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GOD ALMIGHTY

STEP aside Barra, Mod Motor and LS fanboys, because the new king of the stock bottom end is here, and its name is Godzilla. Ford’s 445-cube small-block has been making news since it debuted under the bonnet of the medium-duty truck range back in 2019, with a tough, deep-skirted iron block, six-bolt mains, forged crank, and deep-breathing, pushrod heads.

Melbourne’s Harrop Engineering got together with Dandy Engines to test out what a TVS blower can make on a stock Godzilla long motor, and the answer is: serious steam! How does 800hp on 98 RON and 1015hp on E85 catch you – all through stock valve springs, stock cam and a totally OE-spec bottom end? And this is just the

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