What a difference a turbo makes

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So winter break has afforded me many luxuries...like a day or two off. As luck would have it I got together with my brother (he's 1 1/2 years older) and all of our car friends. Almost all of them drive Mustangs, but there's an RX-7, a '69 Camaro, and a few others thrown in for some variety. One of my brother's friends happens to drive a 650hp N/A car so I told him we'd trade for a half hour so he could see what he was missing. I gotta say, I was almost disappointed by this monster motor (a 408 stroker). It put your ass back in the seat, but there was no mid powerband kick in the ass like in my car. No turbo hiss and the thing took about 2 years off of my ear's life. Also, the cam in the thing was so big I felt like Jim Carey in Ace Ventura 2 when he bounces around the inside of that jeep...it was almost painful. So we returned (minus about 1/4-1/2 tank of gas each) and now he's on the turbo bandwagon. I guess I forgot how much it sucked driving a high powered N/A car when I can make as much or more power a little more quietly with a lot better driveability. Score one for turbos.