Just face it, most all of us that are spending money buying tuning software, cams, heads, blowers, nitrous...we know GM shouldn't be paying for a new motor if we blow it up (at least I hope we can agree on that). To me its just an excuse to build a forged stroker anyway. Now, I don't hope I blow the thing, but if it does, I'm not gonna go cry and whine to GM, I'm gonna call my local machine shop and get to work. My problem is them trying to say my power seat broke because I accelerated too hard. Or my AC isn't working because I re-flashed my computer. I know that if I am racing my car at a track using slicks, the tranny, drive shaft, CV joints, rear end etc etc is exposed to extreme conditions, and it is probably unreasonable for GM to cover my parts. In the spirit of competitiveness I'd like to get around this as much as anyone, but if we can't, then...
If your gonna play, be prepared to pay.