Quote Originally Posted by $nake Charmer View Post
to be honest, i never made it far enough to get like dyno #'s or anything. i was just going to run it on my stock 4.8 until i got my new motor built. but, it should show atleast a 50% gain in HP on stock motor. i never really got to drive it for a while because i kept blowing the elbows, and etc. that make up the intake apart when i put th throttle down, so the day i went to my welder to get all the aluminum intake welded together so it wouldnt blow it apart anymore is when i got to drive it like 20 miles and blew the damn ring(s) out in my motor(oil was spewing out of my dipstick line), but when i got on for the first time, my truck came alive, and went sideways like its never done before with 3:23 non-posi rear end... now i cant really drive my truck. so it sits until the time comes to drive it onto a trailer to go to the shop.
Are you sure your rings are gone. Did you remove pvc system and put breathers inplace of oil filler cap. Your engine might be ok unless you have done a compression/leak down test.