Compressor upgrade

I have read (could have been in another post on here in another thread, it's been a while) that as rugged and durable the old RV2 was, the C171, sanden, etc only eats like 5hp while the RV2 cost 25hp penalty of engine output.
The only problem I see is that with the intake i have, with factory brackets anyway the compressor will be right on top of the T stat.
I remember when we did the engine in my son's ramcharger he originally put an offy intake on it (360 LA) and we had to change it out for that reason.