Building a 68 camaro. Looking at turbocharging this dude.
Whats a good combo that put up some good numbers. Besides a
383 all the ones I've been have a lot of torque but lack on the horsepowe end I wasn't to happy. I'm look @ 396 or maybe 377 ssmallblock
what do you guys think?

 

what is your goal? street car? race car? or just "good numbers"?

probably move to the forced induction forum..

 

The engine concepts are still the same - if you want more HP & less torque, that means your combo will peak at higher rpms. To support the high rpms, you'll need larger heads, valves, cam, etc, which can get away from the "streetable" end of things. Most turbo people are happy enough with 700+ hp at lower rpms, and don't need to rev the heck out of it. If you do want to spin the rpms for the heck of it, you'll need lighter reciprocating parts, which aren't quite as durable, and can be a bit more expensive. As Brady mentioned, you need goals. If you say "I want 800 rwhp", and everything else doesn't matter, well, that'll be pretty easy to do. If you want 800 hp, run on pump gas, build the engine for $3000 with low-buck parts, get turbos from a junkyard, and fabricate everything yourself, then thats possible too, but will take much more effort to do correctly. A good NA setup will still be a good turbo setup if you drop your compression and change the cam, IMHO. Physics don't really change...

 

Transfering to the FI Forum, thank you.

 

looking to run 9's @ 6000ft