Thread: The future of the sr20 community

That was two weeks ago. Go sr20-forum

This just reassured what BenFenner said. That means this forum now has enough information that people can simply search. And tougher questions are pretty much hard to get answers for.

Ben stole my words, then my cat.

-G

I agree with you here. I have ran into some pretty sticky problems that I was not able to find an answer for via search or posting a question. That being said, I dont think the search function is very efficient.

Blame VB forums in general for that. You can always just use google, example: i like ponies site:sr20-forum.com

That's pretty much the only way I search for things these days. Also:

I like giraffes site:sr20-forum.com OR sr20forum.com OR site:g20.net

There's a way you can create a bookmark keyword for a search string, but my google-fu is failing me currently.

-G

The search has always worked pretty well for me.
I used it just now to find what I was looking for: http://www.sr20-forum.com/offtopic/54135-questions-answers-forum-navigation-search-general-organization.html

Ok, I'll give you that.. but, why did so many vehicles come factory with big ass engines making lots of power NA? Why did/does the Corvette come with a NA V8 instead of, I don't know, a turbo V6?

Unless your talking a matter of tradition and that the cars of that nature (Corvette, Mustang, Camaro etc) began with the V8's and they became part of American culture. IDK.

It's only now that it seems car companies are starting to go turbo instead of built NA motors from the factory, with the exception of Subaru. In the United States, Subaru gets the big thumbs up for really starting the affordable, turbo 4 cylinder. Now Hyundai and all these other makers are coming out with turbo 4 and 6 cylinders.

For turbo in the 90's, yes we had the Toyota MR2, the Nissan 300ZX, the Toyota Supra, the Mazda RX-7.... but at the time, those cars were way expensive. Even a 1990 300zx non turbo was what, $35k new? By the time it was done, in 1996, the 300ZX TT was so expensive, I can't even imagine what it would be in today's prices. Same with the Supra.

So whats my point? Well, I don't really know. It may be because I've never owned a turbo SR20. Just built NA's, (until now just basic bolt ons) but now I'm driving around a '92 SE-R w/ SR20VE swap with cams, valve springs, port and polished head and manifold etc. and every bolt on making probably 210whp. That is faster than a SR20DET (unless your talking high boost on a T28, or, of course, a T3/4) - it may have cost me more to do so, but I feel like there's less parts to worry about. Everyone I know who has added a turbo to their car has random little gremlins here and there. Hell, I've had my share too, but I feel more comfortable NA. It may be because I do the same things over and over and over and over again. IDK

Someone forgets how cheap a turbo Dodge Shadow was in the 1980s. Mitsubishi gave us cheap 4-cyl turbo cars in the form of Dodges coming out of every hole.

That single statement right there pretty sums it up..........

If you are comparing, lets say a 427 LS7 (7 liters/500 hp) to a 300whp 2.2 liter sr20. Remove yourself from the idea of V8 and shear numbers and look at some math

LS7 makes circa 71 hp per liter or 62.7 hp per cylinder.
SR22 making circa 350 CrankHP (around 310 or so WHP).This equates to whoppinh 159 hp per liter or 88 HP per cylinder
A 1000cc liter bike Twin, makes around 160. This equates to 160 per liter or 80 HP per cylinder

So your statement about manufacturers getting away with NA in cars is invalid. At 63 HP per cylinder, the LS engine is barely breaking a sweat. A 2.2 liter is making almost DOUBLE that of what a LS7 makes per liter! Now you tell me which engine would be more stressed...........

I'll leave the rest of your post for you to figure where you made mistakes in both perception, assumption and logic