Originally Posted by Uriah

I don't think it's that big a deal (turbo on a non-turbo). I've played around with superchargers on mostly Ford V8s (351Cs, 351Ws, 302s, 429-460s, ect...) over the years, and while you won't be building a 100K engine (hot rods), a stock engine will take 4-5 pounds of boost without much issue.

The last 302 I built with a small B&M supercharger had cleaned up factory heads, good rod bolts, forged pistons, good exhaust, and little else. I drove that one over 80K with no issues, and made 200 passes on it, easy.

I figure with the typical diesel, I'm ahead of the game as most of that is already done. I mean, Banks made kits for Ford (well, International) 6.9s, 7.3s, GM 6.2s, ect... for years with no ill effects, so I figure a 616 shouldn't be that much different... as long as you don't go nuts with the boost.