no replacement for displacement????

inkjunkie said

I have been talking to a few different people about forced induction stuff. Have been told, by almost all of them, that the "no replacement for displacement" does not apply to forced induction. One individidual went as far as saying that with the proper tuning a small block will put out the same numbers as a big block....any opinions????

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That use to be the norm., power to weight ratio would show smallblock. Then comes Turbo/supercharged. Basically boils down to what you want and how much you want to spend. I am twin turboing a 383 with a blow-thru carb.. Should dial in around 800 horses on a mild engine at around 15lbs of boost. Should be a 9 second streetcar. O', 20 mpg to boot?!

My Cuda has a 440 in it now and has around 550 horsepower. Gets maybe 8 miles to the gallon and the front of my a-body is draggin the ground. Always messing with something under the hood too! Jus my 2 cents!