id do it to mine
taking a very well designed caddy engine, suprcharging it and making 520 hp in the process is pointless ?
and having it look sort of like an old hemi …
what part is pointless ?
Well, the fact that it is not the right engine, its about double the size of a northstar
hm, well i dont think i have that kinda money
thats easy to fix, go work the streets.
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eh, no, i wonder wat the price would be tp chip, then 2 small turbos
how many northstar v8’s are there ?
cause heres a pic of another blown northstar in a different black 32 ford
and heres an NA one … they all look the same size …
1996 northstar:
ok then explain why it looks so rediculously large in those pictures.
Anymore pics of this one?? Looks like a ?71 blower. Thats interesting because those are made for carbs. I want to see more of this engine set up.
DOHC V8s are pretty big in general. Look at the Ford 4.6 DOHC. Much bigger than a 5.0
i was just thinking that actually, my bad, i forgot how thin those cars are
but where the grow in size they also grow in power per liter efficiency
no more pics … its just the lead pic to a norhtstar performance artical found here
note from the artical, norhtstar connecting rods are only good for 7 psi, after that you have to upgrade
how much can 7psi get me?
Ah there it is. A 4 barrel throttle body. All the answers are in the article.
Johnson prefers the early-model rods for applications up to 400 hp, but has used the late-stock rods in his own blown motor. With boost to 7 psi, any rods will work, but beyond 10 psi, he prefers the Crower forgings.
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the article goes to say you can get 2k horsepower if you want, with 2 giant turbos and a IC. and a lot of other stuff. 85 injectors, twin 4 barrel throttle bodys and that holley controller
Dude if you want 400 WHP + out of a northstar plan on spending atleast $4000+ and good luck finding proper tuning. They are VERY expenisve to mod. Probably one of the single most expensive engines to mod becuase so little number of people do that there is little to no after market for them. Almost anything you can get for them will have to be custom made and that gets really pricey really quick. Then your going to be breaking other stuff once your putting down more power. Like everyone said spend $600 get a proper N2O kit and there ya go 100 Hp at the touch of a button.
but to get that 100hp, how long will my engine last under those conditions?