hi all

i'm looking into a forged bottom end for my car so i can make around 400bhp/450bhp, i have a spare open deck block which i'm thinking about doing the build with, am i safe to run that kind of power on a open deck block or do i need a closed deck block?

be great to speak to someone who as done a open deck build before :-)

thanks

 

My odb is running 520hp, jura is running 480 iirc.

So yes been done before mate.

 

Hi there

Depends on part used and if is built correctly will hold the 500-550bhp,we are run on Open Deck Block 490bhp without the NOS


Jura

 

We've run them at that sort of level without unduly worrying about it.
I suppose given the choice, I'd always want a closed deck block, but then we'd all like the best available wouldn't we?