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Old 01-22-2014, 08:46 PM   #48
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Originally Posted by FullBlown View Post
It is a hit or miss with these motors. Quality control on some of the OEM parts must of been overlooked. There were numerous times where our stock motor should of blown up but never did. We were testing all sorts of stuff and really didn't expect it to take the abuse it took.

However, I hear some guys blowing their motors up with hardly any power or stress applied.
Yeah I've read about guys running 300+ WHP for a year now without issues. I know Accelerated isn't really on the forums anymore but they put their stock motor through hell and back, hundreds of boosted dyno pulls, running it to 8500+ RPM, 400+ WHP. Not sure it ever let go.
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