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Old 07-19-2017, 07:02 AM   #25
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Originally Posted by paiceyfan View Post
Yes, the power will be limited by about 90+ hp or so, it really depends what you want. Most say up to 300 HP is relatively safe, before supporting mods and internals need to be included.

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That's no strictly true - you can get more power than this by building the engine and dropping pulley sizes with a supercharger (e.g Harrop are running ~420whp on their kit with e85) although agreed that it's diminishing returns with a supercharger and for big power a turbo makes sense.

Turbo people seem to have more heat issues though. Not to mention all the drivetrain issues with going above ~400whp

And there is also the argument about how much power you need in this car. Is the difference between having 350whp and 450whp going to be transformative in performance terms? I doubt it. The only situation I could see >350whp being needed would be if you are getting in to 'highway pull' races against other powerful cars.
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