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Originally Posted by 1972SuperCheyenne
My thing is, so many people say "I want to build a 600-1000 HP engine for my truck. But how many of you have driven something with that kind of power? I would bet if you drove something with a honest 400-500 HP you would be more than happy for a weekend toy/daily driver. 800HP IS going to break rear axles, transmissions, mounts, crossmembers, etc, etc, if it ever starts to think about hooking. 500 horsepower in anything on the street is STUPID fast! Most people dont consider the things like upgraded brakes either. Not saying 800hp isnt cool (it definately is) but think about what you want to use the truck for. You can build a 500 horse 6.0 LQ9 with stock everything and a small single turbo.
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How much power do you think my truck is making now? All i'm wanting is something that i can put ac, and power disk brakes back on my truck, drive it 500 miles if i want to and get close to 20 mpg and put some serious power to the rear wheels. Yea, i can drive my 600hp big block 500 miles, but i'll have to stop a couple more times for fuel. Plus a turbo powered ls in a 69 chevy truck will turn more heads than a $50000 camaro, mustang or challenger with less power.... What i want is a dual purpose truck (show and strip)...