Turbo vs NA handling


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twayne23

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Just say both EKs, one of them is NA platform and the other turbo, both will have similar suspension set ups.

which will perform better? oh also if them two cars had professional drivers in them :).

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Well both would have a massive amount of power high end cuz of the turbo and vtec so both would be equally difficult on a track
saying that I would still say turbo would be more of a handful
I have 0 experience to back this up tho :)
 
Under-steer is due to yourself applying too much throttle not weather it has a turbo or not.

Adding a turbo wont effect the handling what so ever, its a matter of preference. I find N/A on a FWD hatch back nicer to pilot around the corners as you have more throttle response and no lag which can be annoying and a disadvantage if driven incorrectly.

When you say N/A vs turbo are you taking into account the turbo car will have more power or do you mean both have the same power but one is turbod. Like a tuned N/A set up to match power?
 
I think a turbo will have a quicker exit after a corner. NA will have a better throttle respond, it will have the agility when entering a corner.
 
but the turbo cars in that video are well up on power therefore not a fair race really.
 
EK9dan said:
but the turbo cars in that video are well up on power therefore not a fair race really.
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but still shows that even when there well up on power that it can be your downfall around a corner
 
I agree with ek9dan, and is up to the driver and car setup. I think the problem that turbo hondas have at a track is, oil / water temperature and how they tranfer all that power to the "ground" or track.

Here is another example of a turbo ek9 with a great setup

YouTube - Honda EK9 Civic Type-R Turbo vrs. Nissan Skylines

In my opinion, at the track I prefer N/A since a lot of turbo honda and cars in general are not constant in lap times (in amateur racing, not professional races hehe) , they're fast at Qualifying, because they can have a lot of boost since they'll run for about 3 laps, but at the race, a lot of turbo cars tend to get slower after 5 - 6 laps and that where the n/a cars have the advantage :)
 
rvm said:
I agree with ek9dan, and is up to the driver and car setup. I think the problem that turbo hondas have at a track is, oil / water temperature and how they tranfer all that power to the "ground" or track.

Here is another example of a turbo ek9 with a great setup

YouTube - Honda EK9 Civic Type-R Turbo vrs. Nissan Skylines

In my opinion, at the track I prefer N/A since a lot of turbo honda and cars in general are not constant in lap times (in amateur racing, not professional races hehe) , they're fast at Qualifying, because they can have a lot of boost since they'll run for about 3 laps, but at the race, a lot of turbo cars tend to get slower after 5 - 6 laps and that where the n/a cars have the advantage :)
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I had that problem at the nurburgring in my impreza, After 1/4 lap it went down to o.5bar boost because it got to hot lol. Was getting overtaken on the mile str8 by bmw mini lol! Still owned them all in bends tho :p Having 330bhp at wheels and not been able to use it was annoying lol.
 
Yeah turbos were only really made for more power and efficiency. If you can get similar power in an n/a generally theyll do better :D
 
idk when i wasnt turbo i felt quicker at the canyons maybe because with turbo im not at WOT all the time idk just takes time to get used to more power but turbo FTW
 
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