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Originally Posted by jordanm
That was the point the shop owner made....said if I went w/ the 345HP I'd eventually want more.
I do trust his knowledge - he had several 289/427/GT-40 builds going on, and his shop is completely full of customer cars.
The Superformance dealer in Irvine also knows him and he comes recommended.
I've just never heard of a "sealed racing engine" before, seemed interesting.
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The specs on the engine are streetable but you can have a better setup than this. The "sealed" race engines are used in some series where costs are contained and racers are restricted from "tweaking" the spec engine. My point is for less than the $9500 you can have an equal or better small block that is not constrained by the regulations. Note that the HP and torque are well up the rev range as it is a RACE engine and intended to be twisted. Do you want to drive around town at 5500 -6500 RPM to get "right now" performance?
And yes, the "big block" guys always want more power (insert Tim Allen grunt here) but in a MK II more is not necessarily better. 350 is nice, 400 is killer and beyond that you are "dyno racing/d!ck waving"