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Originally Posted by Aqua Blue RS/SS
You’ve got to be joking about fords being cheaper/more reliable than the GM platforms for modding right? Really not trying to be a jerk here but that is the calling card of the LS/LT platforms, how bullet proof they are. I realize the LT’s are more expensive to mod than the LS stuff is but fords over head cam motors are a problem filled joke all the way around.
They are well known for dropping valves among other things in stock form and not that’s not just the GT350’s. Hell even the Godzilla 7.3 gas truck motors that went back to pushrods are eating cams left and right in stock form. You say you don’t want a modded car but then say you could slap a pulley on the GT 500 and make another 100HP?
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Not joking at all. I have only seen a coyote or modular motor drop a valve on very very few occasions. They also don’t have lifter problems like the LTX. Not saying it doesn’t happen, but it seems less prevalent versus the lsx/LTX platform. If the LS7 wasn’t so susceptible to valve drops a c6 z06 would be in my garage, no questions asked. That’s one of my bucket list cars as well annd my favorite engine from a performance perspective. In fact I’d argue it’s the greatest NA motor of all time from that perspective.
You are correct it’s way too expensive to mod the LTX platform. You want boost? It’s best you do drop in pistons because the piston ring end gaps are too tight from the factory and I’ve seen too many examples of them kissing on here. E85 helps but unfortunately that isn’t around in my neck of the woods. You want to go heads cam? Unless we do the labor ourselves a proper heads cam intake and exhaust setup will run you roughly 12k from a name brand shop. You’ll make between 550-600 whp. That is a Badass NA setup for sure but that 12k can get you 650+ in a boosted coyote. If I had a 5th Gen like you I probably would at some point do a heads cam setup. Way more economical in those cars than the 6th Gen platform. I believe the 5th Gen and lsx platform to be way more mod friendly than the LTX. I like the LSA as well if my goal was a big HP number.
You might be right about the Godzilla motor (haven’t even learned much about it) but I’m not even considering buying a car and dropping that in. I just mentioned the thing about a pulley swap in the GT500 because it’s a very mild and cheap upgrade if I again get used to the power and want more. My goal is to not have to mod. My SS 1le feels very underpowered from the factory mainly because the chassis is that good and I’m just too used to the LT1 at this point.