Forged Pistons?

It's not so much the HP rather the amount of boost thrown into the cylinders. These motors were not designed to handle loads of extra cylinder pressure all at one time. lol

You will need to upgrade MORE than just the piston's. Connecting rods, retainers, ect...

Check out our vendors for forged parts and pricing.

 

on a stock block, I would NOT excede 6psi.

Now there are others who are pushing that envelope, but they also have back up plans in place in the event of motor failure. Let's say these guys are wanting to find where the limits are.

Me personally, have already experienced motor failure and have a very good idea where the limits are. lol

 

If you're going to go forged, you'll need pistons, connecting rods, and a rotating assembly balance at the minimum. The stock piston is fine up to 600 RWHP, as long as you're careful to control temps and avoid detonation. ^^^Ron's a sissy, I run 9 pounds of boost on stock pistons.

With any boost system, you should look at cooling the air charge, aftermarket fuel rails with front cross-over, possibly a water/meth system, and custom tune.

 

bwahahaha sissy my ass. I ran 9psi on my first motor.. lol Of course I dicked with the tune. haha

 

haha This was nearly three years ago (Before Diablo). I was running a Paxton Novi 1500 at 8.5lbs stock motor and piggy back ECU with auxillary injectors.

I messed with the tune and BOOM! lol

Tuning is the key here. Yes there are a few excellent tuners that can make things safe for you, but the question stands, "How long will the bottom end last?"

 

ummmm, you might want to "Reconsider" KRC.

 

I heard that some of our early modders had problems with Marty at KRC. The rods are weak also, not just the pistons. We have several vendors on here that can fix you up with forged rotationg assemblies, short blocks, long blocks or complete motors. It really doesn't cost that much more to take it out to 426.
Think out what your budget will be and go from there. There are other considerations, such as compression ratio, heads, cam, etc. Or you can just put in a forged 6.1 rotating assembly and probably be able to make plenty of HP with twin turbos.
Talk it up, we're here to help.

 

I have a Vortech supercharger with dual cooler cores in the aftercooler loop, water/meth injection, bigger fuel line and aftermarket fuel rails with front and rear cross overs, and a custom tune. I haven't had the car on the dyno since we started custom tuning and upped the boost a little bit. At 7.5 pounds of boost, I was at 550 RWHP. I'm probably somewhere around 600 RWHP now.

Like I said, heat and detonation kill stock motors. So the increased aftercooler capacity and water injection cool the air charge and cyliners and the meth injection, bigger fuel system, and proper tune control detonation.

 

Thanks! I've had the blower since July last year. I ran 7.5 pounds through the end of the year and then I started going up from there. The tune is still a work in progress.

 

Are you still in NY?

There are many great vendors to choose from here. CMW, HHP, PPP, SHR, BMC, to name a few.

Also, Erik (Hemi31) does installs and is in the great NY State area. He is the CHIEF resident and can install anything at a fair price. Erik is also a Vendor here BFNY Performance.

You will be in GREAT hands with any of the Great Vendors we have here.

Ron

 

I am fairly confident that Mike (Lafrad) can do the tuning for the STS?

Mike is associated with Stu from Inertia, another one of our fine vendors. hehe

 

Ron covered the vendors. I would get with Erik , Hemi31, and see what he recommends.

You'll need to figure out how much your going to have left over from your STS TT setup, and go from there.

 

Mike

PM me...

I am having my motor forged and built right now to take a high boost supercharger

and im like 20 min's from you

we can discuss lol