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Originally Posted by Mitch
I'm in the same boat. It sounds like they were trying to explain away either flaws in the cars setup or in the abilities of their driver. It makes sense for an amateur racer to want to stay NA to keep costs down, but beyond that none of that really jives.
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I think you are right about the amateur racer thing. I was trying to help out people who want more power and want to go to the track all the time.
Showing them that NA in the long run is safer and cheaper.
The article? I read it in some magazine in France and I dont even remember the title of the mag. (Yes I am bilingual)
What i dont understand is how you guys dont get the whole turbo lag dilemma?
If you are at the limit of your tires (or close to it) in a turn and you have a lower torque NA platform with the same HP as a turbo variant, you will be able to go WOT (Wide Open Throttle) sooner than the turbo because of excess torque making the driver have to wait longer before he can go WOT in a turbo vehicle. So essentially the NA car will clim the rev range faster than the turbo car and hit peak HP faster in turn making the car itself faster if both cars have the same HP output.
Another aspect of the turbo lag is if the driver enters to fast and has to let off to rotate the car by the time the car is back on rails, the gas needs to be pushed and boost needs to build while the NA car has all available HP and torque in the rev range once the throttle is pushed down.
Another aspect is gear selection. Do you have enough revs to exit the corner? Is there enough power in the higher gear to go through an uphill turn at low rpm? Turbo lag back then was pretty bad, as it will be with low quality turbo kits most people will unfortunately buy. So if most tracks have 60mph turns...2nd gear is pointless, so 3rd gear would be the prime choice. Most turbo's in high revving cars tend to go full boost mid rpm (3500-5000) depending on the build/turbo/tune. No I am not going to explain all of this because I am assuming that you guys can put 2 and 2 together.
This is comparing cars with the same WHP levels...
If that doesn't make sense, then I have no clue what else to say..this is what the article was trying to conjure.
In good regards,
Regis