What are your guys opinions? I want the juice so I can turn it off and still have good driveability. But Then I want that sound and power of a blower. What do you guys think???

 

I personally love the sound of a turbo charger winding up. I wish i had one really bad. Plus that way the power is always there and you don't have to think about when to push the button or anything.

 

Yea but then you got that 2k difference plus maintance, you cloud do a h/c set up on ur 355 and run tens much cheaper....

 

Blower 'cause ya don't have to fill a bottle for $35.00+ every weekend.

NO2 is a gift that keeps on taking(money)

 

How much money do you have to throw at something like this?

If money is somewhat limited go the NO2 route. If you have you have the money go a boosted 383

 

Blown 383. Power's always there and good driveability.

 

well money wont be an issue after i pay off the car which will be in a few months. i like the nitrous because its cheap but then hate it when the bottle is empty and i try to race someone. I LOVE the sound of the blower and would like to have a 383 but may just stick with a 355. What would be the power different between a 383 and a 355 with a blower????

 

Id go with the forged 355 and run 10-15 psi blower. The nitrous setup is a little harder on parts and of course you gotta find a place to fill up the bottle all the time. I believe a 383 blown motor will make less boost than a 355 with the same blower/pulley and heads/cam just because of the extra volume to fill.

 

Blown 383 with juice on tap.

 

What are your goals? IMO, if you build a nice streetable 383 with all the goodies, you will still fall short of 500rwhp N/A. Yes, the nitrous is lots of fun, but it runs out quickly, is hard on parts, and is never there at part throttle when you just want to roll onto it and shoot down an on-ramp getting on the highway. On the street, forced induction is just a good deal more fun.
If you build a blower 355, you can skip the ported heads when you do the initial build to save money, put together a nice 9:1 shortblock, run a nice blower cam and 10+psi with an S or T trim, and make considerably more street-friendly, always-there power than you would with the aforementioned 383.
If you stay on the racetrack most of the time, then the N20 motor may make more sense, but for a fun street car, I would want the boost.
You can either buy a blower, or you can buy all of the machine work, heads, and crank to complete a 383 for roughly the same $. I would think your $ would go a lot farther as far as having fun on the street if you just did a basic forged shortblock and put a blower on it.
Then perhaps down the road add a nice set of heads to your blower motor and things really get fun...

 

So there are 2 possibilities to have 450-500rwhp:
1) Big cam/heads combo (to get a streetable car camshaft should be hydrolic roller)
2) Blower (smaller cam than first possibility)

My goal was 450-470rwhp and I went with 1. option..But people told me blower is more streetable than big cam/heads combo,so in future (after a couple of months) I will go with blower and will get a smaller cam..

 

I am leaning toward a 355 with a blower. Would it be cheaper than a 383??? The car is mostly a street car with the occasional trip to the track.

 

No it will not cheaper than a forged 383cid, but will be much better.. You should get a nice forged 355 and a blower (I think ATI procharger is the best choice)..

 

ATI is what I will go with. I have already been talking to them( they are located only 5 hours from my house) and I have even found someone to dyno tune it afterwards.

 

I would nominate a 355ci set-up with a D1SC.

That would be a great street car, and ber very reliable.