89TweenKam said:
Yes I do....Most of the people I know that do work to their cars immediately go straight for a turbo without even considering doing any other options. They all feel that by adding a turbo they don't have to worry about anything else and if they only use about 7-9lbs of boost then they dont need any real engine work done, which is true to a point. I said it earlier in another thread, I don't want something making power for my engine, I want my engine making power....do you see the difference. My main motivation is to do something that not alot of other people have done.
This is why I chose the Corolla, besides being a great car, not alot of these are being used on the streets as racers....most ppl have Honduhs, Shitsubishi's and Stuporbu's.....I don't see alot of Toyota's or Nissan's.....I wanted to stand out....So since then I decided no turbos and no S/C's. I mis-spoke when I said I hated them.....I should've said that they just aren't for me.....not the avenue I wanna take
sell you car and buy a 6Cyl or a V8 if that's your attitude. not saying it can't be done, but it'll cost double to get a n/a 4cyl to where a turbo or s/c 4cyl will be at.
nevertheless, our cars can be made relatively quick on any race platform without using forced induction, and be made super-duper quick... but why make things more dificult for yourself and spend all that money?
and did you read the light tune guide that i posted on your previous topic?
http://www.club4ag.com/faq and tech_pages/ae92_light_tuning_guide.htm
start out with this, see how your car performs, THEN make big plans.
it's not like youre going to buy a turbo or bore out your car or do something crazy to RIGHT NOW.
youre at a stage before me: what i want to do, is lightly tune my car (intake, headers, exhaust)... and then ill go from there, whether itll be a JDM GZE clip or a full-on 20v swap.
why do you think ae92's in japan were given a GZE? toyota engineers had enough common sense to add speed to their car, beit forced induction or not to make their already peppy downhill and circuit racers even faster.
drop 10K on a n/a 4A-GE-16v and it'll run 12's.
drop 5k on a n/a 440 and it'll run 11's.
(random figure, it's just to get my point across.)
and there's nothing wrong with any other car that goes zoom. a fast car is a fast car, whether it be a honda or not.
i would reccomend not generating a pre-hate hate towards honda's, mitsubishi's or subaru's, or any car in general. it's just like imports vs. domestics thing - except this is which import is considered rice.
it sounds like youre most probably in high school. IMO? setup your car for where you wanna go and how fast you you want to do it. forced induction or not. rather than ignoring an option of a GZE swap or a turbo, feel free to bolt it on and then laugh at your friends who can ONLY run 9 psi without blowing their engine.
depending on where you live, i doubt there are any 13-low 14 second street cars at your school.
but if you reaaaally want an n/a engine then that's fine - whatever makes you happy. but thats a bit juvenile reason to not used forced induction.
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