dros44 Posted December 15, 2004 Report Share Posted December 15, 2004 Instead of a supercharger or NOS i was thinking about doing a crate engine. looking at the 502 Chevy High performance zz502. Says 450 hp and 550/lb ft torque. Can anyone help me with any of this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TurbochargedBerserker Posted December 15, 2004 Report Share Posted December 15, 2004 Big job... I think you'd be better off with a power adder or a stroker (so you can at least keep your accessories, electronics, driveline, etc.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dros44 Posted December 15, 2004 Author Report Share Posted December 15, 2004 Im sorry but do you wanna explain what that means Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zippy Posted December 15, 2004 Report Share Posted December 15, 2004 you need to get a bigger cube gen III small block to keep everything a bolt in. a 502 would just be a pain in the ass with sub par performance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSLink Posted December 15, 2004 Report Share Posted December 15, 2004 Listen to Zippy. Just order up a 408 Gen III (bored and stroked 6.0 block) from APE or one of the other engine builders. It will make more power than that factory 502. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrAzYMoPaRGuY Posted December 15, 2004 Report Share Posted December 15, 2004 My neighbour directly across the street bought a ZZ502. He had high expectations, but the engine was somewhat of a dud. I have heard the quality of the rings and bearings are poor, and the engines should be "gone through", but it's just heresay to me, I have never stripped one down for my own eyes to take a boo. I can tell you the ZZ502 doesn't perform like I think a 500 horsepower engine should, I drove my neighbours and raced it with my cars. It wasn't as fast as it should have been. Not in my opinion anyways. I would look at Merlin, R-M, any engine builders first, and get a custom build, or better yet the 408 like the other guys have said...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dros44 Posted December 15, 2004 Author Report Share Posted December 15, 2004 yeah im gonna look at this 408 everyone is talking about. seems like an amazing idea with a huge upgrade in power. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zippy Posted December 15, 2004 Report Share Posted December 15, 2004 you could also check into the 402 from slp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dros44 Posted December 15, 2004 Author Report Share Posted December 15, 2004 thanx zippy im gonna look into both of them wish i had the money to do it now. And im sure I would need a transmission upgrade for that as well? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TurbochargedBerserker Posted December 15, 2004 Report Share Posted December 15, 2004 thanx zippy im gonna look into both of them wish i had the money to do it now. And im sure I would need a transmission upgrade for that as well? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Without question Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zippy Posted December 16, 2004 Report Share Posted December 16, 2004 thanx zippy im gonna look into both of them wish i had the money to do it now. And im sure I would need a transmission upgrade for that as well? Without question Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vette dude Posted December 16, 2004 Report Share Posted December 16, 2004 you could swap in the big block from a 1ton.... and u could keep all of ur accesories, and most likely ur electronics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zippy Posted December 16, 2004 Report Share Posted December 16, 2004 the 8.1 doesn't use all of the same accessories. the 8.1 in a truck also uses an allison trans so the wiring harness isn't going to like it either. too much work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GEAR M UP Posted December 16, 2004 Report Share Posted December 16, 2004 I don’t understand crate engines? They are great if you want to replace what you currently have, but if you want to increase HP/TQ I don’t see the benefit? There are tons of engine builders out there find one and build one up... Anything over 400 hp I would add shift kit, servo and all the other goodies Zippy would add..... Anything over 500 hp get a built transmission.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haul@ss Posted December 17, 2004 Report Share Posted December 17, 2004 Anything over 400 hp I would add shift kit, servo and all the other goodies Zippy would add..... Anything over 500 hp get a built transmission.... smash.gif and you would know this from what experience?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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