The blower adds an unbelievable amount of power. It takes it from 'meh' to 'holy s***'. I truly have never fully had my foot down for more than a second because it gets going so fast so quickly that I'm scared in the 60. I use it mostly on long climbs over passes like Grapevine or Donner Summit where you can hold 75 without any trouble and still have lots of power to spare. I've never gotten a boost gauge to work properly, but I usually max at 2 or 3 lbs of boost - and that's more than enough. It certainly makes the coolant temp and intake temps jump up.
@Laughingjackal - I was afraid of that. And I'm still not at a price yet. I'm grateful to those who've given me some ideas offline. So, I'm prepared to have this thread deleted for the time being. Since I can't delete it. Apparently I can't even change the tag to something else that would appropriate.
Hehe, just my luck we'll end up JUST that short of a down payment when we find our dream house... Selfishly hoping it's still available after we close heh. Good luck with it.