I worded the subject the best I could for the archives, and yes, I am
going to bring up a "beat to death" topic:
JWolfe said (on the SE-R mailing list):
That is exactly the case. If I were going to build a high-HP turbo
engine, I would prefer to avoid turbo lag and crappy throttle response,
and at the same time retain as much low-end power as possible, thus I
would stay at factory compression, especially since I would be building
a street-oriented daily driver, not a track car, where low-compression
would be pretty necessary. This is why I am curious about how much extra
safe headroom oil squirters, H2O injection, etc give you, in light of
the fact that any engine I build would see redline fairly frequently (ya
know, spirited driving...), but would not spend most of its time there,
like a track-car or drag-car. Basically my goal would be to have fairly
massive *safe* horsepower on tap (high 200's, at least) but not
compromise daily-drivability at all--Thus, my curiousity.>>
JWolfe, what engine do you currently have? I have seen posts to this
list, so I thought I would bring this subject here.
At the Sentra.net Show & Shine this past weekend, this very subject (in
a round-about-way) was brought up.
Myself, Tom B., and Seth were thinking of ways to bring the whole
"super-charged" GA16 to life this weekend. The idea is to spend what it
takes to get it up and running (roughly $3k-$4k), and then use that
prototype to make more of them at a more reasonable cost.
This is a project that we plan on making a reality within the next year
or so.
The idea is to make a semi-high horsepower engine mod for the everyday
driver that wouldn't require changing the stock internals. At roughtly
180-190hp (with IMMEDIATE boost) this would make our car fun to drive,
and much cheaper than the turbo.
I won't reveal much more than this for now, as we are still in the HEAVY
planning stages of this project, but I can assure everyone that I am
dead set on getting this off the ground, as I think the other two are,
and a mechanic who is willing to take on the project may have already
been found.
Don't get your hopes up just yet boys and girls, but if you happen to
see a B13/B14 Sentra pass you like a bat-outta-hell on the freeway in
New England, this maybe why....hehehe.
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