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When I say buy a kit, I mean for a specific vehicle preferably the vehicle the drop out engine came from. I was unaware that a Hot Rod kit was available.

I've built Vettes using Magnacharger and Pro-Chargers. I also did an H2 and an SSr with the Magnacharger. I did this for a living for a number of years. I didn't read about Bill's car either. I spoke with him about it at a Year One Gathering so many years ago that I can't remember all the details. Long before 2008 or the TVS super chargers from Eaton. The car was brand new on the scene then. I also told him how to solve a water flow problem with the heat exchanger. So no, I was a little more intimate with the car than simply reading about it in some magazine.

I think you're making this too hard. A Magnacharged hot rod is nothing new. Many were done before Pro-touring took off the way it has and they performed just fine. People did exactly what I mentioned, used a kit for a vehicle and adapted it to the hot rod the same way they had to adapt the engine itself. If you can use stock accessories in whatever car you're putting this in, then use the Magnacharger kit that matches those accessories.

Lexus, every vette I built picked up at least 1 mpg with the Magnacharger installed on a relatively stock engine. Once cams where added, the mileage dropped a touch but was still very good. Mid to high 20s on the highway out of M6 cars. The H2 picked up 2 mpg simply because the blower keep the truck from constantly downshifting out of overdrive with the slightest bit of an incline. The owner was thrilled with just that positive change. Magnachargers are very quiet until you open them up, then they scream like a banshee. Driveability is fantastic if tuned correctly. The cammed cars had small blower cams so they drove fantastic as well. They had just a slight lope nothing rowdy.

The last C5 I built was a non-intercooled Magnacharged car at 5.5 psi boost with headers and full 3in exhaust, Stg 2 ported LS6 heads from Texas Speed, Blackwing intake, and a small cam. Put down 530hp and 470ft lbs at the wheels. Torque was flat everywhere and I never saw the HP peak over because we ran out of RPM. I made my pulls from 2000 rpm to 6200 rpm in 4th. Torque wouldn't drop off until over 5000 rpm. I want to say around 5300. At redline it was still over 400 ft lbs. Fun car to drive.