Originally posted by redaccord98
And for you Nighshade....I dont know you, but what ever your pulling with how turbo's are much better...One note..If its strictly a track toy then yes I would put one on. Otherwise a perfectly born NA aspirated motor like the H22...... Go all motor or maybe if you got big one's go SuperCharged. But definitely on the local streets not turbo'd..This would break your wallet. We have tested the F22 vtec block on a Eclipse turbo we barely got to the 14's at 15lbs. That thing went through more head gasket's.... Maybe this came out the wrong way, but i'm tired of the whole you can turbo anything and it will last forever concept. That doesnt exist. Not on a daily driver type car.
Well I think basically you said the same thing I was trying to say and I also have said many times that a turbo car is not a low maintenence issue nor a cheap issue at all.
I am an all motor person but many of my friends are turbo nuts. I have seen both turbo as well as SC'd cars run and the long term use of each.
On a stock motor both will cause issues if not properly maintained...this is a given. Many people ask about turbo setups and have the base cost of the turbo in mind only and never even consider building the motor from the internals because "it costs too much"
so does replacing the engine when your done running.
You have brought a few things to my attention that I hadn't heard before. One of these things being the head gasket issue. The reason I may not have put this in my consideration file is bcause everyone I know that have turbo'd their cars were smart enough to upgrade all of their internals before doing this, save for one person who blew a rod 3 months after the turbo install.
SC....I'm not as good with knowledge on these since most the people I have known that have run the SC have switched off to turbo...their reason and not mine is that the turbo is more efficient on the 4 banger than the SC is. Not saying its true but it is what has been drilled into me for so long you tend to accept some things after hearing them for so long I guess. My bad on that one.
Thanks for the info I will keep this in mind in any further discussions.