Boost pressure and horsepower aren't the only factors at play here.You're talking about a dynamic system that will vary greatly with throttle load and engine speed, and will do so differently with different turbos. You need to be asking yourself questions about what you want out of the car. Do you want maximum peak power? If so, you'll need turbos that spool up late in the RPM band, sacrificing power early on. Or do you want power on tap, with quick throttle response? If so, that's a smaller turbo that spools quickly. The tradeoff here, of course, is that it will not flow enough air at high RPMs to keep up with demand, so torque will fall off as RPMs rise (taking power with it).
"I used to play professional bone..." -z32ttvert (mwsmith) on June 23, 2003 at 11:14 PM |
