Originally Posted by CivicSiRacer
I would give the turbo a shot. Heck it's free. The only problem I'm thinking down the road though is keeping it cool. Especially during autocross where you are on and off the gas and on the courses for short amount of time, not enough to keep the intercooler cool.
I don't know what I'd do in your shoes. I want more power too, but I like slaughtering everyone in STS
you have that luxury. My VX is very unhealthy right now (and I don't really see the situation improving, because I'm not willing to put any money into it). It's probably putting something like 50 or 60 to the ground right now, which -as little as overall power matters in autocross- is barely enough to get me by in STS right now. (I got dead last at an event for the first time this season--a faster, wide-open course
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There is a guy doing OK in SM in my region in his turbo LS (Weston, he posts here sometimes I think), but he's getting more into the solo trials (timed roadracing), I don't really know how well he's been doing at the autocrosses. I would be happy to get more into the solo trials, but my car isn't technically legal (neither is his) because SM cars need a roll bar (he can slip by tech by classing his car OSP--"other" street prepared). But if I want to be competitive at a regional level, I have a number of rules to take into considerarion. If I
did turbo the shitbox, I'd definitely get more into the solo trials (still haven't done one personally), but that just brings a whole other set of concerns into the picture :dunno:
as you can see, I'm torn
:edit: its funny you mention the intercooler problem... my roomy is working on fabricating an intercooler bypass pipe on his SM saab (straight from turbo to throttle body--like two feet of total plumbing :eek3: ) to work with his water injection so he has better throttle response on the autocross course.