So, I was looking around the forums, search tool is lovely, thankyou for incorporating it, and I've come to the conclusion that the grand whopping horsepower limit for a FS-DE on stock internals is around 190 WHP...that's wheel horse. Granted...that's a lot for an engine that only ever made 90whp N/A. NOW, I was looking and just like any other engine that is popular to build, people make forged internals for this engine. Woo! Now, the stock engine's weakest link seems to be the rods (Aside from the oil starvation issue...). The stock rods, through my research and discussion with a few other people here and on other forums seem to be capable of only 190whp...which is where my original figure came in. Now...it would seem the stock pistons can handle a little more, around 200-210whp...which got me to thinking...
What are the limits to the FS-DE on forged internals? That's forged Rods, forged Pistons, and let's go a little nuts here and say what the hell, we'll go ahead and put some better valve springs in there too.
What would this theoretical engine be capable of? Granted, I'm not talking about what parts or turbos are used to MAKE the horsepower needed to blow a forged motor. I'm talking with the proper safeguards, tuning, fuel enrichment, blah blah, what can a forged motor be expected to handle in terms of wheel horsepower? ...ballpark figure...
What are the limits to the FS-DE on forged internals? That's forged Rods, forged Pistons, and let's go a little nuts here and say what the hell, we'll go ahead and put some better valve springs in there too.
What would this theoretical engine be capable of? Granted, I'm not talking about what parts or turbos are used to MAKE the horsepower needed to blow a forged motor. I'm talking with the proper safeguards, tuning, fuel enrichment, blah blah, what can a forged motor be expected to handle in terms of wheel horsepower? ...ballpark figure...