[Fasterthanyou]

Cool, then it isn't so useless . I have kept tabs on the ecotec motor to see how it does against the competition. They're getting some serious horsepower out of the stock black and crank! Rods are always an issue and the stock pistons aren't designed for tons of bmep. Replacing those 2 things alone and doing a good head porting job should be relatively inexpensive for a domestic inline 4 to support 500+hp.
The turbo is a no brainer but they should at least aftercool the blower setup. Then the smaller pulley won't be overdriving the blower and pushing 12psi with air temps of 240+ .
I'd like to see some northstar engines making 500hp n/a. If that could be done with just cams, port/polish, and an intake then I'd be seriously considering it. Nothing compares to having 4 valves per cylinder, not even a turbo. Completely stock Lt1 with arao engineering heads and headers made 475hp at redline. That redline was the bottom end, the horsepower was still increasing.