Same as above link. I actually ordered that exact shortblock so I could start with a new block.
At the time and maybe now, they had built the fastest TVS Cobra Jets in the country.
I have nothing but positive to say about JDM and if I didn’t have Chris Holbrook so close I’d have a JDM Coyote to match my 5.8
Pretty easy to follow my formula:
JDM 5.8 short with ARP and OPG upgrades
Stock heads with JDM SS cams/springs
Then biggest you can get intake and exhaust:
Max ported/welded lower intake, KB Bigun cooler brick (about to be 1” lined VMP core), max ported Gen 3R VMP TVS, huge monoblade (current KB168), huge CAI (currently JLT 155), 2” primary to 3.5” to electric cutouts.
Make it a systems approach and you’ll exceed targets.
-J
The formula you are laying out is what I am running now for the most part. Bullet cams instead of JDM. I dumped my VMP and went with a KB. My heads are ported to shit and went with terminator timing components. I went with a balanced stock crank, it is plenty tough.
The only thing I would do different if I were to redo is to go with higher CR. Do not be afraid to be aggressive, especially if it is a track car. The set up as you lay out will handle anything you throw at it so dial it up.