Hi Raj
I also have a car about the same 450hp / tonne! It's a Lotus Elise with a Supercharger Honda K20. It whines like you wouldn't believe! It uses an Old Eaton design charger, a Rotrex wouldn't make the same noise. It's so fast it scares me to be honest. I had another Lotus running a 4 pot k-series Rover with forged pistons and ITBs that had about 200hp. It was lighter than the Elise but more like 280-290 bhp/tonne. It wans't as fast but it was much more fun to drive quick as it didn't feel like it was going to kill me!
Remember that the Stratos is a very short wheelbase, rear-engined car. Too much power could make it rather unpleasant to drive. But Neil (Turbo Nutter) would probably disagree with me
I used a race engine builder based in Bromsgrove. They took forever to do it, for various reasons, but am very happy with the finished article. He's a good guy and a great engine builder. Just don't ever tell him you 'aren't in a rush'. Most of his clients have race deadlines so they tend to go to the front of the queue.... http://www.shengineering.co.uk/sh/. Their charges were reasonable. It was parts costs, my need to replace just about everything and the custom ITB stuff that escalated the costs.
Leigh
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