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That leads me to the question- As pantera owners, how much power is too much with respect to busting half-shafts, zf problems, etc? There has to be some side effects of throwing on that beast, right?
That was kind of my point. 500hp in a streatable config is easy without a blower or turbo. A turbo would be great if you wanted to make 1000-1500hp in 350-450cu engines. To do so would make it great for the drag strip but terrible for reliability and longevity. So if 500hp is easy otherwise, why go through all through all the trouble to make a 500hp turbo/sc engine with all the complication and hassle...Other then of course it's cool (which it is). If this set up has consumed the engine bay, what use is it?
I don't mean to be negative here.
My brother pulls up at the drag strip with a 600+hp stock looking Cobra Replica. He blows the doors off guys with blowers all the time (sure not every time). It is funny to see him pull up next to a car with a huge blower sticking out, monster tires, traction bars, lumping along, they get him in the start and he passes them before the end.
When I started looking at some well built engines, a 500hp engine with a huge blower on it or twin turbos just didn't seem right. Sure they are toned down so the engines will last. They should be 1000-1500 set ups or more but they would be re-building the engines after a couple runs.
Gary