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<blockquote data-quote="Romanticrocker" data-source="post: 1438180" data-attributes="member: 575807">I own a 1978 El Camino with a mild 350 small block, and I&#039;ve recently been obsessed with the idea of rebuilding it with a twin turbo kit.&nbsp; I&#039;ve seen complete kits for about $1,500 which seems very reasonable.&nbsp; I want my El Camino to be a unique &quot;sleeper&quot; that makes people scratch their heads when it whistles by!Anyways, I&#039;ve heard positive and negative things about blow though carburetors so I&#039;m not sure what to believe.&nbsp; Guys that have used centrifugal power adders on carbureted engines seem to have no complaints about them, but I want a reliable 450-500 horsepower street engine that won&#039;t have many issues.&nbsp; I know that you can build a naturally aspirated engine with that much horsepower but it won&#039;t have nearly as good of a power band or low end torque.&nbsp; Plus like I said, I want to do this for the uniqueness factor.&nbsp; People won&#039;t give a naturally aspirated Nova with a 400hp 355 a second glance at car shows, but they might for a twin turbo &#039;78 El Camino!I was thinking if I&#039;m going to spend upwards of 5 grand on an engine rebuild, it might as well be something special right?!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Romanticrocker, post: 1438180, member: 575807"] I own a 1978 El Camino with a mild 350 small block, and I've recently been obsessed with the idea of rebuilding it with a twin turbo kit. I've seen complete kits for about $1,500 which seems very reasonable. I want my El Camino to be a unique "sleeper" that makes people scratch their heads when it whistles by! Anyways, I've heard positive and negative things about blow though carburetors so I'm not sure what to believe. Guys that have used centrifugal power adders on carbureted engines seem to have no complaints about them, but I want a reliable 450-500 horsepower street engine that won't have many issues. I know that you can build a naturally aspirated engine with that much horsepower but it won't have nearly as good of a power band or low end torque. Plus like I said, I want to do this for the uniqueness factor. People won't give a naturally aspirated Nova with a 400hp 355 a second glance at car shows, but they might for a twin turbo '78 El Camino! I was thinking if I'm going to spend upwards of 5 grand on an engine rebuild, it might as well be something special right?! [/QUOTE]

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