Beefing up the short block for tt

Originally Posted by FPenvy

i have a question. first off this thread has had lots of good questions and info so far so

my question is with a stage 2 kit and a stock block you guys are saying 550WHP is about the max "safe" power? i keep going back and forth on if i'm going FI or not based on my upgraded transmission price woes. my real goal is to get a stage 2 TT kit and run 10-12PSI hopefully hitting 500WHP minimum. i do DD my car in the warm months. right now it's put away for winter. i drive pretty normal to and from work but i do take it to the 1/4 mile strips once or twice a month for a couple runs. i wonder ifi can get away with that and keeping a stock block?