20-03-2012, 11:06 AM
c.a.r. Wrote:Ruan Wrote:How would it feel, continually having negative manifold pressure.
Oh wait...
The thing that irritates me most about NA motors, you can't tickle it so it will bring the power in earlier, or drop the clutch to spin the turbo, no matter what you do, you've either got to drop 3 cogs, or just wait for the revs to build...
You need to drive a quick NA car to appreciate it then buddy, as they are a lot of fun when you have them 'on the boil' and keep them in the right rev-band through some corners.
I've driven a few "quick" NAs, driven 220hp 106 GTi on bodies and a 200hp B18C Honda CRX, oh sure it's quick and a lot of fun, but only when you're absolutely wringing it's f*cking neck, on track I completely see why they're a good thing, because you only ever wring it's neck, but for fast road, I really think turbo power is better... you've got the horsies there up the top end, but you've got the torque coming in earlier if you want it there...
When you drive a quick turbo car, you've got the base power there when the turbo isn't spinning quick, which is often a fair bit, more than enough to quickly nip off a roundabout... With an NA, you've got to be in the right gear, or drop 3 cogs, and nail it... I completely get the attraction of just nailing the f*ck out of a good NA motor, but it doesn't beat coming on boost and having just as much but earlier, and lasting longer up high...
And the sad thing is, the more you tune an NA, the more it kills the bottom end... The only way to have an "OK" bottom end and a serious top end is VVT, variable length intakes etc... The lumpier the cam, the more you just end up blowing half the mixture out the exhaust before it comes on cam with overlap...
