Im debating to go all motor with my GS-R or turbo it. I plan on rebuilting the motor within the next month and im debating if i should rebuild it to do all motor, or to support turbo. Im not sure which way to go. I know in the long run you'll get more out of the turbo,or go with all motor upgrade internals, higher the compression to about 11:1 or just drop about 1800 and slap on a turbo.

 

What is your main goal for the car? Drag? Street? Road Race? Auto-X?

If it's for drag, i would say turbo is probably the best option money wise. But it's definitely not just 1800 dollars and you slap on the turbo. Remember TUNING TUNING TUNING

 

It really depends on what you use the car for and what kind of power your looking for... if your looking for insane power id say go turbo, if your looking for somewhat more reliablity go the all motor route. is it your daily driver, that would play a big part... plus when it comes down to it do what you want, its your car.

 

and not just with the turbo, id def say get it tuned in your going to run 11.1 compression and cams ect. either way its not going to be cheap... or at lest not cheap and reliable

 

yes, what everyone is saying is...It all depends on what you want

 

Don't reply to posts llike this, DUH!

 

thats the thing im not sure what i want.i could go either way,just not sure which way would be better.it'll be used for both daily driver and used for drag. i want about 320ish horse by the end of this project,and i think i can get that going either all motor, or turbo. yea i know theres more then just slapping on the turbo and go. i plan on spending about 2G's on either project. If i go with turbo, i already plan on getting hondata,and tuning it after i put on the turbo. (Turbo will be more money wise)

 

if you can make 320hp all motor please let me know how....
you would need about 18:1 compression for that lol
320hp would be easier to reach with a turbo

 

read some of the guidelines in the turbo and allmotor sections, then stop posting these meaning of life questions

 

if you want it to blow up - turbo
if you want it to be slow - NA

 

theres no ****** way u cn spend only 2gs and have 320 safe hp

 

you can get a smaller turbo for a more linear power band but if want 320 then u are going to have to turbo, i have seen an itr dyno at 307 all motor but that was with ALOT of work, he had some crazy ****, but if u want to drag and highway pulls then turbo is the way to go

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by skunk2eg &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">It all depends on what you want </TD></TR></TABLE>

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by randomstrike15 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">if you want it to blow up - turbo
if you want it to be slow - NA</TD></TR></TABLE>

lol

 

u gotta go turbo

 

and not just with the turbo, id def say get it tuned in your going to run 11.1 compression and cams ect. either way its not going to be cheap... or at lest not cheap and reliable

 

i dont know why that re-posted??? haha

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by matto2413 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">thats the thing im not sure what i want.i could go either way,just not sure which way would be better.it'll be used for both daily driver and used for drag. i want about 320ish horse by the end of this project,and i think i can get that going either all motor, or turbo. yea i know theres more then just slapping on the turbo and go. i plan on spending about 2G's on either project. If i go with turbo, i already plan on getting hondata,and tuning it after i put on the turbo. (Turbo will be more money wise)</TD></TR></TABLE>
If you DO decide to do this project, I just want to let you know it's not gonna be easy or cheap. I spend near 10,000 on my GSR (359 hp) built, turbo and I still have the stock suspension. This doesn't count the countless $ I've spent every month in repairs (about $400 altogether). In retrospect, I just wish I could have my stock slow GSR back.
For $2000, forget about making a FWD car fast. Just get some cams and intake/header/exhaust and have fun.
Just naming a few parts you'll need for boost -&gt; turbo, intercooler, fuel pump, injectors, Hondata w/ boost, Fuel Management Unit, full piping DP, exhaust, etc., and you still won't have any money for TRACTION or TUNING.

 

Also, the compression 11/1 is too high for turbo.

 

right now im at about 10:1, if i go with the turbo then id lower it to about 9:5, i was talkin about the 11:1 if id go with all motor. i love the sound of turbo,then again you think about an all motor car and just gets you excited.turbo wise i was looking at a garrett one for about 1800,(turbo,exhaust manifold,intercooler,all piping needed,wastegate,fuel pump,blow off) then couple more hundred on misc. things needs(pod,gauges,oil lines,ect)then talked to a shop yesterday about hondata and it'd be about 800, for the ECU and tuned.

 

Go allmotor.

 

you guys are crazy saying to go all-motor. he wants 320hp the only fiscally logical way to do this is TURBO. it'll be at least $3000 for a decent, halfway reliable turbo set up

 

all motor

 

From now on, please dont create a vague thread that really is entirely opinion based. You could have searched for this very quickly, and have understood both the positives and negatives of NA and FI, without using bandwidth, and you could have made a decision on your own.