HP dream engines...
Ahhh, youth! Makes me almost wish for the old days....
According to the 'dream wheels' of 15 years ago... 'Dream wheels' are what we called those cheap slide-rule kind of things that Moroso put out and sold at speed shops. It would give theoretical HP given weight of vehicle and ET or MPH....
According to those things, my Beta cat, turning
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[email protected] At 3700lbs, that figured out to be somewhere between 430 and 450 rear wheel horsepower, depending on whether you go with ET or mph. I split the difference and say 440hp.
Anyway, to get back to the point of this post, I think that you should stick with a good, stout motor with a compression ratio of no more than 10.0 for the street and regular or super unleaded gas. Blower motors usually have ratios of around 7.5 to 8.5 to 1. A good set of mildly ported heads, a moderate dual-pattern camshaft, a free flowing exhaust and you're ready for almost anything. Anything more than this and you'll be taking away from street driveability.