give me your opinions on who wins, both in same shell, same weight.. etc...

 

you are comparing apples and oranges. what motor is the turbo going on?

 

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basic NA buildup vs basic turbo setup, turbo wins hands down.

when i say basic I mean someone with limited knowledge of both...

then after that there's a gray area, where people know what they're doing and still make mistakes, such as rods going through hoods and ****..

but basically it comes down to the fact that both cars will have completely different personalities..

if you want to retain your gas mileage, go with turbo and an LS transmission.

if you dont' give a **** about gas mileage and you care about some decent low-end torque, and the 'fake torque' you get with a shorter geared transmission, NA with a shorter geared trans might be a better idea..

if you don't want to build a motor(there's quite a bit of background knowledge you need, it's not just plug and play), go with turbo. Besides, there's much less downtime during the turbo install than there is during the buildup, so long as you're smart enough to test fit stuff along the way.. There's no test fitting with internal motor parts.. you gotta know what you need and have all the internal parts on hand, otherwise you'll have a lot of downtime waiting on extra parts(this is normally what leads to an NA buildup taking longer)

Be prepared to go to obd1, regardless if turbo or NA. In fact I would suggest being comfortable being able to do the wiring before you begin modding the motor.(More of that background info; its the main thing stopping me. I know the wires and how to wire them, but I would definitely want to get more experience with the wiring aspect before doing anything like a motor buildup; just like I know about motor builds a bit, and a little bit about turbos, but I wouldn't set my sights too high)

If you're a noob in the scene, try for a motor swap first.. do a b16 at least, **** single cam ****. B16 can be built for NA or for turbo. Just get to know the motor first and then once you're comfortable make an informed decision.

I apologize if you're not a noob, it just seemed like it.

 

yea he's a noob 2 year or 3 years only 18..heh no offense bro...

anyways yea like they said on the post above its like comparing apple and oranges together... you wont have a straight answer... some would say its better to go N/A or some would say BOOST.. either way it will depend on the depth of the setup you got... i mean if you got a fully built engine, you still can beat a turbo that is equal in power to the fully built engine... and depends on the driver...

 

to many factors this is a stupid post. Its like saying what is better a v8 or i4. You dont know how much both car ways to determine if the i4 could be faster.

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yea, no way to say which is "better"

Turbo is easier then N/A tuning I suppose... but any heavy turbocharging would require rebuilding anyway. As for "who wins," why not just build an LS/VTEC and put a turbo on it. Everyone wins.

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