NA Vs. Turbo

[bizlipkick]

Hey Guys, Trying to decide if I should stay all motor or get turbo- seen all motor cars with a little over 2000 grand runnin thirteens, which is all I want, but Turbo is Turbo you know? any help would be appreciated

[SwiftAddictions]

From what I hear, if you just get an intake, headers, and hondata, you can run thirteens. It is going to run over 2k, but it is not turbo. With mine, I plan to replace the internals, get hondata, headers, and up the suspension. That should set me pretty good. The pistons I am getting up the compression from 11:1 to 12.5:1. I feel teh same way, I do not want to put turbo on my car and rice it out, plus I plan to get a membership with the SCCA and doing autocross with turbo is borderline stupidity.

[bizlipkick]

might disagree with the borderline stupidity- if you have the money to replace internals or buy a new engine when you blow yours, all power- but I am in the army- I get about 200-300 a month to mod car unless I am deployed- So I think I will go all motor - mid 13's is not bad for all motor.

"I will never disrespect our friends in the forced induction community, but I will always be enthralled with the motor and nothing else. To me, only natural aspiration achieves a purity worth attempting to understand. I live for the motor." --- Glimpse

got this from a guy off the club RSX message board

[jmrev]

i heard that engines like the k20 are sensitive to turbos, and can hurt the internals. I would stay NA.

[SwiftAddictions]

When I said borderline stupidity, I was referring to the circumstances in autocross where you are not going in a straight line long enough to get past the turbo lag. Even if you did, if you are going into a turn and all of a sudden you get even 5psi boost, you shoot off in some random direction and you are screwed. Naturally aspirated is the best way to go if planning to actually do REAL racing. I have said it once and I'll say it again, any idiot can go in a straight line, but knowing how to handle a car in turns and understanding how torque steer along with the acceleration possibilities while in the apex of a turn takes skill, and is far more admirable that some punk who can do anything except turn.

[SwiftAddictions]

PS I am in the Army too! E-4, stationed in FL.

[crazy_canuck]

The RSX has reached 645whp 482tq with a turbo. And there should be about 4 10 second turbo street RSXs soon - enough power that it spins the tires on 6th gear

If you're looking for upgradeability and power, turbo is the way, if you're going for low end power and won't take the car too far, NA or SC would be best.

[jmrev]

dude he was reffering to circuit racing not drag, what would you choose? i would go NA

[crazy_canuck]

Probably SC.

[bizlipkick]

Hey Swift addictions- you down their in SOSCOM? I am stationed in Vicenza with the 2/503rd PIR. Let me know whats up.

[SwiftAddictions]

I am with a reserve unit now, I broke my wrist the day before I was supposed to leave for SF training so I got delayed. I am stationed in Jacksonville, FL at NAS Jax. I work in the motorpool as a 63B (light mech).

[bizlipkick]

11B1P here- Airborne Infantry- sorry about the wrist- I went through selection that sucks

[SwiftAddictions]

My second cousin has a byfriend who is SF, he said that selection is the hardest part. And once you are through it is a completely different world. Last time he was over-seas he was in civis with a beard most of the time, and that their 9-man team is on a first name basis.