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Boost or V8 for your Chevy project truck? Why not both?


Gorehamj
  • John Goreham
    Contributing Writer, GM-Trucks.com
    9/3/2015
    Chevy's latest V8 crate engine can handle boost of up to 15 psi. That means you can take this V8 and either supercharge or turbocharge it. Chevy says the curve below was from its LSX 376B15 engine without boost running 87 octane fuel. 450 ft-lb of torque and about 420 HP before you breathe on it.

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Chevy says the engine started with the "...LS steel Bowtie standard-deck block, added a forged-steel crankshaft, forged rods, and forged pistons, then topped off the short-block assembly with high-flow, rectangular-port LSX-LS3 six-bolt aluminum heads for supercharged and turbocharged combinations." The $9,875 crate engine arrives without an intake manifold and no accessories. You built it up. For more information check out Chevy's infomercial on the engine. How would this short-block with a blower do in your dream build?


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