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Originally Posted by ShizzySupra

Just do the Cunningham drop-in rods and pistons. The extra labor is negligible when doing a cam since almost everything is removed at that point. Good insurance for those wanting to push more. I would comfortably push the stock internals to 700-750+whp through an auto but I am a little riskier than most. I know I would want more since these cars are so heavy, so I am opting for the drop in rods/pistons to have 1000+whp worry free.

All of the drop in pistons I have seen maintain the stock compression ratio of 11.5 to 1. This is too much compression to run significant boost on pump gas. The stock compression ratio is only going to allow about 650 whp unless you run alcohol or high octane race gas. I'm going to drop to at least 10 to 1 compression ratio so I can push more boost off of pump gas.....it is really easy with turbos, just adjust the wastegate spring/settings.

*edit* I went to the Cunningham page.. http://www.cunningham-motorsports.co...bbcfecd6d8a275 and saw that these are 10.5 to 1 pistons. That is better but I have a lot more boost potential than most superchargers so I'm going to drop it even more while it is out. The other thing is my engine failed so it needs a complete disassembly and inspection, may have piston or ring fragments in the bottom so I need all new bearings and seals.