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Originally Posted by Shin_Kudo
I suppose I should have mentioned this: I'm running the car as a daily at the moment, but by the time this engine work is done, the car's gonna be a dedicated race car. <snip>
So I don't need streetable. I'm talking a theoretical N/A race motor.
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theoretical NA race motor? What is this a GT4 for the PS2 forum?
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Originally Posted by Shin_Kudo
On the streetable side, however, I'm talking much more than bolt ons. I'd like to hear what the possibilities are for making the best street motor possible. Plenty of cars run ITBs on the street. It's not really an issue here in Socal anyway.
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SoCal is a mecca for import car 'tuners'. You should stop in a reputable engine shop and discuss your plans with them. I'm sure they'd be able to give you a price if not a parts list.
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Originally Posted by Shin_Kudo
I guess I have a little bit of the old-school muscle bias, because to me, Turbo just feels like cheating, almost on the level of nitrous. It can give powerful gains, but it's essentially something that's tacked onto the engine. I just really like the idea of improving the engine itself to make the power.
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Modern turbo engines are engineered around forced induction. Lower compression, stouter pistons, stronger crank, etc. Nitrous is a true add-on.
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Originally Posted by Shin_Kudo
If it's really not practical to go N/A, KA-T it'll be, but I just would much prefer to do something original, rather than just bandwagon jumping.
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Bandwagon jumping? Judging by your *basic* understanding of hi-comp KA engines, you'd be much better off jumping on the bandwagon than getting run over by it.
Did you read Andrew's Hi-comp nightmare?
Todd
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