Mine suffered from detonation but the last 6-8 months it lived I had no detonation and when it broke I showed no detonation. It had to have been damaged from runs made with knock. But it forced me to build a new motor, one that we made as strong as $$ allowed. Stage 1 block, GN1 forged stroker crank, K1 rods, Diamond pistons .020 over, billet center caps cometic head gaskets,Champion irons, Champion intake, arp head bolts and built by a great builder. At a conservative 17-18lbs boost my butt dyno says it's way faster than the old combo was at 22lbs.