talontsiawd
Well-Known Member
I personally have only owned factory turbo cars which makes things much easier, even with aftermarket turbo's. I have turbo'd a few Honda over the years and I would say most of the owners regretted it over the long run. Some where done really cheaply and they paid for it in the end with poorly running cars from outdated tuning systems, cracked manifolds and the like. Others were done high end and the only regret was money. I don't care how many people have had a perfectly running car start to finish, I have seen very few cars that didn't come turbo stay as reliable as they should be after the fact. Some were tolerable, other's were decently reliable with minor problems here or there.
None of the cars I worked on had built motors either so the amount of power was far from astounding.
IMO, I would only turbo a car I absolutely loved to death. Then again, I live in Cali so you haven't been able to turbo a car with a non CARB legal kit in almost a decade (not that it was legal before but no visual inspection made it easy). So that factors into my mindset as well.
From a driving perspective, I like turbo cars better than N/A at a similar power level.
None of the cars I worked on had built motors either so the amount of power was far from astounding.
IMO, I would only turbo a car I absolutely loved to death. Then again, I live in Cali so you haven't been able to turbo a car with a non CARB legal kit in almost a decade (not that it was legal before but no visual inspection made it easy). So that factors into my mindset as well.
From a driving perspective, I like turbo cars better than N/A at a similar power level.
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