FE Block Filler

[jmlay]

https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#sourceid=chrome-psyapi2&ie=UTF-8&q=blp%20piston%20oiling%20system

[Joe-JDC]

Even the 4.6 guys and LSI streeters I have seen come no where near 2000 street HP, sure if you run alcohol and a huge nitrous kit you could produce that much power but what kind of drivetrain are you going to use? And I hardly consider alcohol and nitrous oxide street fuel, at least at any gas station I go to. To say you have 2000 streetable HP is more like saying I have a drag car with license plates. As I said 4 HP per cubic inch would seem a little far fetched on a old school V8 on the street running gasoline, yes top fuel cars produce 8000 HP but that does not mean a street driven car made in 1964 can produce 2000 and run on pump gas. It would seem I keep being taken out of context as I do not dispute engines can produce 4 or more HP per cubic inch but it would be at the cost of crossing the line between a street driven car to a strictly race vehicle. This has been my argument with the logic at hand all along, not the maximum potential of any engine as that is not even a relevant subject here. No one here is building ultra modern fast and furious cars running four turbos and talking about it, this site is for a certain engine series built by Ford and that is what I am making reference to. Can a SOHC produce more than 1200 HP? Sure it can, on the street with 91 octane? Doubt it.

Your whole argument hinges on 91 octane.  No other engine, regardless of make can make the claimed horsepower you mention with 91 octane, either.  They all have octane boosters of some sort, whether alcohol, methanol, C-12,-16, VP, etc.. A FE can be as competitive as any engine within the same parameters.   The shortcoming of any FE is the head flow available, but there are some out there now that will make the power, and intakes are available to complement the heads.  All it takes is money.  Joe-JDC

[fe66comet]

That is my point exactly, to be a liquid cooled, unfilled block, and running with the parameters like a full bodied super stock car must run, I would say 1200 is pushing the envelope of a car that is a street driven car. Past that you have a dedicated drag car was my point and filling the block is not a bad idea. I would say all components after 1000 HP become marginal and breakage is inevitable in a stock configured car. I have seen well built power glides explode at 1200 HP that were completely aftermarket components and a 9" is rated to about 900 HP after that you start looking at race specific parts that limit its use to a track only vehicle. To say the vehicle is a street drivable car becomes a narrow margin at some point.