hey thread starter guy, if you`re still here... you needa come over here where we all think like you, or at least in a vane similar enough to not bash you over ... everything.
btw, "here" is
http://www.club240.com/forums/forumd...?s=&forumid=11
Devious, wikd, and vinnie are the most devoted, and craziest, NA KA builders i`ve ever heard of.
they never cease to teach me stuff that iKeep in mind for when iGet around to building my KA.
P.S.
for anyone that`s lookin for a reason (personal, which doesn`t equal popular) to *not* turbo for power. My situation is that what iWant is response, through a very usable (i.e. smooth) torque/power band. sheer numbers, drag, street, etc don`t interest me because iMostly drive short tracks (like autox and gymkhana) where the best time comes mostly from suspension setups (and of course, driving), and the highest power car tends to come in the middle of the rankings. The situation iUse most often to describe what i`m talkin about to people is simply to have steady state cornering, with good pickup from down low(how well does a stock (or less) CR car pickup off boost, say from 2500 compared to the same engine in boost, or a high comp engine?), and a smooth transition into the powerband, rather than the sort of jump in power, and resulting traction loss, the turbo spooling can cause.
It is possible (the rotary guys are great at this) to have such tender control and quick reaction that you can feather the car on your spool point, with the spool happening slowly and controllably, but it`s a very complicated (and unnecessary, imo) practice that often ruins great runs where a different setup could put all their thrust into the exit sooner. From here you oughta be able to understand why a decently tuned (as in i/h/e, ecu, and some headwork and/or sohc pistons) KA, costing slightly less (even if in personal experience it goes over, it`s worth it for me) than an sr would be very capable of turning a faster time than the more powerful, but less sensitive in responsive turbo equipped car. This of course assumes a fairly techinical low speed course, but that sort of thing is where iHave all my fun. So that`s my story. iWant some good tq and power in the offboost revv range with a smooth curve between 2 and 4, characteristics i`ve never seen from a turbo. I`ll admit i`ve thought iCould hook myself up a power system, where the turbo spools up above 4 or 5, for maximizing those straights. Haven`t researched turbo details enough yet, though.