Oh yeah those power goals are farrrrrr away, For now it’s just an s475 on a bone stock gen 6 454. Ford Dana 60 solid axle sitting in the garage and then converting for the 4l80e to manual shift for now in that order. Shooting for 500-550 crank right now.
Also for the whole front end thing, your absolutely right, after putting a lot of time thinking about it and coming across a cheap one I decided solid axle was the only thing to handle the power. Most cv’s can’t even handle stock power haha.
Also an update for the whole build is on engine and performance as “turbo build” start on page 5. I’m custom building a turbo manifold right now and trying to get my hands on a tube notcher so waiting on that.
Two good notes here.
First is in 2004 I built a 1993 suburban 3/4 ton (with the help of guys way smarter than me) that weighed in at 9100lbs and still had full function rear and front A/C and turned in high 12's
Second, if patient's and time allows I am in the process of building a 509 (502 bored .30) GenVI with rectangular 454 heads. I will be writing a build post on it. Right now the block is at the engine shop and I am doing my do diligence on researching and obtaining the parts and it will be going in "Thunder". So it will give you an idea of another direction to go.
Word of advice, keep the 4l80e versus going with a 5 speed.
I will also be putting in the 502 post how to get a good cheap 502 built. I have a steel forged rotating assembly and the entire long block build is going to cost around 4k with 600+ hp.