cost really isn't an issue for me (though it does slow the process down a bit lol), yeah i realize that it will be costly, but by the time that i do everything na that i can i will at least know that i can somewhat reliably run the car and then go turbo from there and yield some decent power while not going to crazy on the tune and break my only DD. (so in the next 3 years or so i plan to get to about 200 hp at the crank and be happy with it)
What have you done to your P5 today?
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racerx43269
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hell... my motor popped at 170 with boost.... and then again i had a motor make 300+ for about 190 miles.. on a stock bottom end...
Why is it called a "disco potato"?
That must have been a very blissful 190 miles! Nice!
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An na build on this car to actually gain decent power would have higher compression pistons, cams, gears, ems with timing control to start. This would have to be undone in order to go FI later! Two completely different directions.
very true, but it will also help convince the fianc how cost effective it would be to cryo a spare engine and do a build for it that way so i can have an extra engine lying around
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i think im going to do a compression test today.... im wondering some things...
racerx43269
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lol.. i would honestly build one for boost and have one as a spare....
N/A build goes the opposite direction that you would want for an F/I build. It's your car, but I feel like you're gonna throw away a lot of $$. Why not just forge for F/I now? Upgrade suspension and then you will have good reliability and handle tight.
*Edit, I think I was slow on this... lol
its a term Dave Coleman made popular/ possibly coined when he was building a SR20 swapped 240sx for SCC....back before it was the cool thing to do
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true, and i really can't spare to have the car out of comission so might as well have an engine that i can build correctly that is out of the car and get that tuned and ready to go while having something in the car already that I can scoot around in
only cause you blow one every month or so.
Well, that still doesn't really answer my question unless I'm not picking up on something here... Why did Coleman call the turbo a "disco potato" anyway? I miss SCC...
I know a guy that would laugh at your face for saying that. Like Korey said, it's easier & safer, but when done right, I've seen the results of high compression and boost, and it's scary F-ing fast (and generally yields a pretty flat torque curve)
yep the honda guys have learned how to do high boost and compression very well
i miss SCC from when coleman was there...i actually learned stuff from that magazine then. Thank the car gods that grassroots motorsport magazine exists. I cant remember why he called it a disco potato sadly i probably have that issue packed away somewhere
