Rep Power: 752

This is not my engine but this is what three years of running low 10s and high 9s does to a factory LC2 (Grand National 3.8L turbo block)









Billet steel main caps and ARP Studs were installed but a Girdle may have helped a bit more...

Most I've done is blown head gaskets and spun a rod bearing....

What kind of damage have you guys done??

 
Rep Power: 782

None........ I know how to tune a motor , now tranny's and axels is another story.

 
Rep Power: 802

How much power was that guy making with that 3.8L? What did he do to blow it up? I wonder if that engine would have blown if it were a inline six.... hmmmmm....

 
Rep Power: 752

Based on an average weight of 3600 lbs (most GN's weigh this)
Using the ET method, I come up with 714 horsepower
Using the Speed method, I come up with 658 horsepower

Now after 3 years and hundreds of passes mostly 10.4 range with his best at 9.99 I'd say it held up fine...

at that horsepower it's not a matter of IF it blows up but When....

Hopefully with mine in the mid 11 - low 12 range I wont drive over my crank anytime soon

 
Rep Power: 781

VW 2L 16v turbo. Made 1027 crank hp and was spun to 10k rpm before the block split in half

 
Rep Power: 794

^^^wow crazy, never knew vw's could make so much power lol!

 
Rep Power: 837

for real haha

 
Rep Power: 737

202 000 kms and 16 years of neglect...


Turned into...


(was never finished)

 
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wow pimp !!! ^

how diu get all the pistons to be at the same position... is the crank still in?

 
Rep Power: 737

Magic.

And you can clearly see the crank is not in the block.

 
Rep Power: 772

wow that gran national's underhood is really greassy.. eeeewwwwww..

 
Rep Power: 739

I never new that you could have that many wires lol

 
Rep Power: 837

will be posting mine up this week... i dont think its that bad though..i will find out when she gets taken apart..

 
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but not that you got that holding up the glass...what will you do with the 24 of old milwaukee that was there before???

 
Rep Power: 802

^ We drank that 24 of Old Milwaukee and then ran a train on your mom.