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Originally Posted by Billy Mild
People said this about the 944 Turbo engine as well. It is open deck. One way around that was either using iron sleeves, or putting cement in the engine block to stabilize the cylinders.
http://rennlist.com/forums/944-turbo...ker-build.html
Before the ZR-1 I was big into 944's. Still one of my favorite cars of all time. There were a few guys who made a "hybrid stroker" engine. Granted I don't think the LT5 has rod bearing issues like the 944's do, but the stabilizing of the cylinder is still good food for thought.
I have seen some random ones on the internet, just not a lot. I guess these were low production cars so most would rather keep them in the garage and wipe them with a diaper...
I'm sure these builds are $$$$$. Much more than I can afford. Haha |
Some of the FBI gang here in northern IL have gone the
AES route and converted the motors to closed deck variants - primarily for big-inch LT5 apps., taking a page out of some tricked out, highly forced (Honda) motors.
I'm not aware of any forced AES LT5s, but those so modified stand to support forced induction, according to AES.