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Old 09-25-2003, 04:47 PM
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Default When did you realize you were hooked on boost?

Lets hear it I think it really set in for me since my turbo setup has been sitting for almost 2 months now and I don't even have a car or motor yet for the setup, lol.
My name is Nate and I'm a boostoholic..
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it hit me on the drive home from the shop after the turbo install....im a boost *****
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when i woke up this morning and i got in my car to head to school and realize that without my snail, my car is a useless hunk of metal on wheels
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First time it spooled right...biggest smile that has ever came across my face!
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Default Re: When did you realize you were hooked on boost? (Ricey McRicerton)

damn, everything is addicting... first, sound of the turbo spooling, bov, the push that pushes you back into the seat, and priceless victories against ricers and v8 domestics (for 300whp++ ppl)
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Default Re: When did you realize you were hooked on boost? (reignofchaos)

When I gave it half throttle in first gear on the testdrive of my eclipse.
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Default Re: When did you realize you were hooked on boost? (danl)

BOV going OFF!!!
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Default Re: When did you realize you were hooked on boost? (5thgencivic)

when I got into boost
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Default Re: When did you realize you were hooked on boost? (hatchling)

Driving in vaccum sucks majorly, I like the fact that I can change my horsepower from a dial in my dash. Also it's nice cruising in second and being able to step on the gas and start burning out.
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Default Re: When did you realize you were hooked on boost? (beta13)

I remember the first time i rode in my personal car turboed. Stock b16 in 88hatch. I put a turbo kit together in less than 14 hours and drove to the races that night and raced! Made the manifold and piping, after having a friend drop off an intercooler, blow off valve, fmu, and several trips to kragen and summit. I finally got it fired up and all the leaks fixed, backed out of my drive way and began to drive around the block, taking it easy for the first few hundred yards(don't wanna **** the neighbors off). Got onto a straight street and gave it gas. I was pissed, it wasn't pulling at all but sounded mean, then slowly shifted to second and tried again, still nothing, then it hit. I realized that it was simply spinning the tires! I got a good pull through second and that was it for me! Never again would I aim high allmotor! The pull is simply amazing, the light floating feeling of the front end is what does it for me!
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i was hooked soon as i got done installing my first turbo kit

it was a drag kit on a 95 integra GSR

i sold the car and the turbo kit and now i am going back to boost once again i cant wait
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Hooked on boost ever since I rode in a mr2 turbo and could barely look over the dash, I don't think I'll ever get over the sound of a spooling turbo
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Default Re: When did you realize you were hooked on boost? (Ray)

got addicted when I installed a JRSC on my old gsr the whine of the supercharger was incredible I knew I was hooked and wanted to make more power so I decided to go turbo
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Default Re: When did you realize you were hooked on boost? (Ray)

For me, it was a few years ago. I helped a buddy of mine fix a non-running car he picked up for next to nothing. It was a Triumph TR8. TR8? Boost? It had a buick Grand National V6 Turbo in it! After the first time I drove it, the turbo spooled, and had perma-grin for a day, I knew I had been taken to the darkside!
I then (about a year ago) boosted my teg... and now I want to boost everything!! My motorcycle, the crx, the jeep.. heheh.
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Default Re: When did you realize you were hooked on boost? (RenoRacing)

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by RenoRacing &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">...the light floating feeling of the front end is what does it for me! </TD></TR></TABLE>

I thought I was the only one that noticed that feeling lol
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Default Re: When did you realize you were hooked on boost? (CivicRyda2k)

2 years ago when i drove my buddy's GST spyder and floored it on the highway...i pissed in my pants and swallowed my tongue and almost crashed. i had to stop the car on the side of the highway to take a quick breather.
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i always complained (after i got used to my car on boost) how it felt slow and i wanted more and blah blah blah...(i do want more, but thats not the point) ANYWAY, when i took off my turbo system and sold it, i cried like a little school girl. I've been without boost for 3 months and i'm going through withdrawal. A car without boost is just not worth driving.

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Default Re: When did you realize you were hooked on boost? (Chamois)

You know you are hooked on boost when every car that you drive except yours feels SSLLLOOWWW&gt;... you just keep waiting for boost threshold and it never comes...
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Boost is addicting mainly b/c it can make any small displacement motor into a monster. If you guys ever drive a V8, boost isn't really needed. or even better, drive a viper v10

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Default Re: When did you realize you were hooked on boost? (Chamois)

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Chamois &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i always complained (after i got used to my car on boost) how it felt slow and i wanted more and blah blah blah...(i do want more, but thats not the point) ANYWAY, when i took off my turbo system and sold it, i cried like a little school girl. I've been without boost for 3 months and i'm going through withdrawal. A car without boost is just not worth driving.

shami</TD></TR></TABLE>

i feel your pain... going on 3 months now for me as well . oh well planning a strong come back
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Default Re: When did you realize you were hooked on boost? (CivicRyda2k)

I got my first turbo kit last year, had jotech install it (too lazy) anyways kenny took me on a test drive(he was driving). We left the shop and he floored it i instantly my facial expression changed to and then to this He asked me something at the next stoplight and i could barely asnwer him because i couldnt get that grin off my face . I don't think i could ever own another Na car ever again .
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when i smoked my tires thur 1-4 gears
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Default Re: When did you realize you were hooked on boost? (5thgencivic)

It's when you make BOV sounds when you drive an N/A car.

Hi, my name is Li and I am addicted to Boost.
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Default Re: When did you realize you were hooked on boost? (quikB18B)

This isnt the reason im addicted to boost, but its a good reason why NA cars sucks. First time i took my car on the highway at 26psi, i was doing about 80mph in 4th, smashed the gas, and smoke started bellwoing out of the wheelwells until maybe 100mph. The transition from 100mph to 155-160mph felt like it was done in no time, probably because it was. How could someone not love that?
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Default Re: When did you realize you were hooked on boost? (CivicRyda2k)

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by RenoRacing &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">...the light floating feeling of the front end is what does it for me! </TD></TR></TABLE>


<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by CivicRyda2k &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

I thought I was the only one that noticed that feeling lol</TD></TR></TABLE>

Same here. I have some JIC FLT-A2s on the way, hope they get rid of some of the torque steer. After that, I guess a Quaife is in line... So yeah, I guess I am a boostaholic since I spend way more on parts for my car every month than I do on food and socializing.


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