360 block limits
@frosty_the_punk , I will respond out of respect to you but I don't want to debate on this thread anymore. It is clear we are coming at it from opposite ends of the spectrum.
I appreciate your engagement, but please don't feel obligated, you certainly don't have to debate with me. We are all sharing ideas and can simply agree on some things, and disagree on others.
I agree that we are looking at things from different perspectives but I'm not sure what exactly you mean by "we are coming from opposite ends of the spectrum"
Are you indicating that you are on the professional end of EFI tuning spectrum since I am only claiming to be an enthusiast?
A subaru or honda cannot be compared to say a 632 with a pro charger and efi.
If we're comparing overall power output between a small engine and another engine maybe 5x larger?
Then yes, Agreed. They're Usually not going to be very comparable.
However.
If we're comparing the tuning process?
Well If they're both running similar boost on the same fuel in a similar rpm range in similar conditions, it's going to be essentially the same process IMO.
To me "big" power now days (especially with a power adder) starts at 1k or better.
In todays world 500hp is the new 350hp, 600hp is the new 450hp and what used to be big power at 750hp is now 1k plus.
That's a fair perspective.
Making power has become more affordable than ever before, as has access to knowledge at consumer level.
and as a result, the level of performance which is considered impressive has increased. Raised the bar, if you will.
However, for me. Because I have a wide range of engines which i take interest in. I see things a little differently, "big horsepower" to me is relative to what it's coming from.
250hp is pretty "big horsepower" output from a turbocharged 600cc sportbike engine.
But 250hp from 318ci mopar small block V8 is certainly not big horsepower.
If a person has never tuned or hung out with someone who tunes a drag car with a v8, power adder and efi making 1khp plus at the track than they have no clue as to the parameters of doing such and should not make assumptions as to what it takes to make good power and make it live.
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I don't really see why you're this rigid with what you consider as valid tuner knowledge/experience.
I love large displacement boosted V8's as much as the next person
But i'm also sure that a tuner's skill or knowledge isn't somehow proportional to the displacement of their engine.
500hp may be dusmissed as not big power, since "500hp is the new 350hp"
Yet that becomes a bit irrelevant, because If a tuner knows enough about tuning EFI to make a 2.0L four cylinder engine live at 500hp, He's probably going to do just fine with a 6.0L V8 engine at 1000hp.
