MONTE CARLO Engine Advice: 450-500 whp (Stock Hood)

[L92 OLDS]

Here you go. 455HP, a smooth idle, reasonable fuel mileage, and legal in California. Chevrolet performance E rod package. I know it breaks your $6,500 budget but you can thank the liberal tree hugger's and the people of your state that voted for for them. Turbo LS would be the most cost effective.

https://www.summitracing.com/parts/...MIpqOwoYDI3wIVEtbACh2tfgB1EAQYAiABEgKCqvD_BwE


Chevrolet LT1 6.2L E-Rod long block crate engine specs and features include:

* Cast aluminum with 6-bolt nodular iron main bearing caps
* Direct-injection, spark-ignition Gen-V small block V8
* Horsepower: 455 at 6,000 rpm
* Torque: 465 lbs.-ft. at 4,600 rpm
* Crankshaft: Forged steel
* Connecting rods: Forged powdered metal
* Pistons: Eutectic
* Camshaft type: Billet steel roller
* Valve lift (in.): .561 intake/.531 exhaust
* Camshaft duration (at 0.050 in.): 200 degrees intake/212 degrees exhaust
* Cylinder heads: Aluminum, rectangular port D/I
* Valve size (in.): 2.13 intake/1.59 exhaust
* Compression ratio: 11.5:1
* Rocker arms: Investment-cast, roller trunnion
* Rocker arm ratio: 1.81:1
* Recommended fuel: Premium pump
* Maximum recommended rpm: 6600
* Reluctor wheel: 58X
* Balanced: Internal
* Engine control module
* Exhaust manifolds
* Catalytic converters
* Mass airflow sensor and sensor boss
* Oxygen sensors and sensor bosses
* Air filter
* Accelerator pedal
* Evaporative emissions canister
* Instruction manual

 

[motorheadmike]

Here you go. 455HP, a smooth idle, reasonable fuel mileage, and legal in California. Chevrolet performance E rod package. I know it breaks your $6,500 budget but you can thank the liberal tree hugger's and the people of your state that voted for for them. Turbo LS would be the most cost effective.

https://www.summitracing.com/parts/...MIpqOwoYDI3wIVEtbACh2tfgB1EAQYAiABEgKCqvD_BwE


Chevrolet LT1 6.2L E-Rod long block crate engine specs and features include:

* Cast aluminum with 6-bolt nodular iron main bearing caps
* Direct-injection, spark-ignition Gen-V small block V8
* Horsepower: 455 at 6,000 rpm
* Torque: 465 lbs.-ft. at 4,600 rpm
* Crankshaft: Forged steel
* Connecting rods: Forged powdered metal
* Pistons: Eutectic
* Camshaft type: Billet steel roller
* Valve lift (in.): .561 intake/.531 exhaust
* Camshaft duration (at 0.050 in.): 200 degrees intake/212 degrees exhaust
* Cylinder heads: Aluminum, rectangular port D/I
* Valve size (in.): 2.13 intake/1.59 exhaust
* Compression ratio: 11.5:1
* Rocker arms: Investment-cast, roller trunnion
* Rocker arm ratio: 1.81:1
* Recommended fuel: Premium pump
* Maximum recommended rpm: 6600
* Reluctor wheel: 58X
* Balanced: Internal
* Engine control module
* Exhaust manifolds
* Catalytic converters
* Mass airflow sensor and sensor boss
* Oxygen sensors and sensor bosses
* Air filter
* Accelerator pedal
* Evaporative emissions canister
* Instruction manual

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All well and good until the Smog Nazis realize you modified the manifolds/cats to fit in your car. Cheaper to move to a new State.

 

[pontiacgp]

To be fast enough to drive in Elon Musk's newest invention, the subway system. https://www.cnn.com/videos/business...ys-will-solve-la-traffic-lc-orig.cnn-business

how would that be any different than with an automated lane on a highway......and what will his tunnel look like when a earthquake hits

 

[pagrunt]

how would that be any different than with an automated lane on a highway......and what will his tunnel look like when a earthquake hits

Like a lawsuit.

 

[DRIVEN]

Earthquake? I thought California banned those.

 

[Clone TIE Pilot]

Other issue is reinforcing your car to handle 450-500hp. Stock G bodies begin to twist apart around 350-400 hp in mint condition. Not to mention brake upgrades to stop that much power.

A Vortec SBC can easily reach 400-450 hp in n/a form.

 

[DRIVEN]

Agreed. A 380-400hp Vortec would be a lot of reliable fun in a driver and leave plenty of budget for exhaust, brakes, rearend, and transmission upgrades. Plus, it's a bolt-in.

 

[SG31]

Thank you all for the replies. My budget for reinforcing the car has somewhat been calculated. It is definitely a concern on upgrading the entire car to make it handle such power. I will say that I do like the idea of the Vortec sbc due to it being much more cost effective and the idea of just pulling an ls3/ crate engine. I guess it is back to the money calculations and searching up offerup/ebay to reassess how much money I can put in the car with the 1.5x rule. Again, thank you all for the help, it is greatly appreciated, especially for someone new like me.

Edit: And LA traffic for me isn't as bad as you guys make it seem . I go out in the day and work a graveyard shift, not sure if that's a thing to brag about though .

 

[SG31]

Here you go. 455HP, a smooth idle, reasonable fuel mileage, and legal in California. Chevrolet performance E rod package. I know it breaks your $6,500 budget but you can thank the liberal tree hugger's and the people of your state that voted for for them. Turbo LS would be the most cost effective.

https://www.summitracing.com/parts/...MIpqOwoYDI3wIVEtbACh2tfgB1EAQYAiABEgKCqvD_BwE


Chevrolet LT1 6.2L E-Rod long block crate engine specs and features include:

* Cast aluminum with 6-bolt nodular iron main bearing caps
* Direct-injection, spark-ignition Gen-V small block V8
* Horsepower: 455 at 6,000 rpm
* Torque: 465 lbs.-ft. at 4,600 rpm
* Crankshaft: Forged steel
* Connecting rods: Forged powdered metal
* Pistons: Eutectic
* Camshaft type: Billet steel roller
* Valve lift (in.): .561 intake/.531 exhaust
* Camshaft duration (at 0.050 in.): 200 degrees intake/212 degrees exhaust
* Cylinder heads: Aluminum, rectangular port D/I
* Valve size (in.): 2.13 intake/1.59 exhaust
* Compression ratio: 11.5:1
* Rocker arms: Investment-cast, roller trunnion
* Rocker arm ratio: 1.81:1
* Recommended fuel: Premium pump
* Maximum recommended rpm: 6600
* Reluctor wheel: 58X
* Balanced: Internal
* Engine control module
* Exhaust manifolds
* Catalytic converters
* Mass airflow sensor and sensor boss
* Oxygen sensors and sensor bosses
* Air filter
* Accelerator pedal
* Evaporative emissions canister
* Instruction manual

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Your post gave me inspiration and I found this https://www.jegs.com/i/Chevrolet-Performance/809/19370415/10002/-1 so if I ever do decide to break the budget, and want to go the legal route , this may not be "too" bad of an option, besides the price...

 

[lilbowtie]

As pontiacgp asked why do you want 500 HP. If it's just because I'm alright with that but is there a specific need.