new engine, and few questions
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Don't take this the wrong way, but there have been many, many posts about peeps saying they have this power, and that power.
The truth is, few ever do.

The MiniMag 'turbo' RR shootout (2000?) was a good example of this. There was one car on the whole day that (just) made 200hp - miniwilliams's well developed machine. The next best was 50hp down on MW...

Although it shouldn't, HP varies from roller to roller aswell. Baldwins is known to be a little over-optimistic, but the guy gets every last hp from out of your machine. Well-Lane turbo is also thought to be in the same boat - slightly high readings, but a good job done (ask Feebs for more).

To get round this 'problem' You'll often hear the term 'bananas' being bandied about on this site - this is used instead of bhp as an 'approximated' hp - eg, I've got around 160/170 bananas in my current motor... It's all a laff of course - but you won't end up with egg on your face if you adopt an approach like this.

So...
That engine spec you read out will make the bananas - Basically if you have a 8.3:1 CR or less, an uprated camshaft, 'worked' head and a turbo/ignition system in good health, any engine will make the bananas with enough boost. It's all proven many, many times. How well it makes the power is down to build quality, component selection and the RR operator skills. These are what we can't advise on an internet forum LOL!!!

oh - for how long it will last - see 2nd to last sentence - but also add in 'man behind the wheel' factor...

Good old bananas