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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MadStang" data-source="post: 928116" data-attributes="member: 10532">Because it's something that realistically is not seen all that often. I hate to say it, because I do love boost, but it's the easy way out. When you have an N/A motor, you have to find every way possible to squeeze that extra 2-3hp out of it. On a boosted car, you can just make a pulley swap and retune to get more power out of it. Not quite as easy on an N/A application. My new shortblock has THE most lightweight rotating assembly available on the market to free up extra horsepower, it's been dynamically balanced so it can rev higher and faster, I've got all these extra little tid bits here and there to add little horsepower here, little horsepower there. My goal? 350rwhp. Very obtainable with everything put into it, but, I've seen lesser built N/A motors reach up to 390rwhp, but I don't want to hold my expectations too high. How much did I pay? $12,000 so far. Will it be worth every dime once I get it in the car? You bet your ass it will be, because of all the work and blueprinting that went into it. Sure I can get probably 500+rwhp for the same price I paid, but, personally, the end result just wouldn't be near as satisfying to me.EDIT: and I don't see how 350rwhp could be considered slow.... Personally, I would never want my car more than 400rwhp if I'm driving on the street. That's just asking for trouble.</blockquote>