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Hard to choose between 5.4l or 6.2l
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<blockquote data-quote="dajohu" data-source="post: 8270159" data-attributes="member: 86007"><p>Well basically yes that is what I was getting at. Stock horsepower (or torque) has little to do with the the max hp you can get out of an engine. I had a 5.7 that was 160 hp stock, also 8.0 that was 300, and a 4.6 that was 300 stock. </p><p></p><p>I've heard that without getting too nuts you can usually get 100 hp per liter without S/C or T/C. I don't know if it's true or not but I've seen it used as a guide many times. Hey if it's totally out of line on this motor that is exactly the question I was looking for an answer for.</p><p></p><p>I don't know what cams are available, intake mods, exhaust, throttle bodies, or availability of tuners and have never had this engine. I'm just asking since I have limited experience. I bet the issue is how far would I be willing to go. Well I don't really know that myself but the biggest thing would be money - I have access to a mechanic who would be glad to help me for free, but I'm not willing to strip the engine down, bore it out and put new forged internals in or anything like that.</p><p></p><p>Maybe this would help me more than anything else. How far would 1k in parts (no labor) get the 5.4 if you had to guess, how about 2k?</p><p></p><p>Those two things would help me a bunch since I really don't want to S/C.</p><p></p><p>Edit:</p><p>I thought "power adder" was used for S/C and T/C, if cams and the above mods are considered power adders then that was my mis-use of the term.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dajohu, post: 8270159, member: 86007"] Well basically yes that is what I was getting at. Stock horsepower (or torque) has little to do with the the max hp you can get out of an engine. I had a 5.7 that was 160 hp stock, also 8.0 that was 300, and a 4.6 that was 300 stock. I've heard that without getting too nuts you can usually get 100 hp per liter without S/C or T/C. I don't know if it's true or not but I've seen it used as a guide many times. Hey if it's totally out of line on this motor that is exactly the question I was looking for an answer for. I don't know what cams are available, intake mods, exhaust, throttle bodies, or availability of tuners and have never had this engine. I'm just asking since I have limited experience. I bet the issue is how far would I be willing to go. Well I don't really know that myself but the biggest thing would be money - I have access to a mechanic who would be glad to help me for free, but I'm not willing to strip the engine down, bore it out and put new forged internals in or anything like that. Maybe this would help me more than anything else. How far would 1k in parts (no labor) get the 5.4 if you had to guess, how about 2k? Those two things would help me a bunch since I really don't want to S/C. Edit: I thought "power adder" was used for S/C and T/C, if cams and the above mods are considered power adders then that was my mis-use of the term. [/QUOTE]
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