Been doing so much research i managed to confuse myself

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Well I decided to do all my appearance mods first and I am now approaching the end of that...Going to do subframes and some suspension mods this month. Then comes the monster....the engine. I have been reading thru dozens of posts and reading articles....But then I never did anything so now all that info is jumbled in my head.... Basically I was wondering if someone could recommend a recipe for a about 300hp to the wheels of my 92 drop so far it has 373 rear, 18in wheels (also have some 17in cobras). Aluminum DS, will have full length sub-frames. Also will have a semi-manual valve body (lentech) and a rebuilt AOD with some enhanced internals. I am thinking about just supercharging it and take the quick route. But I would like to have an idea of other supporting mods I should get for the motor? Heads? Cam?.....I know this has been talked about alot, but I have researched I just never did anything with the info so I just need some reassurance on the route I should take. Also I need an option without supercharging.

Any advice (even negative) is appreciated.

 

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one word... Trickflow...

They have awesome packages (street and track H/C/I) that will pretty much guarantee 300 RWHP on a healthy engine. I am planning to do this in the next year with my truck.

 

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thanks for the reply I am looking into that route as well. But what constitututes a healthy engine? I heard the same thing about a supercharger as well. PLace it on ahealthy engine. I take very good care of my engine in its stock form. I want to avoid buying some hi-po parts only to have my actual engine block fail due to not being able to handle the upgrade.....The whole concept of proper component matching is very confusing.

 

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The stock 5.0L block can handle 450 hp before you start playing russion roulette (spl?). The Trick flow H/C/I set up will get you to about 350 hp (flywheel) and 375 torque. A healthy engine is one with decent compression (anything above 135 would be my limit) and be very similar across the board (within 10/15%). Other factors should be included but this is the main one for me.

I am choosing the HCI set up over the supercharger moslty for reliability purposes. I have a fear of many things going wrong with slapping a s/c on a stock 5.0 (head gaskets going etc.) I want to keep this relatively cheap, and looking at the Trick Flow and s/c options, both are intially similar in cost, the s/c seems like it would cost more down the road to do it properly I think.

These are my opinions and anyone is welcome to comment on them if you feel s/c is more worthwhile. I'm always interested to learn.