Is it worth it..

**soloisbetter** · 14-04-2004 01:24 PM

for the price of going NA with a Honda.. is it worth the extra money u gonna be spending to get results.. is it worth it over just going Turbo and getting the results cheaper. ?

**Chi** · 14-04-2004 01:27 PM

yes

**VTEC16** · 14-04-2004 02:30 PM

its a personal choice. Id rather a worked NA honda any day of the week....

**vti-2** · 14-04-2004 05:39 PM

Originally Posted by soloisbetter

for the price of going NA with a Honda.. is it worth the extra money u gonna be spending to get results.. is it worth it over just going Turbo and getting the results cheaper. ?

Sounds like you have already made up your mind. If you want outright power, nothing beats turbo on the street. IMO, N/A is more about achieving a balance between power and handling.

**SPEEDCORE** · 14-04-2004 06:36 PM

Originally Posted by VTEC16

its a personal choice. Id rather a worked NA honda any day of the week....

WERD!

Hope this doesn't turn into another thread like that one in lounge forum.

**type one** · 14-04-2004 09:46 PM

N/A all the way...

**soloisbetter** · 14-04-2004 10:44 PM

naa i aint made my mind up just curious.. but how does going N/A give u a balance of Power and Handling .. ur syaing turbo cars cant handle.. im a but lost about how this makes a car handle better or worse..

**A'PEXi** · 15-04-2004 12:37 AM

read the turbo civic thread in the lounge lol

**Javed** · 15-04-2004 12:51 AM

solo, from the way you speak you are now defending turbo cars. you have made your mind up dude.

**soloisbetter** · 15-04-2004 01:43 AM

im just very curious of how u get more balance from a N/A car..

**Slugoid** · 15-04-2004 02:43 AM

Originally Posted by soloisbetter

im just very curious of how u get more balance from a N/A car..

Should watch some Inital D (yes, I'm serious) and some Best Motoring Internation DVD's.

Trubo cars get most of their power when turbo spools, which is roughly near mid bands. But for a N/A car, power is pretty much there from the word go, and with Honda's, the added bonus is VTEC. Power curve is also quite linear, and there's no sudden rise in power.

So what does all this mean?? Take a turbo car and a N/A car on a track and you'll notice that although a N/A car may be slower on the straight, they can corner much faster because power band is linear, even at low revs (cornering). Turbo cars are superiour on the straight, but when u get to a corner, they have to slow down. Slowing down equal less power (turbo not spooling as fast) and when turbo is not spooling, is pretty much N/A vs. N/A.

So the balance refers to power being distributed evenly at all RPM range, as well as being able to corner as fast as going straight. That's why you see a lot cars such as the AE86, Type-R's, NSX, S2K being crowned as track kings. If u watch BMI, you can actually see an AE86 whip a R34 GT-R on some twisty roads, and S2K's keeping up with S14/15's (both 2L, but N/A vs. turbo).