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<blockquote data-quote="truebluedevil02" data-source="post: 10831026" data-attributes="member: 43475"><p>First off, do a little research, it goes a LONG ways. 2nd by your post im guessing you dont know a lot about making power since your post is SOOOO ambiguous that I could make this post 15 pages long without problem. 3rd and probably most importantly WHAT IS YOUR BUDGET? 4th CHEAP, FAST, RELIABLE, pick 2. 5th It completely depends on what you want. Do you want 500BHP or 500WHP? That is about a 60-80hp difference so which is it. 6th do you want NA power, turbo power, of supercharged power. Each set up acts COMPLETELY differently. NA is a lot more simple to work on as there is less junk in the way. Turbo makes the most power per PSI but adds the most weight, parts, tubing, and suspension mods. A supercharger is cheaper than a turbo and similar to NA in price but you still have extra junk in the engine bay to work around plus with turbos and superchargers you will need extra gauges to monitor boost, etc.</p><p></p><p>The set up I have makes 510BHP (hp at the motor, 429WHP). If you want 500WHP NA then take a 351W stroke it to 408(like mine) 427, GOOD heads, AFR 205's or 225's, good size properly chosen cam, good intake, lose the smog and mechanical water pump for an electric water pump and you'll be looking at a 500whp that will run for a long time at around 10.5/1 static comp ratio. 500hp on a stock 302 will risk splitting the block, a 351W block can hold over 700hp on the "weak" model years and up to 1000WHP on the years between 1969-1974. Unless you go with a race block from Man-O-War or Dart there is no 302 block that will RELIABLY hold 500whp except a 69-74 "Mexican" 302 that is properly built. A dart 302 bare block is about $1600 by itself. </p><p></p><p>If you just want 500BHP then take a stock 302, put a good turbo kit on it, run 10ish psi and there ya go, it WILL blow eventually though so a smart person will make sure there saving for a built motor once that happens. You could also go the HCI and small blower route like mentioned above and get the same result, the HCI setup will be more over all work and cost roughly the same as a basic turbo kit. Like I said, I could go on and on and on and on. My car at sea level will run high 10's in the 1/4 and can be driven on the street but it scares children at lights, wakes the neighbors, etc. a supercharged/turbo car can act and drive like a bone stock car until you get into boost. Either way be ready to spend AT LEAST $6000 to do it RIGHT and thats with you doing most of the labor. You also need to consider that the stock T5 wont hold 500hp for long, the stock clutch wont hold 500 at all and the rear end wont like the power either. Good luck with your choice.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="truebluedevil02, post: 10831026, member: 43475"] First off, do a little research, it goes a LONG ways. 2nd by your post im guessing you dont know a lot about making power since your post is SOOOO ambiguous that I could make this post 15 pages long without problem. 3rd and probably most importantly WHAT IS YOUR BUDGET? 4th CHEAP, FAST, RELIABLE, pick 2. 5th It completely depends on what you want. Do you want 500BHP or 500WHP? That is about a 60-80hp difference so which is it. 6th do you want NA power, turbo power, of supercharged power. Each set up acts COMPLETELY differently. NA is a lot more simple to work on as there is less junk in the way. Turbo makes the most power per PSI but adds the most weight, parts, tubing, and suspension mods. A supercharger is cheaper than a turbo and similar to NA in price but you still have extra junk in the engine bay to work around plus with turbos and superchargers you will need extra gauges to monitor boost, etc. The set up I have makes 510BHP (hp at the motor, 429WHP). If you want 500WHP NA then take a 351W stroke it to 408(like mine) 427, GOOD heads, AFR 205's or 225's, good size properly chosen cam, good intake, lose the smog and mechanical water pump for an electric water pump and you'll be looking at a 500whp that will run for a long time at around 10.5/1 static comp ratio. 500hp on a stock 302 will risk splitting the block, a 351W block can hold over 700hp on the "weak" model years and up to 1000WHP on the years between 1969-1974. Unless you go with a race block from Man-O-War or Dart there is no 302 block that will RELIABLY hold 500whp except a 69-74 "Mexican" 302 that is properly built. A dart 302 bare block is about $1600 by itself. If you just want 500BHP then take a stock 302, put a good turbo kit on it, run 10ish psi and there ya go, it WILL blow eventually though so a smart person will make sure there saving for a built motor once that happens. You could also go the HCI and small blower route like mentioned above and get the same result, the HCI setup will be more over all work and cost roughly the same as a basic turbo kit. Like I said, I could go on and on and on and on. My car at sea level will run high 10's in the 1/4 and can be driven on the street but it scares children at lights, wakes the neighbors, etc. a supercharged/turbo car can act and drive like a bone stock car until you get into boost. Either way be ready to spend AT LEAST $6000 to do it RIGHT and thats with you doing most of the labor. You also need to consider that the stock T5 wont hold 500hp for long, the stock clutch wont hold 500 at all and the rear end wont like the power either. Good luck with your choice. [/QUOTE]
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