Greetings, all. It's been quite some time since I posted here, but a new project has brought me back.
Here's the scoop: I have a 64 Nova with the original 194 and PG behind it. I drove it in last year's Hot Rod Power Tour. (Yeah - not much of a hot rod, but 2400 or so miles on a 50 year old engine that hadn't been driven for years has to count for something, right?
) I'd like to pep the old girl up just a tad for this year's tour without a full rebuild, so I'm considering a mild turbo set up.
My question to you all is this: Will a stock engine hold together after adding a mild amount of blow through boost (5 lbs or so) without coming apart? If I could get 200 HP out of the little 194, I'd be happy. I actually have a 230 as well, and if there is a long term plan it would be to build that engine the right way and swap it in.
From other threads I've read, it
LOOKS like the stock engine can take the extra stresses, but I wanted to ask the question directly.