Minnesota Check In

[KevinK121]

I'm rolling in with the club rsx crew. I'll be trying to meet you folks though. See you in the morning

[Alex C.]

Originally Posted by jdv14476

Okay, I'll be at Perkins on 5 & Powers at 6:00 am. Going to need breakfast and coffee, lots of coffee. I wear my sunglasses at night, because I forgot my regular glasses.

I'll drop by Perkins at about 6.45 to see if you guys are still there.

Asian in a GBS BRZ.

[ka-t_240]

Originally Posted by KevinK121

Did you do drive alongs in other people's cars for autocross last year?

I will also be available if you want a ride or any help during the auto-x.

[KevinK121]

Originally Posted by ka-t_240

I will also be available if you want a ride or any help during the auto-x.

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Sorry I didn't stop in to say hello. We got cold and antsy to cruise out.

[Alex C.]

[Blu-by-U]

Originally Posted by Alex C.

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A lot better than my shots from that angle, I need a new camera. Never parked down in there before, nice to meet everyone.

[jdnguyen]

Originally Posted by Alex C.

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My silver 10 series in a sea of Galaxy blue


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[KevinK121]

My roommates photo

[jdnguyen]

Originally Posted by KevinK121

That's me


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[KevinK121]

Originally Posted by jdnguyen

That's me


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[jdnguyen]

Originally Posted by KevinK121

Tell your roommate thanks. That's the best pic I've seen so far.


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[KevinK121]

Will do. He just does it as a side hobby so I could always ask if anyone wants photos done.

[stokeless]

looks like it was a great meeting, I wished I could have made it.

[KevinK121]

Originally Posted by Gopherboy6956

For me - It was a few different reasons.

1. I want a predictable, linear powerband. For RWD, I don't want the rear wheels to hit a huge spike in power while i'm on the track. S/C seemed to be a good option. If i had an AWD vehicle or something with less of a threat to me losing the rear end, i'd have no problem with Turbo.

2. Ease of install and operation. No boost controllers, fancy exhaust piping, excess heat. Bolt on, tune and go.

I don't necessarily think price was a motivation point for me - to get my S/C install to where i want it in terms of performance and reliability, it wasn't super cheap. Beyond the $5k price tag for the Vortech Kit, I bought:

Perrin Oil Cooler ($600ish)
Mishimoto Radiator ($300)
Radium Dual Catch Can setup ($400)
Smaller pulley and gates belt - 12psi ~300whp on 92 ($150)

So that tacks on another $1500 or so, and i'm not quite done - i'd like to do a full gauge setup this year (but that's the beauty - i really don't HAVE to like if you have a turbo)

All that being said, will I sit here and say a S/C is better than a turbo? Nope - just my preference depending on what i want my car to do and what i like. And with the Vortech Kit, i still get that wicked BOV sound My Fav!

So I've actually been spending a good amount of time hashing out my opinion on this and I just went back to read what some of the fellas in here had to say. One thing you said really resonated with something that's kind of been in the back of mind through all the reading.

"predictable, linear powerband. For RWD, I don't want the rear wheels to hit a huge spike in power while i'm on the track."

I drove a friend's 400+hp rsx this past weekend and when the boost hits sh!t gets wild. No traction, the steering wheel goes everywhere and there is no sense of stability/safety.

If it were rear wheel drive and it got out from behind just a little that'd probably be pretry bad. Thinking of that on the track trying get out of a turn with some quickness that surge would definitely send you.

Granted, a ~450 fwd car is going to be a different world than a ~300 turbo RWD car but what you said still resonates. That spike would still likely kick the tail out of control.


My only question now is why Vortech over JRSC?