Nar bolt straight in. I dont have balance shafts anyway.
spend a little extra and balance anything that moves and i dont think it will be too square.
300cc larger what's that? A NewZealand can of coke? doesn't sound like much.
I think the increase in torque and spool on a large turbo would out way the 500 less rpm you might loose, and like others have said it really depends what you are doing with the car. Mine has been built for the track and hill climbs ... so torque would be of more benifit for my application
One question? sort of off the topic? what compression ratios would you expect? (I know this might sound dumb) I never measured the difference, We made all the head chambers the same size but be stuffed if i can remember what they were? I leveled the deck so the block was square, had the tunnel machined equalised the squirters all the bullshite, but cannot remember what the head was.
The comp would have to be a bit higher wouldn't it. What the std comp of an EVO 2? 8.5:1
rip 10thou off the deck , 20 off the head, Cometic HP gasket (1mm ? ) and what ever the chamber might be, I only had miner shaping and deburing.
factor in the extra 300cc's what 9:1? (guessing)
Not that it's going to be a problem.
JetGSR