{"id":36545,"date":"2019-02-26T06:00:39","date_gmt":"2019-02-26T12:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=36545"},"modified":"2021-03-01T19:57:17","modified_gmt":"2021-03-02T01:57:17","slug":"brandon-furches-monte-carlo-with-a-turbo-ls4-makes-787-whp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=36545","title":{"rendered":"Brandon Furches&#8217; Monte Carlo with a Turbo LS4 Makes 787 whp"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/2004-Monte-Carlo-Intimidator-with-a-turbo-LS4-V8-07.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"36547\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=36547\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/2004-Monte-Carlo-Intimidator-with-a-turbo-LS4-V8-07.jpg?fit=1000%2C562&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1000,562\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"2004 Monte Carlo Intimidator with a turbo LS4 V8 07\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;2004 Monte Carlo Intimidator with a turbo LS4 V8&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/2004-Monte-Carlo-Intimidator-with-a-turbo-LS4-V8-07.jpg?fit=1000%2C562&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/2004-Monte-Carlo-Intimidator-with-a-turbo-LS4-V8-07.jpg?resize=600%2C337&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"2004 Monte Carlo Intimidator with a turbo LS4 V8\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-36547\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/2004-Monte-Carlo-Intimidator-with-a-turbo-LS4-V8-07.jpg?resize=600%2C337&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/2004-Monte-Carlo-Intimidator-with-a-turbo-LS4-V8-07.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/2004-Monte-Carlo-Intimidator-with-a-turbo-LS4-V8-07.jpg?w=1000&amp;ssl=1 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Last year <a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=30193\">we shared<\/a> Brandon Furches&#8217; amazing 2004 Monte Carlo SS Intimidator built at his company <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ls4king.com\/\">Furches Performance<\/a> in Ludlow, Massachusetts with a turbocharged LS4 V8 and 4T80E automatic transmission. He recently put the FWD monster on the dyno where it made 784 horsepower and 718 lb-ft of torque to the wheels before maxing out the injectors. The engine features a stock bottom-end, stock 243 heads, 231i\/248e 617\/617 115+4 camshaft with PAC springs, Edelbrock Pro-Flo intake, FAST 92 mm throttle body, and Bullseye 72TCT turbocharger making 24 psi of boost. Brandon plans on making more power after installing a set of Brian Tooley dual springs and larger Snake Eater 160 lb injectors.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/0fWbB7PdMKc\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UClWb57_QvGHxtawWFGeum-Q\">Furches Performance<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last year we shared Brandon Furches&#8217; amazing 2004 Monte Carlo SS Intimidator built at his company Furches Performance in Ludlow, Massachusetts with a turbocharged LS4 V8 and 4T80E automatic transmission. He recently put the FWD monster on the dyno where it made 784 horsepower and 718 lb-ft of torque to the wheels before maxing out&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=36545\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Brandon Furches&#8217; Monte Carlo with a Turbo LS4 Makes 787 whp<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":36547,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"off","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[207],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36545","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-monte-carlo"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/2004-Monte-Carlo-Intimidator-with-a-turbo-LS4-V8-07.jpg?fit=1000%2C562&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":30193,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=30193","url_meta":{"origin":36545,"position":0},"title":"2004 Intimidator with a Turbo LS4 V8","author":"swaptastic","date":"November 29, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Brandon Furches is transforming his 2004 Chevrolet Monte Carlo Intimidator Edition into a FWD monster at his company Furches Performance in Ludlow, Massachusetts. 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