how much will this handle..help!

[horibridturbo]

Another old q but its important

got an 86 tl block freshly rebuilt with mahale forged pistons and 6 bolt crank

how far can i push this, i am planning on running at least 300hp. is this safe?

[beefalobilly]

most probably not, do you have stock t1 rods?

[Mario_Boost]

I'm sure he's gone faster now, but I remember Jon (csxt665), ran an 11.9 in his csx-t on a stock 88 t1 block bored .20 over. That's with a relentless cal. Definatly some fine tuning!

Are you sure that those mahles are forged and not cast?

[beefalobilly]

the guys at forward motion say the actual block itself is good to about 300 hp in a street/strip car, other places (dodgegarage.com) put the limit at 250. I've talked to others who feel the early block is given a bad rep (and are running high hp in them) the rods are what will be the weak point.