OK my cousin is having a very big problem on what he wants to do on his ITR.he doesnt know if u wants to Turbo it or Spoon it up.he was also think about Supercharge.i would like to know what would you all do to your ITR if u had the money??

 

None of the above, I'm not into spoon too much $ for too little performance, turbo is too much hassle IMO, and supercharging is a waste of money unless you are like rboosted17 .....

 

I would get two bottles of NAWWWWWZZZ, two big ones

 

I would not supercharge or turbo...it's a lot of work to undo **** that Honda did, ie. the high compression and close ratio tranny. People who know much more than I will also say that ITR heads are not great for turbo'ing...I'd have someone fully build my motor and get some cams if $$ were no object.

 

Spoon it up LOL

I guess i dont know much more than you because I would never say such a thing.

 

"pacesetter" it up

 

More like "Peopel who know much more than I will also say that ITR heads are not greate for turbo'ing... cause they don't know how to tune it properly"

 

Steve - I was mainly referring to Jeff at IB...who knows things I will never know.

of course we have seen people turbo'ing Rs and getting great results. I was basically saying that we have arguments for both sides of the coin.


[Modified by Ross, 4:56 PM 4/11/2002]

 

Driving schools..... There are tons of them in the next few months..

check http://www.emraracing.org http://www.imp-auto.com http://www.nasanortheast.net
etc. etc.

or for a calendar that summarizes most of the info, check http://www.autocrossnyc.com and click on calendar.

I am not saying mods are good or bad...just saying if I had the money to spend, I would spend it on track days. Track days are sooooo much fun, but obviously, there is risk involved.

 

try research. usually found in books. ignorant statements such as these annoy the absolute **** out of me.

 

try searching for threads that "ImportReview" has posted in...and quit being annoyed.

 

if he said that...(i could care less) he's a ******* moron. dont believe everything you read on the internet. especially from a bozo who sells motors over the internet for a living. do your own research on port design, head flow in regards to turbo, etc. A lot of *gasp* V8 books come to mind. I know guys like SmokyYunick, Robert Yates, etc are all "dinosaur " motor builders, but more than half the import community could learn more than a few things....

rant over

 

Hell yea... v8's ownz when it tunning and porting knowledge... Lay down the law Johnny...

 

I think it's a waste of money for Mike, too... but he seems to have plenty (or has rich parents).

 

I never said I believed it, or that he is right or wrong...I merely stated the facts, which are:

*He claimed such a thing.

*He knows more than I do.

*I would not turbo my R.

Flame if you like.


[Modified by Ross, 5:09 PM 4/11/2002]

 

I hear ya... i'm just getting sick of people saying you "can not" turbo an R. It's all good Ross, I would not turbo my R either.

 

i would turbo my lawnmower if i had a lawn......

hell, i portmatched the runners, built an expansion chamber tuned pipe , and modified the throttle linkage on my parents mower by the time i was 13.

 

Damn red neck... bet ya had a beer in hand to watch it run too

 

I rebuilt the 2 cyl engine on my lawnmower before i was 10.

 

actually i rode it.......jacobson lawn tractor...hydrostatic tranny

after "mods" she would pull the front end off the ground when floored, and accelerate untill you let off the throttle. with a five acre lawn in Flatflowida........things got interesting quick

 

I know people that have...

I also knew someone that had a perfectly nice turbo setup on his R and blew the motor up.

It obviously can be done...but it is more work than going NA. I am not biased against turbo by any means...I just wouldn't do it to my R. I would ido it to an LS in a heartbeat....I saw a beautiful turbo'd LS at the dyno day last weekend and thought I'd love to have that car...or a DSM and boost the **** out of it. I have accumulated this rep as an anti-turbo ****...but that's far from the truth.

 

What does he want to use the car for??

Daily driving? - then reliability will likely be a primary issue
Drag racing? - then turbo might be the way to go
Road racing/track days/HPDE? - stay NA
Bling blinging? - buy an Escalade instead

 

lol

 

showoff

 

in my defense, my dad made me do it. I really didnt want to