Realistically speaking, how much power could the stock Z handle?

Fountainhead

You know what's really crazy? Those "speed shops" that "mod" and "tune" these cars have a brilliant business model. Mod a car, they blow it up, fix it and mod it further, blow it up, you know the rest. I see those places with a line of cars waiting to be modded, and an equal amount of cars broken on the sidelines waiting to get fixed.
I work with a guy who had his GTI "chipped" and I told him but he wouldn't listen, guess what, it blew up! He assured me the "Mod Shop" guys all told him it would be fine! Don't worry! LOL.
Fortunately it was a VW and they warranted the engine 'cause you know they're kind of bending over these days.
Wonder what the Mod Shop would say to his wanting to warranty the engine their tune blew up!

Rusty

HotrodZ does trackdays with with his. He's pushing over 600+ hp on a stock block.

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Quicksilvers

Our friend Hotrodz has all the supporting mods for his set up and I know his tune is spot on. If my memory serves me right didn’t Sebie do his tune? When pushing our VQ37HR engines to max I am a firm believer in the faster you push the envelope the less reliable it will be.

Rusty

Stock block, stock internals for now. He's planning on a built motor soon. HotrodZ pushes his Z, but he also takes care of it too.

Yea, Seb did his tune. The tune is everything on a motor when you go FI. A bad tune will give you nightmares of your credit report. A good tune, and you're a happy camper like HotrodZ.

The limiting factor is torque. If you keep the torque below 500 ftlbs. The motor lives. But once you start going higher on torque. The faster it will go BANG! That seems to the consensus.

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