I love big power wedge motors! Mine made around 600HP prior to swapping over to the turbo build, this was on pump 93 running 34* timing. It is so easy to make 700+HP with a turbo engine it is almost ridiculous though. Little 5.3 LSx engines are making this kind of power to the rear, with minimal modifications. I am talking junkyard 5.3 Chevrolet engines, with as little as a camshaft swap (most choose LS6/LS9 factory designs), heavy duty valve springs, and a large BW T6 S475/S480. They will last forever at this power level as well. It is remarkable to say the least, and really opens your eyes. I remember ten years ago at the local 1/8th mile strip, a stock foxbody mustang hatchback (exterior wise, was a twin turbo 347) still sporting pony rims and street radials (not sure if the M/T DR's were even out back then) ran 5.9 seconds in the 1/8th mile. This car sounded bone stock, he was only allowed to run one pass before they kicked him off. Their was a 500ci duster with Indy 440-1 Heads and a radical solid' camshaft out their as well, running a 275 two stage nitrous setup. It was a big tire car, with 4.56 gears. He ran near identical times. It should have opened my eyes back then, foolishly, I took it as a fluke as turbocharging was foreign to me and only 'the ricers' done it. What an altered way of thinking this was to say the least.
