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For me, I've always been aiming for around 300 crank HP. For a relatively light car that isn't going to see the drag strip, and has canyon carving characteristics, I feel that anything more than that will just get me killed. With 300 crank, we're looking at power-to-weight ratios in the Lotus Elise/Porsche Cayman neighborhood. Yeah, it's nowhere near the ratios of muscle cars that rip up drag strips, but again, that's not my thing.
I'm one of those that have always said "It's a great car, but if it just had a wee bit more power, it'd be perfect!"
That said, I'm still strongly in the SC camp because of the smoother power delivery. I've driven turbos for most of my life and while I get a kick out of the boost kicking in, I'm at that stage in my life where I just simply prefer things a bit smoother. I know you said you understand this reasoning and there's no reason to try and justify it further, but that's just the bottomline for me.
Honestly, when it comes down to it, there aren't many other SC kits to pick from, so even though you're coming at this from a TC with lots of power vs SC with mediocre power, I think the real question is "If another SC Kit came out with say 350-400HP, would you still consider the Vortech kit in its current form?"
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