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Old 10-23-2006, 03:17 AM   #16 (permalink)
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but aren't you concerned with messing up the balance of the engine not to mention the increase in total and waste heat as well as the possibility of denotation!? I know you can do a build on the head to support the extra pressure and forge the bottom end to hold the boost, but that is alot of money for boost. I know that the honda engines can hold a certian amount of boost before it goes to far and the engine goes, but in order to make the extra insurance so your engine doesn't go you not only have to buy a kit ($3000 or so) but you should or have to build the top up ($1000+) and that just seems alot to me to get 25-35% of an increase in power and 15-30% increase in torque. Plus a boosted engine is not as reliable as an NA one and the power doesn't actually ingauge until the turbine spools up. So if you are driving in a tight technical road or race track you will not be able to use the full potential of the engine, whereas you would with an NA. I have also heard of some outrageous amounts of power being produced on a NA with the same or less cash and time spent! That is how I feel about it. OH, and i know honda engines love boost, but think of it, if they do so much then why doesn't honda make a boosted engine (Gas)?
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