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Old Jul 26, 2003 | 07:10 AM
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i heard stock itr have trouble handling turbos, what needs to be done for the motor to safely handle being turboed
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Old Jul 26, 2003 | 11:46 AM
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Not doing it at all would help. Turbocharging a motor built to be a nice NA engine is stupid. Why waste $5k on motor with high compression to turbocharge?
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Old Jul 26, 2003 | 12:18 PM
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lowering the compression would help. but doing that to an itr engine is such a waste.
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Old Jul 26, 2003 | 12:36 PM
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so are you saying supercharging a type r is the only option?
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so supercharging one would be better than turboing it?
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Old Jul 26, 2003 | 12:38 PM
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Any kind of forced induction on an itr is :ghey:
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Old Jul 26, 2003 | 02:09 PM
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Originally posted by txhatch
Any kind of forced induction on an itr is :ghey:
not gay, just stupid
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Old Jul 26, 2003 | 02:37 PM
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Originally posted by Digit
so are you saying supercharging a type r is the only option?
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so supercharging one would be better than turboing it?
the only option with an itr, IMO, is staying NA
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Old Jul 26, 2003 | 05:41 PM
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Originally posted by Snoopy
the only option with an itr, IMO, is staying NA
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just turbo your gsr motor, please don't waste an itr motor
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Old Jul 26, 2003 | 06:31 PM
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Originally posted by spooncivicb16b
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just turbo your gsr motor, please don't waste an itr motor
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Old Jul 27, 2003 | 10:32 PM
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can someone whos really an expert on this explain it to me or point me to a source, honestly i dont know anywhere near as much as you do about this

i just know that there are people that turbocharge itrs and some that take your side, id just like to know....well, basically everything about it
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