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Originally Posted by justjames80
NOTHING is reliable when you start pushing north of 600hp. It doesn't matter if you spend money on all the right parts and have a dialed-in tune...something is going to fail one way or another. I've been working on a 8-second street Mustang the last 18 months of which it has been actually running maybe 4 of them. Engine, transmission, driveshaft, rear end, fuel system all built to handle at least twice the 1000 or so hp this car is making. Broke the timing chain, bent valves and pushrods, and now it's stripped down to the shortblock again. A truck isn't more or less susceptible to such things either. Who would be posting in this forum if everyone just built cars to be quick? How boring.
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Im sorry, if your using a Timing Chain on a 8 second mustang you didnt do your homework. Seriously get a gear kit. What sort of compression are you running? What size headbolts are you using? Did you upgrade to studs?
If you didnt build the motor, I would dump it on the front door of who did. Obvious they didnt know what they were doing... Timing chain.....
Not trying to be a ****, but buying top parts and slapping it together is no way to build a motor. I would hate to see someone blow a motor just to rebuild it exact same without fixing the mistakes.