N/A versus F/I

mwhite29 said:

My dad is an old timer from back in the muscle car days. He has a '64 GOAT (it was his first car) and hes adamant that "theres no replacement for displacement". He thinks the only way to go to build up a muscle car is starting with a bigger block. I kinda want to keep my 281 and supercharge it ( cost reasons mostly). Also it's a lot less work.

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Towelly said:

The cheapest/quickest way to build power in our vehicles is a supercharger. Even if you build and stroke your motor, build your heads, swap in cams and raise compression you still will only net somewhere around 400hp at the tire.

In any event, money = horsepower. Either way you build your car. In the end, supercharge and be done with it. If you have the money, build your motor and supercharge or turbo it. If you want to stay cheap: intake, tune, 4:10's, lca's and sticky tires = 12's.

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