im thinking about turbo, is it worth for a daily driver? or will i b doing more harm
turbo daily driver?
- Thread starter kreatine30
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engine is fine....i just hear horror stories about turbo
me too.
hell my car is A. not tuned B. has blow by and C. leaks oil like crazy. ive been driving it this way for about 2months. only reason i havent fixed it is because i have no money, because when something breaks when your turbo, its not cheap to fix! (majority of the time)
^^^^^^i have a 99 si with a turbonetics kit that's been on for just about a month running 9psi, low end sucks because of lag and that a b16 has no torque, but other than that it's alot faster and way more fun to drive, especially on the highway. about 100 hp increase and once i change mufflers and dump the cat i'll be just under 240 whp with 110k on the car. hopefully looking for another 100k.
what does that matter? as long as its tuned correctly a high hp motor will be just as safe as a low hp motor
whats the point of turboing then? to baby it? if you cant beat on it, then you pretty much defeat the purpose of adding a turbo to make more power. i beat the living piss out of mine and have never had a failure. if the setup is done correctly, and tuned correctly, you should be able to drive it however you want
Run low boost and you'll be fine. It's like instead of driving 10 miles, you really drove like 20. You'll learn a lot more about your car, I can guarantee that unless you pay someone to fix it every time which I doubt is a viable option. In any event, it could be safe. Higher maintenance though.
There will be less maintenance on a 4psi motor as opposed to a motor running 12psi on the same components. Equal tune. Yes?
how do you figure.
as long as the tune is good, there should be no difference.
as long as its built correctly no problems should arise.
my bro drove his turbo D17a @ 12 PSI for a while, stock engine, no problems