No need to split hairs. The point they are making is that the motor in that car is more built than 99.5% of the GT500s out there. 1200 whp and 26 psi is not what people without significant internal engine work and a lot of supporting mods should expect from a gen 3. Obviously “max effort” is a relative term. Any build can be pushed further with a bigger budget, so theoretically (unless you are bill gates), there isn’t a ceiling for what can be done. That said, nice build, OP.
It’s not splitting hairs, there’s just a difference between a fairly basic,
matched rod/piston/H/C combo and a true max effort combo.
There will eventually be a ceiling imposed by the engine’s architecture.
The point I am making is that Cody’s combo is not a max effort combo even within the context of the 5.4/5.8 GT500 engine platform. To me, max effort means max effort, not simply built
or modified.
“Max effort” often gets thrown around to imply there is nothing more to be had. That isn’t the case here.
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