooming the rods into the trash and replacing them once a season doesn't count as streetable to me, but plenty seem to do it.
Yeah, its Steve's fault.....
Cleetus pushed the small block to the breaking point....What did he think they would do to a BB? What' is so beautiful is how well they did with it..They conquered everything with it. As they learned how to tune it an run fast, they were able to turn it up time and time again....To the point, I think they made about 1000hp more than Steve had planned on...I think this combo is supposed to be around 2000hp and live well...And went to #57 on the boost and pushed it to 3000hp level with a CAST block....
