You could have the engine de-stroked, with your choice of pistons/compression, drop the power steering, AC, mech fan, get a ATI crank damper, a big bad clutch/lightweight flywheel, have everything balanced together, and do some major head work. Flow-bench testing/CNC porting, the oversized valves you were talking about, major cams, individual throttle bodies, a correctly designed/made header, a MOTEC or similar ECU, someone who knows how to tune, turn 8 or 9K + rpms and probably make hell of a lot of horse power for a NA 7M, but your bank account wont like you.
Fact is, like most have been saying, the 7M is just not a desirable engine to keep NA. Personally I would love to build a NA 7M, just to see what I could squeeze out of it. The major thing holding me back is the cost associated with it. Its one of those, "if I had a million dollars" thing.
If you go through with it, more power to you!!!
Fact is, like most have been saying, the 7M is just not a desirable engine to keep NA. Personally I would love to build a NA 7M, just to see what I could squeeze out of it. The major thing holding me back is the cost associated with it. Its one of those, "if I had a million dollars" thing.
If you go through with it, more power to you!!!