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Old 09-02-2022, 07:30 AM
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Originally Posted by ZeGermanHam View Post
This is a situation that MANY people find themselves in. Build a gnarly engine with all sorts of fancy high-performance parts and put it into a street car, only to realize that they'd enjoy the car more if the engine was less extreme. When you're in the planning stages of a project, it's hard to not be lured into the more, more, more trap.

Good on ya for admitting to yourself that you weren't completely happy with the engine configuration. I bet you'll be a lot happier with a more toned down mill.
This is the eternal struggle for many. For a daily driver type vehicle 500 Hp is more than enough in my opinion. For a weekend beast the sky is the limit.

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