I'm going to test the limits soon of a stock block 440 w/ a stock crank and caps, ARP bolts. The motor is in the 680-700 hp range. Once I get it dialed in N/A, I'll turn on the plate.
Hey Chip
Stock crank and main caps on a 700 hp piece? Plus nitrous? You, yourself, magged my crank at the 600 hp level and said it looked like cracked crystal. And you have to know that the main caps won't live at that power level with spray. Don't you think a set of aluminum caps should be added? We've all seen pics of those #4 caps.
The 440 in my brother's Gremlin is still alive. Completed two Drag Weeks, driven on the street regularly, race regularly. 3100 lbs., 8.90-151.
Stock caps, ARP studs, Stock crank, Eagle h-beam rods, Icon dished street pistons. Horsepower doesn't kill the bottom end of stock block engines, detonation does.
