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Old April 7th, 2007, 09:22 AM   #1
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building the block? or supercharging


which would be the better way to go, build up a 302, (boring out the block, porting and polishing it, new cam, heads, intake manifold, pistons, rods) or just going strait to a supercharger?
 
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well if you want to get complicated and have time i would rebuild and stroke but if your in need of power and dont feel like a rebuild i'd say supercharger
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I have a 347 stroker motor and it is amazing ...anderson custom grind cam twisted wedge heads trick flow upper and lower intake 75mm throttle body CHP short block with forged internals...obviously depending on what supercharger your going with but my brother had an 88 GT and had a 302 GT40 crate motor with a powerdyne s/c running around 8 psi ...i beat him in a race just some thought
 
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