400+ hp daily driven? Options

[Arturio55]

Has anyone here daily driven a 3sgte swapped celi with an s54 tranny that was 400hp or more?
Swapping very soon and im gonna build it up next year...this is my only car so just want to know my limits.
Personal experiences only, not "well I read on alltrac.net ......"
although direct links to other websites about this topic will be acceptable.
im gonna have stock internals, MAYBE the street brawler turbo kit from KO in the future, if i cant reach my goal with the ct20b

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Alright, you're on your own. Have fun blowing up an engine that cost more than your car.

[Arturio55]

Alright, you're on your own. Have fun blowing up an engine that cost more than your car.

Oh ill have tons of fun.
if anyone else is curious tho, I will have quite a few supporting mods. In the original post I did say I would build up the engine. Only reason I didnt post everything here is because this isnt a mod list or "my project" post.
but I will have a hydra nemesis, prob bigger (880cc?) injectors, water injection, a turbo upgrade (maybe the street brawler kit) and other little things. Hell, I might go ahead and do forged internals but you negative nancys irritate me so much and make me want to use the stock internals out of spite. So we'll see. I dont wanna tear down the engine unless I get a daily car and actually have an entire week to myself to tear it down and rebuild it.

If all hell breaks loose then so be it. When Einstein was designing the atom bomb, they thought it would set the atmosphere on fire and destory earth. Yet the american government dumped billions of dollars into the project which was successful and they slaughtered a bunch of japanese people. Just like im gonna slaughter a bunch of japanese cars. (No offense to anyone of japanese orientation....dont worry I hate my government passionately)

Anyways....still, have this many comments and views, nobody has answered my original post

I guess I see things a bit differently than most people on here. You want 400 whp, I want you to have 400 whp. I think that's a little too much for a FWD street driven car, but SRT4's and Cobalt SS's do it all the time and I've seen Tao's beast in person, that thing is NUTS. Traction will be an issue, but LSD and damn good tires will help. And if 400 is too much, you can always turn the boost down. There aren't a lot here with that much power, so it'll be hard to get the answers you're looking for, but we have a lot of cookie-cutter builds around here (which are great! don't get me wrong,) but if someone wants to try something new then I'm all for it.

Thank you. You deserve a grammy award my good man. The support is appreciated more than you know. Ill do my best and be sure to document my progress.
do you have a link for anything on Tao's build?

This post has been edited by Arturio55: Nov 15, 2014 - 1:17 PM